College Annual Report 2012 - Penryn College

College
Annual Report
2012

PMR Awards
Penryn College was awarded the Diamond Arrow Award for coming first overall provincially in the private school
sector at the PMR Awards Ceremony. This is a very prestigious award ceremony where companies and institutions
receive awards for doing the most in their sector over the past 12 months to stimulate the economic growth and
development of Mpumalanga Province. Opinion makers and leaders in industry and business are asked to vote for
these awards.
A) Academic and Scholar representation:
i) Class of 2011 results:
The Penryn class of 2011 followed in the footsteps of the two most successful academic groups in the history
of the College. Happily they rose to the occasion and have once again achieved a set of outstanding results to
equal those that came before. The results for last year were as follows:
� 100% pass rate which is the 14th straight year (since the first matric group in 1998) that this has been
achieved.
� 140 distinctions at an average of 1.41 per scholar were achieved.
� 45 achieved at least one distinction.
� The average result per subject per scholar was 67.3% which is very good indeed.
� Outside of the A symbols there were 193 B’s, 194 C’s and 129 D’s.
� 84% achieved results to enrol for a Bachelor’s degree, and
� 15% achieved results to enrol for a Diploma.
Individual results:
Natasha Ashley was on the IEB commendation achievement list. She was one of 61 countrywide to achieve this.
The distinctions achieved by individual scholars were as follows:
9 distinctions: Jonty Wakefield
7 distinctions: Brandon Piner
6 distinctions: Natasha Ashley, Coert Jordaan, Patrick Manicom, Tessa Ware and Mark Woods
5 distinctions: Mathys Ellis, Shea Fletcher and Ole Ziessler
4 distinctions: Youlendree Appasamy, Michal-Mare Linden, KG Mpachoe and Kristy Richards
3 distinctions: Theo Busschau, Louise Engelbrecht, Akani Godi, Dylan Mitchell and Rene Niemand
2 distinctions: Keenan Collett, Kyle Gibbons, Michael Hall, Sammy Hammond, Lusekelo Kalelemba, Thami Mdluli,
Siya Mlangeni, Danielle Moolman, Lindo Nkosi, Margo Naude, Jesse Spratt and Jedrick Theron
11 scholars achieved results that put them in the top 1% of candidates countrywide:
� Rene Niemand (Afrikaans)
� Louise Engelbrecht (Afrikaans)
� Tessa Ware (Afrikaans, History Life, Orientation and Life Sciences)
� Natasha Ashley (Business Studies and Life Orientation)
� Jonty Wakefield (Business Studies, Life Orientation and Mathematics)
� Mathys Ellis (Informtion Technology)
� Youlendree Appasamy (Life Orientation)
� Michal-Mare Linden (Life Orientation)
� Brandon Piner (Mathematics and Physical Sciences)
� Patrick Manicom (Physical Sciences)
� Ole Ziessler (Physical Sciences)
ii) Special Awards made this year at the Valediction Service for the Class of 2012
Dux Scholar: Dillon Parfitt
Enos Mabuza Character Award: Khosi Mabuza
St Stithians Commemorative Perseverance Award: Jonathan Vieira
The DHR Forrester Leadership Shield: Benny Gondwe
The Eagle Award: Astrid Kouatcho
The Judy Spencer Good Fellowship Award: Chante dos Reis
The Community Service Award: Robyn Schormann
The King Constantine Round Square Medal: Roelien Joubert
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Honours awards were presented to the following scholars:
� Benny Gondwe for exceptional leadership and initiative as Head of SRC
� Roelien Joubert for exceptional leadership and initiative as Head of the Round Square Committee
� Astrid Kouatcho for exceptional leadership and initiative as Head of College
� Khosi Mabuza for exceptional leadership and initiative as Head of Harrier House and Hostels
� Samantha MacFarlane for exceptional leadership and initiative as Head of the Head of Social Committee
� Robyn Schormann for exceptional leadership and initiative as Head Community Service Committee
� Zethu Shube for exceptional leadership and initiative as Head of the Spirit and Tradition Committee
The highest award a Penryn Scholar can be awarded is a Penryn Honours award which is awarded to:
� Monette Bezuidenhout achieved Full Colours for Leadership, Cultural, and Applied Academics and Half
Colours for Academics and Sport and a President’s Award Gold Medal, and
� Robyn Schormann achieved Full Colours for Applied Academics, Academics, and Culturals and Half Colours
for Sport.
iii) Each year a number of scholarship awards are made to incoming Grade 8 scholars in
recognition of their achievements in Primary School and in anticipation of those they will
achieve in College. These are not the only awards made and more awards are given each year
according to outstanding achievements. Grade 08 Scholarships for 2013 have been awarded to:
Academic: Khetu Nkosi, Oliver Ratnarajah, Pippa Spies, Kyle Hay and Adam Leslie
Sport: Sello Mojapelo, Jessica Chandler and Shannon de Araujo
General: Keaton Rea, Dylan Cooper, Moiya Eybers, Jamie den Dunnen and Jarred Swanevelder
iv) Scholars Executive Committee members elected for 2012 were:
Heads of College: Cameron Marshall and Astrid Kouatcho
Head of SRC: Benny Gondwe
Heads of Houses
Goshawk Romario Gonsalves and Tracy Shaw
Harrier Michael Ferri and Khosi Mabuza
Kestrel Jason Hogg and Megan Prowling
Kite Otto Buchner and Chante dos Reis
Heads of Committee and members
Environmental Outdoor Pursuits Spiritual
Nicholas Peel (Head) Brandon Zeeman (Head) Jade Negraõ (Head)
Hayden Cuthill Christopher Graupner Dillon Parfitt
Nathan Cook Gershwin Brown Shannon Mandy
Lungelo Njamela Ryan Innes Rae Dunn
Mathew Schofield Jessica Frankish
Community Service Cultural Round Square
Robyn Schormann (Head) Caleb Linden (Head) Roelien Joubert (Head)
Sarah Hulett Seth Meyer Monette Bezuidenhout
Rayno Steyn Ashley Mabuza Susie Aling
Lucy Robertson Lindo Mashaba Courtney Saayman
Mapheto Thema
Transformation and Diversity Social Spirit and Tradition
Simi Gumede (Head) Sam Macfarlane (Head) Zethu Shube (Head)
Caleb Botha Nicholas Kidd Marang Makwetla
Wura Makinde Duncan Makhubu Nthato Motlana
Thandeka Mavimbela Hayley Davies Lloyd Radebe
Warwick Bethwaite
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Heads of Hostels
Caleb Linden and Khosi Mabuza represented the Hostels on the SEC
Waterberry Mlondi Dlamini and Ashley Mabuza
Marula Caleb Linden and Jessica Frankish
Mahogany Gugu Shongwe and Khosi Mabuza
Acacia Jonathan Vieira and Melina Georghiades
Kiaat Map Thema and Marang Makwetla
v) 2012 Scholar Representative Committee
Head of SRC: Benny Gondwe
Gr Goshawk Harrier Kestrel Kite
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Jared Negrão
Emma Danilowitz
Bonga Khoza
Sameerah Gangat
Jacques Potgieter
Robyn Anderson
Vaughn McQueen
Andrea Cook
Romario Goncalves
Tracy Shaw
Musa Dube
Nicole Engelbrecht
Penang Shirindza
Karla Olivier
Marius Erasmus
Courtney Kruger
Nicholas Wilken
Andrea Koch
Michael Ferri
Khosi Mabuza
Tylor James
Vuvu Mthembu
Denmin Moore
Corlizema de Jager
Hogan Antia
Nomfundo Sikonela
Khulani Ngomane
Ashleigh Walker
vi) Applied Academic Results – Science Expo and Olympiads
Jason Hogg
Robyn Schormann
Computer Olympiads
First Round results per grade:
Anita Gordijn (Gr 9), Johan Malan (Gr 10), André Nel (Gr 11) and Rory David (Gr 12)
Overall Penryn College results:
Johan Malan (1 st ), Rory David (2 nd ), Caleb Linen and André Nel (3 rd )
Second Round results:
Nadia Venter (Gr 10), André Nel (Gr 11) and Miki Freiherr von Ketelhodt (Gr 12)
Overall Penryn College results:
André Nel (1st), Miki Freiherr von Ketelhodt (2nd) and Caleb Linden (3rd)
Computer Office Applications Olympiad Round 2
First per grade
Benedict Ferguson (Gr 10), André Nel (Gr 11) and Cindy Minnie (Gr 12)
Overall in Penryn College
Cindy Minnie (1 st ), Rory David (2 nd ) and André Nel (3 rd )
Hadrick Coertze
Kessia Theron
Simon Attwood
Rebecca Buchner
Dean Mokoena
Joy Ntoni
Mokgeti Machete
Erin Slingerland
Otto Buchner
Chante dos Reis
Afrikaans First Additional Language Olympiad
Johan Malan was awarded Honours for achieving 95% in the 2011 Afrikaans Olympiad, placing him in the 6th
place of the Top Ten Nationally
13 Scholars from Penryn were placed in the 2012 Top 20 in Mpumalanga:
André Nel came first in Mpumalanga out of a total of 4 848 scholars who registered for the First Round of the
Programming Olympiad. He was also placed 5 th overall in South Africa. Seven Penryn College scholars (with an
average of 92.31%) were also placed in the Top 20 in Mpumalanga. They were: Courtney Saayman, Rainard
Scholtz, William Garnett-Bennett , Roeline Joubert, Charné Shaw, Johan Malan, Louise-Marie Kotze, Nicole
Ravenscroft, Johan Jooste, Chanté Klopper, Megon Venter and Gert Botha.
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Fun Mathematics Competition
30 Grade 8 & 9 scholars participated in a Fun Mathematics Competition where pairs of Penryn College scholars
joined pairs of Uplands College scholars to make combined teams who had a great time solving interesting
mathematics problems. The scholars had lots of fun with the mathematics and enjoyed the camaraderie of the
occasion.
Science Expo
Sub-Region (Lowveld) Science Expo results
The following scholars finished in the Top 10 of the Secondary School section and got 82% or above:
Diana da Silva (1st - 94), Max Vos (1st - 94), Simon Attwood and Ryan Thorpe (2nd - 90), Sameerah Gangat and
Roxy Loock (3rd – 86), Kai McKenzie (6th - 84) and Beate Parfitt (9th - 82).
The following scholars got 70% and above:
Nadia Breytenbach (80), William Wilken (80), Runique Payne (76), Jake Smith (75), Ryan Begg (74),
Daniela Vilar (74), Raquel Delgado (74), Carol Martins (73), Lara Hare (73), Sabine Scholle (72) and
Rebecca Buchner (70).
We had 21 of the graded 75 projects on the day.
Regional Science Expo
18 Penryn College scholars participated in the Regional Science Expo held at Penryn over the past weekend and
congratulations to all our scholars on these wonderful achievements. Gold medal winners were Max Vos, Simon
Attwood and Ryan Thorpe and we wish them the best of luck at the National Science Expo in October. Jake
Smith, even though he was awarded a Gold medal, did unfortunately not qualify as a National Expo participant as
the Agricultural Sciences projects category had exceeded the required number of entries.
Special prizes`
Max Vos’ project was nominated as the ESKOM Expo Energy Project as well as the top senior project
Monique Potgieter (Grade 6) received the trophy for the Best Junior Project. Penryn College and Penryn Prep
were awarded trophies for being the best participating school, and the school who achieved the most medals
when gold, silver and bronze medals were added together.
Other Medalists
Silver: Rebecca Buchner, Sameerah Gangat, Roxy Loock and Beate Parfitt
Bronze: Daniela Vilar, Raquel Delgado, Nadia Breytenbach, Diana da Silva, Sabine Scholle, Anita Gordijn,
Kai McKenzie, Runique Payne, Aimelee Richter and Rachel Bedingham.
National Eskom Expo for Young Scientists
Simon Attwood and Ryan Thorpe were awarded a Bronze Medal for their project at the National Eskom Expo for
Young Scientists.
B) Cultural:
Costa Tsobanoglou was awarded Penryn Honours in recognition of his representation of South Africa at the
World Hip Hop Championships where he was placed 8 th in the world, Best Comedy actor at House Plays and 3years’
service to House Plays
Dramatic Arts trip to “Woza Albert” Show
Dramatic Art scholars travelled up to attend the “Woza Albert” show. It was a wonderful experience for all who
attended and was so good that some scholars made plans to go and watch it again.
Simfonia Juventi Youth Orchestra
Consisting of 87 high school scholars from 23 different schools in South Africa performed in the Penryn Chapel.
Cassandra Monnig, (Gr 12 Penryn scholar) played first flute in the wind section
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Choir festival
Choirs from Lowveld High, Penryn College and Uplands College participated in a Choir Festival held at
Uplands College and accompanied by an orchestra from Germany. We had the privilege of the Remscheid
Youth Orchestra from Remscheid, Germany and their Conductor, Herr Christoph Spengler perform at Penryn.
Music Art and Drama Evening 2012
“All of the arts, poetry, music, ritual, the visible arts, the theater, must singly and together create the
most comprehensive art of all, a humanized society, and its masterpiece, free man” Bernard Berenson
Once a year Penryn College dedicates an evening to celebrate a year’s work in Music, Art and Drama in the
form of productions, exhibitions and performances covering many genres.
Winners of the Annual Art Exhibition 2012
Grade 8 Nina Teijema (1 st ), Matthew Bezuidenhout (2 nd ), Tylor James (3 rd, ) Emma Jackaman and
Nicole Engelbrecht (Special Merit)
Grade 9 Rethabile Motlana (1 st ), Nicole Rutherford (2 nd ), Simon Attwood (3 rd ), Beate Parfitt, Ryan
Thorpe and Sabine Scholle (Special Merit)
Grade 10 Kirsten Gillespie (1 st ), Camilla Ottaviani (2 nd ), Robyn Anderson (3 rd ) and Thando Kubhayi
(Special Merit)
Grade 11 Nicole Potgieter (1 st ), Mathew Tomlinson (2 nd ), Amy Davison (3 rd ), Aimee Lindeque, Amy
Johnson and Romancia Mbuli (Special Merit)
Grade 12 Chiedza Dafi (1 st ), Chante dos Reis (2 nd ), Caro Picardo de Sousa and Cindy Minnie (3 rd )
Susan Aling, Gershwin Brown, Petri Greeff and Thandeka Mavimbela (Special Merit)
Standard Bank and Emnotweni Eisteddfod
Paul Dias-Ferreira who participated in the Emnotweni Eisteddfod in the Classical Instrumental section. Paul
was awarded an A+ for his performance
Battle of the bands
The Music department travelled to Johannesburg in support of the Penryn bands at the Battle of the Bands
Competition hosted by St Mary’s. Our two bands, Milkomeda (Dillon Parfitt, William Garnett-Bennett and
Adam Helberg) and EXP (Adam Helberg, Siphelele Mkhabela and Gidyon Lankers) were two of eight finalists,
plus a 9 th Wild Card entry to play in the competition. Many different genres were heard ranging from Art Rock
Christian Rock, Hard Rock, Heavy Metal, World Music etc each and every band used their 8 minutes and two
songs to their utmost. The standard of the competition was high with most of the bands performing excellent
original songs. Stage presence and style were two very important criteria for the Judges and it is exactly in
this area where we will be working hard for next year’s entries. Two of our boys were awarded with special
recognition for their playing and Siphelele Mkhabela was awarded the Best Guitarist Award and R500. He also
walked away with a brand new Cord Electric Guitar. William Garnett-Bennett was acknowledged as a good,
up and coming drummer and was awarded a set of drum sticks.
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C) Sport:
i) Swimming:
Inter Ho use Gala
House points: 1 st - Harrier (496) 2 nd - Kestrel (421) 3 rd - Goshawk (412) 4 th - Kite (274)
Spirit award: Kite
Junior Victrix: Jaimie Myhill Junior Victor: Ryan Begg
Senior Victrix: Christine Grobler Senior Victor: Dean Myhill
New Records:
Dean Myhill: Senior Boys IM 100m, Open Boys 50mm Butterfly, Open Boys Backstroke 50m
Jaime Myhill: U15 Girls 50m
Christine Grobler: Open Girls 50m Backstroke, Open Girls 50m Crawl
Inter High Gala
Overall results were:
Uplands College (1 st ), Penryn College (2 nd ), Nelspruit Hoërskool (3 rd ), Hoërskool Bergvlam (4 th ),
St Thomas Aquinas (5 th ), Hoërskool Barberton ( 6 th ) and Hoërskool Piet Retief (7 th )
Individual awards were:
Senior Victrix: Christine Grobler Senior Victor: Dean Myhill
Junior Victrix: Jaime Myhill
Individual race placements were:
First
Jaime Myhill (x3), Christine Grobler (x3), Dean Myhill (x3), Georgina Bowen (x1), Samantha Lovett (x2),
Gabriel Richter (x2), Nicholas Kotze (x2) and Bryan Pingo (x1).
Second
Nicholas Kotze, Aliza Liebenberg, Teri Mclagan and Ryan Kennett
Third
Jesse Henderson, Shannon Whittal, Aliza Liebenberg, Jason Hogg, Anel van Niekerk, Shane Russell,
Monica Hogg, Amy Schofield, Jason Hogg and Bryan Pingo
Fourth
Aliza Liebenberg, Megan Short (x2), Angelique Liebenberg, Matthew Shum, Ryan Innes (x2),
Ryan Kennett, Leila Christensen, Amy Kotze, Kirstin Swanepoel, Tylor James, Jesse Henderson ,
Matthew Tomlinson and Teri Mclagan
Fifth
Hadrick Coertze, Leila Christensen, Otto Buchner, Nicole Engelbrecht, Joshua Gatton, Dustin Johnson (x2),
Angelique Liebenberg and Georgina Bowen
Sixth
Ryan Begg (x2), Joshua Gatton, Tristan Wilson, Shannon Whittal, Matthew Tomlinson, Kathleen Knibbs van
Dam, Alexi de Wet, Fabio Liesching and Kirsten Swanepoel
Middleburg Mile 2012
A group of 30 Penryn scholars, chaperoned by Mrs Ashleigh Ernstzen participated in the Middleburg Mile as a
qualifier for the 2013 Midmar Mile.
Menlo Park Swimming Gala
GJ Richter won 2 Silver medals for the 50m backstroke and 50m freestyle respectively
Nicholas Kotze won a silver medal for the 50m butterfly, bronze for the 50m breaststroke and was placed 4 th in
the 200m individual medley
Penryn was placed 4 th out of 7 participating schools.
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Mpumalanga Top Ten Schools 2012 High Schools’ Gala
Nine schools from Mpumalanga participated in the gala. Penryn swimming team was placed as follows:
Girls team - Penryn 2 nd Boys team – Penryn 3 rd
Combined team – 2 nd overall
Sam Lovett - Senior Victrix Ludorum
Midmar Mile
A group of 31 Scholars participated in the Midmar Mile this year.
General swimming achievements
� Dean Myhill represented Central Gauteng at the SA Swimming Elite Youth Nationals
� Christine Grobler represented Mpumalanga at the SA National Level 3 Swimming Championships
� Megan Short represented Mpumalanga at the SA National Level 1 and 2 Swimming Championships
� Samantha Lovett and GJ Richter participated in the SA Level 2 Gala. Samantha got 1 Silver and 2
Bronze medals and GJ 1 Gold and 2 Bronze. GJ also qualified to participate in the CANA Zone 3 & 4
gala in which 14 SADEC Countries participated
� Samantha Lovett represented the
Mpumalanga Provincial Swimming team and
was awarded Puma Half colours. She won a
Bronze medal for the 100m Backstroke event
� GJ Richter was selected to represent the
Swaziland Zone VI Team to compete in
Zambia
ii) Athletics:
Athletic Captains: Benny Gondwe and Megan Prowling
Inter House athletics
Results were:
Overall: Harrier (859), Kestrel (809), Kite (805) and Goshawk (773)
Spirit Award: Goshawk
Senior Victor Ludorum: Bryan Pingo
Junior Victor Ludorum: Lawrence Dafi
Senior Victrix Ludorum: Aliza Liebenberg
Junior Victrix Ludorum: Rebecca Buchner
Records that were broken:
Lawrence Dafi - BU14 High Jump Rebecca Buchner - GU15 800m
Sabine Scholle - GU15 800m Simphiwe Mashaba - BU16 High Jump
Telvin Mhlongo - BU16 100m Mphumi Mathias - BU16 100m
Nomzamo Khoza - GU16 Javelin Khensani Mashaba - BU19 High Jump
Kathleen Knibbs van Dam – GU14 400m Munya Mwaruta - BU19 400m
Wiseman Mazibuko - BU16 Discuss Jesse Coertzen - GU16 Shotput
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Barberton Friendly meeting
Bryan Pingo Best Sprint Performance of the Day: Boys (741 ABSA points)
Gaelle Robertson Best Sprint Performance of the Day: Girls (754 ABSA points)
Mandisa Sigudla Best Shotput Performance of the Day: Girls (805 ABSA points)
Mandisa Sigudla Best Overall Performance of the Day: (805 ABSA points)
Mbombela Sub-District Athletics team representation
Telvin Mhlongo (BU15) - 300m Hurdles Max Vox (BU15) - High Jump
Munya Mwaruta (BU17) - 400m Bryan Pingo (B17) - 100m and 200m
Nelspruit Circuit athletics placing
Max Vos (1st) - BU15 High Jump
Telvin Mhlongo (2 nd ) - BU15 300m Hurdles
Bryan Pingo (1 st /2 nd ) - BU17 200m/100m
Munya Mwaruta (6 th /1 st ) - BU17 200m/400m
Shaun Sethole (5 th ) - BU17 High Jump
Gaelle Robertson (2 nd ) - GU17 400m
Inter High Athletics
We set out on this adventure with a number of goals—these were:
� To get participants in all of the events,
� To double our points from last year,
� To win a gold medal,
� To improve our score in the participation trophy to close to 100%,
� To significantly increase the number of spectators at the event.
The numbers in the table below tell the story:
2011 2012
Athletes 40 89
Spectators 65 200
Gold Medals 0 3
Total medals 12 22
Places 1 – 6 32 42
Points 290.5 561
Participation trophy 49.2% 94%
Results were as follows:
First Telvin Mhlongo (1x1 st and 2x2 nd places), Brian Pingo (1x1 st and 1x3 rd place),
Munya Mwaruta (1x1 st and 1x3 rd place)
Second Lawrence Dafi (x2), Kathleen Knibbs van Dam, JJ Jordaan, Nozi Magagula, Ernest Mthethwa,
U15 boys relay and the boys ladder relay
Third Michael Nkosi (x2), Ernest Mthethwa, Angela Carbone, Simon Attwood, Simpiwe Mashaba and
Deon Visser
Fourth Rebecca Buchner (x2), Andile Shelembe, Max Vos, Sarah Hullett, Megan Prowling, Ndzalama
Dumisa, Khensani Mashaba and Andrea Koch
Fifth Benny Chiloane (x2), Rebecca Buchner, Penang Shirindza, Mpumi Mathias, Kirsten Gillespie,
Kathleen Knibbs van Dam and Angela Carbone
Sixth Runique Payne, Sabine Scholle, Aliza Liebenberg and Andrea Koch
Inter House Cross Country results
Harrier (1 st ), Kite (2 nd ), Kestrel (3 rd ) and Goshawk (4 th )
Senior Boys Senior Girls Junior Boys Junior Girls
JJ Jordaan (1 st ) Kirsten Gillespie (1 st ) Simon Attwood (1 st ) Rebecca Buchner (1 st )
Richard Hay (2 nd ) Shannon Whittal (2 nd ) Dylan Nortje (2 nd ) Sabine Scholle (2 nd )
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iii) Rugby:
1st team captain: Otto Buchner
Telvin Mhlongo was granted a scholarship to attend the Investec International Rugby Academy which allows
youngsters, without funds, to attend the academy through a sponsored bursary. Two players per year are
selected based on talent and financial needs to join the High Performance Course for players and coaches.
Telvin was coached by internationally renowned coaches such as Murray Mexted, Gary Gold, Mark Andrews
and Dick Muir.
Independent Schools Rugby Fetival
Penryn hosted the 1 st Team Independent Schools Rugby Festival. With the exception of Bishops (Cape
Town), all the top independent schools in the country participated. CBC Bulawayo joined us from Zimbabwe.
U14 Rugby
U14 rugby team lost their match in the Beeld Trophy playoffs to Ben Viljoen
U15 Rugby
Penryn U15 rugby team were crowned Provincial champions after defeating Piet Retief 27 -17. This
achievement crowned a very successful season in which they won 13 of their 15 matches, scoring 570 points
and only conceding 10 - 8. They moved on to the Beeld Trophy quarter Finals in which they were beaten 21 -
19.
@lantic 7’s Rugby
Penryn College entered a 7’s side to participate in the @lantics 7’s competition hosted by Cambridge
Academy. The Penryn team were runners up to Volksrust High School in the Bowl competition
Penryn lost to Lydenburg in the Spif 7’s Challenge in the semi-final, beating Stryders in the Plate Final.
iv) Squash:
� The following scholars were selected to represent Mpumalanga Junior Squash at the SA Country Schools
Squash Festival:- Leila Christensen (U16A), Rebecca Büchner (U16A) Samantha de Araujo (U16A) Monica
Hogg (U16B) Ryan Begg (U16B) Joshua Gatton (U14A) and Ryan Kennett (U14A)
� Leila Christensen was invited to play in the SA Schools Closed Squash Tournament where the cream of South
Africa’s juniors played. Only the top 4 of the main provinces and the top 2 of the country districts were
involved
� Leila Christensen, Josh Gatton and Samantha de Araujo were selected to represent SA Country Districts team
at the IPT Tournament
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v) Soccer:
1st Team Captains: Benny Gondwe and Lucy Robertson
1 st Soccer Boys won the Ehlanzeni sem-finals
U15 Girls won the Penreach / Ehlanzeni Final
Penryn / Uplands Soccer Derby
Results of the Soccer Derby organised by the SEC were:
Boys 1 st vs 1 st Penryn won: 2 / 1
U16 vs u16 Match was a draw: 3 / 3
Girls 1 st vs 1 st Penryn won: 2 / 0
U15 vs U15 Penryn won: 7 / 0
vi) Cricket:
1 st Team Captains: Michael Chandler and Aliza Liebenberg
Indoor Cricket
Hadrick Coertze (Captain) and Ryan Kennett were selected to represent the South African U14A Indoor
Cricket team and Jason Chandler (Vice-Captain) the U16 Indoor Cricket team at the Junior World Series.
Hadrick was voted as “Player of the Tournament”
Girls Cricket
Chané Scheepers and Aliza Liebenberg were selected to represent Ehlanzeni Girls Cricket
Boys Cricket
20/20 Series Cricket
1 st vs Barberton 1 st
Hadrick Coertze 31. Penryn won by 28 runs
1 st vs Malekutu 1 st Michael Shum 5 wickets for 4 runs in 5 consecutive balls. Penryn won by 8 wickets
1 st vs Secunda 1 st Secunda withdrew
vii) Tennis:
1st Team Captains: Chris Graupner and Tracy Shaw
Chris Graupner played in an independent SA Tennis tournament as an individual against other entrants and
gained SA ranking points. He was placed1 st in the singles tournament and 2 nd in the doubles
viii) Netball:
1 st Team Captain: Ashley Mabuza
Ashleigh Mabuza was selected as one of seven players out of 220 players to represent an All-star Netball
team at the St Andrews Netball Festival
ix) Hockey:
1 st Team Captains: Ryan Innes and Samantha MacFarlane
Boys Hockey
1st and U14 Boys Hockey Provincial playoffs
The 1st Hockey team lost to Evander in penalty flicks after drawing the match 1-1
U14 Hockey team lost 3 – 0 to Nelspruit Hoërskool in the first round
Ryan Innes was awarded the Mpumalanga 2012 Junior Men’s Hockey Player of the Year.
Girls Hockey
Jesse Coertzen was also awarded the trophy for Junior Hockey Player of the year at Impala Hockey Club
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x) Mountain Biking:
Ryan Innes participated in the MTB competitions in which approximately 1500 riders compete and was placed
75 th overall in the Barberton 35km Half Marathon; 62 nd in the Sabie Classic 35km Half Marathon and 10 th
overall in the Forest2falls All men 35km Half Marathon and 5 th in his category.
1 st Leg Mpumalanga School Spur Series
Boys: Mathew Schofield (1 st ), Hadrick Coertze (4th), Roelof Coertze (5th), Shane Russell (11 th ),
Seth Varty (15 th ), GJ Richter (24 th ), Silindile Dlamini (32 nd ) and Petur Erlendsson (34 th )
Girls: Kirsten Gillespie (2 nd ), Robyn Anderson (5 th ) and Kirsty Smyth (10 th )
Schoemanskloof MTB: Roelof Coertze (3 rd )
Das Auto Race 2: Roelof Coertze (2 nd )
Das Auto Race 15km: Kirsty Smyth (8 th )
Junior Male 25km: Mathew Schofield (1 st )
Junior Female 25km: Kirsten Gillespie (1 st )
Mountain Bike (MTB) Spur Schools Series - Lydenburg
The following scholars participated and were placed in the MTB Spur Schools
Sub Junior Girls Sarah McQueen (1 st ) and Kirsty Smyth (11 th )
Junior Male Mathew Schofield (1 st ) and Seth Varty (16 th )
Youth Female Robyn Anderson (5 th )
Youth Male Shane Russell (9 th ), GJ Richter (15 th ) and Petur Erlendsson (24 th )
MTB Das Auto results – race 5
The following scholars participated in the MRB Das Auto race:
Sub Junior Female 15kms Kirsty Smyth (2 nd ) Junior Female 25km Kirsten Gillespie (1 st )
MTB Spur Mountain biking series at Mankele
All riders were awarded their Provincial Colours:
Mathew Schofield overall 2 nd in the series Junior Male
Kirsten Gillespie overall 2 nd overall in the series Junior Female
Robyn Anderson overall 3 rd in the series Youth Female.
Penryn College was 4 th overall in the Inter school series.
MTB Isuzu 3-Towers Stage Race and Challenge
Matt Schofield and his riding partner, Johnny Diericks won the race and Roelof Coertze and Ryan Clark came
10 th overall. This is an amazing achievement as teams from all over the country from all ages participated.
Das Auto Series
Sub Junior Girls: Kirsty Smyth (8 th overall)
Youth Women: Sarah McQueen (3 rd )
Junior Men: Matt Schofield (8 th ) Roelof Coertze (9 th )
Junior Women: Kirsten Gillespie (1 st )
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xi) Chess:
1 st Team Captain: Luke Abbot
Mokgeti Machete played Board 4 for the Mpumalanga Lowveld Chess team at the South African Junior Chess
Championships
Friendly Chess match vs Acek Academy - Penryn won 5 and lost 5 boards
xii) Summary of overall sport results were:
Uplands Derby
St Peter’s Derby
Played Won Lost
Boys Hockey 5 4 1
Girls Hockey 8 6 2
Netball 8 2 5
Rugby 6 5 1
Win/Loss Ratio 62.96% 33.33%
27 17 9
Played Won Lost Draw
Boys Hockey 3 3 0 0
Girls Hockey 5 2 2 1
Cornwall Hill Derby
Netball 8 6 2 0
Rugby 5 3 2 0
21 14 6 1
Win/Loss
Ratio 66.67% 28.57%
Played Won Lost Draw
Boys Hockey 5 4 1 0
Girls Hockey 9 5 4 0
Netball 14 6 8 0
Rugby 5 5 0 0
33 20 13 0
Win/Loss
Ratio 60.61% 39.39%
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Overall Tour results
Hockey
Boys
Hockey
Girls
York Festival
1st Edgemead 1st 1 0
1st Milnerton 1st 4 0
1st York 1st 2 1
1st Camps Bay 1st 5 0
1st Pinelands 1st 1 0
1st Durbanville 1st 1 0
1st Victoria Park 1st 2 0
Amajuba Festival (Volksrust)
u14 Mandini u15 3 2
u14 Mandini u14 8 0
u14 Centurion u14 2 0
u14 Ligbron u14 2 1
u14 Volksrust u14 2 8
u15 Ermelo u15 0 1
u15 Dr Malan u15 1 1
u15 Volksrust u15B 1 0
u15 Standerton u15 0 3
u15 Mandini u15 7 0
u15 Ligbron u15 0 2
u15 Volksrust u15A 1 0
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Rugby
Hockey
Girls
Netball
Hockey
Boys
Amajuba Festival (Volksrust)
u14 Ligbron u14 0 29
u14 Volksrust u14 14 22
u14 Centurion u14 0 12
Felixton Festival
1st Grantleigh 1st 34 7
1st Wartburg 1st 10 8
1st Felixton 1st 15 7
St Mary's Festival
1st Wykeham Collegiate 1st 0 0
1st St Mary's Festival XI 0 1
1st St Stithians 1st 0 2
1st Pretoria Girls High 1st 0 2
1st Oranje Meisiesskool 1st 0 3
1st Durban Girls College 1st 0 1
1st Kingsmead 1st 1 1
1st Roedean 1st 1 0
1st Brescia 1st 0 1
1st Brescia (Vuvuzela Cup Final) 1st 0 0
St Andrews Festival
1st Our Lady of Fatima 1st 10 11
1st Reddam House 1st 9 6
1st Somerset College 1st 11 15
St Andrews Festival
1st St Andrews 1st 4 39
1st St Dunstans 1st 7 22
1st St Mary's 1st 10 16
1st St Peter's 1st 3 23
1st Uplands 1st 11 20
1st Holy Rosary 1st 7 16
1st St John's (Pmb) 1st 14 19
1st Redhill 1st 26 14
1st St Anne's 1st 21 13
1st Brescia 1st 16 15
1st Jeppe 1st 25 8
St Alban's Under 15 Festival
u14 Parktown u15 0 6
u14 Krugersdorp u15 1 7
u14 St David's (Inanda) u15 0 14
u14 St Alban's u15 1 10
u14 Jeppe u15 0 5
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Overall winter sport results
Hockey
Boys
Hockey
Girls
Netball
Rugby
Team Played Won Lost Draw Win %
League
position
1st 18 16 1 1 89% 1
2nd 7 7 0 0 100% 2
u16A 12 7 3 2 58% 3
u16B 6 4 2 0 67% 1
u14A 17 9 7 1 53% 1
1st 22 6 12 4 27% 2
2nd 10 8 2 0 80% 1
u16A 10 4 5 1 40%
u16B 6 4 2 0 67%
u15A 17 11 4 2 65% 1
u15B 5 2 3 0 40%
u14A 19 15 4 0 79% 2
u14B 7 5 1 1 71%
1st 23 10 13 0 43% n/a
2nd 10 2 8 20% n/a
u16A 10 4 6 40% n/a
u16B 10 7 3 0 70% n/a
u15A 10 0 9 1 0% n/a
u15B 6 1 5 0 17% n/a
u14A 16 8 8 50% n/a
u14B 9 4 5 44% n/a
1st 13 6 7 0 46% 4
2nd 10 6 4 0 60% 1
3rd 9 2 7 0 22% n/a
u15A 14 11 1 0 80% 1
u15B 3 2 1 0 67% n/a
u14A 13 8 5 0 62% 1
u14B 3 0 3 0 0% n/a
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Provincial team selections
Action
Cricket
Hockey
Boys
Hockey
Girls
Cricket
Rugby
u16 Jason Chandler Selected to represent South Africa
u14 Hadrick Coertze Selected to represent South Africa
u14 Ryan Kennett Selected to represent South Africa
Selected to represent South Africa Invitation
u14 Sean Bells
Development Team (Reserve)
Mens Jason Hogg
Ryan Innes
Selected to represent Mpumalanga Country Districts
at SACD Provincial Tournament
u18A (Vice Capt) Selected to represent Mpumalanga
u18A Bryan Pingo Selected to represent Mpumalanga
u18B Dean Raubenheimer Selected to represent Mpumalanga
u18B Mathew Shum Selected to represent Mpumalanga
u16B Dean Mokoena Selected to represent Mpumalanga
u16B Johan Malan Selected to represent Mpumalanga
u16C Khetho Mlombo Selected to represent Mpumalanga
u14A Sean Bellis Selected to represent Mpumalanga
u14B Simba Mwaruta Selected to represent Mpumalanga
u18C Tracy Shaw Selected to represent Mpumalanga
u18C Thandiwe Nxumalo Selected to represent Mpumalanga
u14 Mandisa Sigudla Selected to represent Mpumalanga
u16 Jason Chandler Selected to represent Mpumalanga at Action Cricket IPT
u17 Jason Chandler Selected to represent Mpumalanga Boys Cricket in National Tournament
u15 Michael Shum Selected to represent Mpumalanga boys Cricket in National Tournament
u18A Caleb Botha Selected to represent Mpumalanga Academy
u16 Tebogo Mazibuko Selected to represent Mpumalanga (Grant Khomo Week)
u16 Mpumi Mathias Selected to represent Mpumalanga (Grant Khomo Week)
u18B Michael Nkosi Selected to represent Mpumalanga Academy
2012 Annual Sports Awards Dinner
Chess
The Abbott Trophy for the Most Improved Chess Player Simon Attwood
Chess Player of the Year Luke Abbot
Cricket – Boys
The Spear Bat for Senior Cricketer of the Year Michael Ferri
The Innes Trophy for the Junior Cricketer of the Year Michael Shum
Cricket – Girls
The Senior Cricketer of the Year Chané Scheepers
The Junior Cricketer of the Year Anitha Varghese
Hockey – Boys
The Pingo Trophy for the Senior Boys Hockey Player of the Year Ryan Innes
The Tilly Trophy for the Junior Boys Hockey Player of the Year Hadrick Coertze
Hockey – Girls
The Ferri Trophy for the Senior Girls Hockey Player of the Year Caro Picardo da Sousa
The Middleton Trophy for the Junior Girls Hockey Player of the Year Rebecca Buchner
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MTB
The Schofield/Clarke Trophy for the Male MTB cyclist of the Year Roelof Coertze
The Mankele Trophy for the Ladies MTB Cyclist of the Year Sarah McQueen
Netball
The Bethwaite Trophy for the Senior Netball Player of the Year Ashley Mabuza
The Nel Trophy for the Most Improved Senior Netball Player Hayley Davies
The Bester Trophy for the Most Enthusiastic Player Chanté dos Reis
The Hammond Trophy for the Junior Netball Player of the Year Sivuyile Mthembu
Rugby
The Wicht Trophy for the Senior Rugby Player of the Year Lucas Burger
The Olivier Trophy for the Junior Rugby Player of the Year Telvin Mhlongo
Soccer – Boys
The Senior Boys Soccer Player of the Year Lloyd Radebe
The Junior Boys Soccer Player of the Year Jared Negrão
Soccer – Girls
The Senior Girls Soccer Player of the Year Joy Ntoni
The Junior Girls Soccer Player of the Year Samantha de Araujo
Tennis
The Boys Singles Champion Chris Graupner
The Girls Singles Champion Rebecca Buchner
The Boys Doubles Champions Chris Graupner
Michael Ferri
The Girls Doubles Champions Rebecca Buchner
Samantha de Araujo
The Mixed Doubles Champions Chris Graupner
Tracy Shaw
Eagle Trophies were awarded to players from all sporting codes that have represented the First Team on 50
occasions. In the case of Swimming, a recipient must have represented the Mpumalanga team for 4 years,
and have represented the school team in their Matric year:
Soccer Benny Gondwe, Mbuso Mathe and Lloyd Radebe
Netball Ashley Mabuza, Astrid Kouatcho, Chante dos Reis, Zethu Shube and Portia Nkosi
Rugby Gugu Shongwe, Otto Buchner and Lloyd Radebe
Hockey Ryan Innes
Cricket Michael Chandler
The Eagle Award is also made to a scholar who has been a committed team member for a number of years,
and represented the Province and his school with distinction. Jason Hogg was presented with the Eagle
Award for representing Penryn College in no less than six 1 st teams namely:- Hockey, Rugby, Soccer, Cricket,
Athletics and Swimming.
The Sportswoman and Sportsman of the Year
� The Penryn College Sportswoman of the Year for 2012 is Tracy Shaw – Mpumalanga Schools Hockey
u18C (Vice Captain), Penryn 1 st Hockey team and Penryn 1 st Girls Tennis Team Captain
� The Penryn College Sportsman of the Year for 2012 is Mathew Schofield – represented South Africa at
the UCI Junior World Cup, Mpumalanga at the MTB Nationals, and regular winner of cycling events in
the Lowveld and played in the Penryn 1 st Boys Hockey team.
These awards are based on scholars’ achievements and
Performance rather than participation.
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D) House Activities:
Inter House Debating
Goshawk (1st), Kite (2nd), Kestrel (3rd) and Harrier (4th)
Best Junior speaker: Leila Christensen Best Senior speaker: Siphelele Mkhabela
Inter House Public Speaking
Results of the Inter House Public Speaking are:
Senior Richard Hay – 1 st and Kirsten Swanepoel – 2 nd ,
Lindiwe Khoza – 3 rd and Siphelele Mkhabele – 4 th ,
Junior Ruvan de Graaf – 1 st Sabine Scholle – 2 nd ,
Leila Christensen – 3 rd and Sasha-Leigh Rorich – 4 th
Inter House Triathlon results
Senior girls Harrier (1 st ), Goshawk (2 nd ), Kestrel (3 rd ) and Kite (4 th )
Junior girls Kestrel (1 st ), Harrier (2 nd ), Kite (2 nd ) and Goshawk (4 th )
Senior boys Harrier (1 st ), Kestrel (2 nd ), Kite (3 rd ) and Goshawk (4 th )
Junior boys Kestrel (1 st ), Harrier (2 nd ), Kite (3 rd ) and Goshawk (4 th )
Inter House Plays
Kestrel House on produced the Best play of the evening. Kite was second, Harrier third and Goshawk fourth.
Best Actor: Richard Hay
Best Actress (this was shared by): Danielle van der Merwe and Ashleigh Walker
Best Supporting Actor (this was shared between) Vuyo Hayward / Andile Shelembe
Best Comedy Actor: Costa Tsobanoglou
Best Character Actress: Malu Nathan
Inter House Quiz results
Goshawk (1 st ), Kite (2 nd ), Kestrel (3 rd ) and Harrier (4 th )
Inter House Music
At the Inter House Music Competition each house is expected to produce a vocal, dance and instrumental
item.
Results were:
Instrumentals Goshawk (1 st ), Kestrel (2 nd ), Kite (3 rd ) and Harrier (4 th )
Dance Harrier (1 st ), Kite (2 nd ), Goshawk (3 rd ) and Kestrel (4 th
Vocals Harrier (1 st ), Kestrel (2 nd ), Goshawk (2 nd ) and Kite (4 th )
Inter House Mountain Biking results
Individual results:
Junior Boys: Hadrick Coertze (1 st ), Shane Russell (2 nd ), Simlindile Dlamini and Petur Erlendsson (3 rd )
Senior Boys: Mathew Schofield (1 st ), Ryan Innes (2 nd ), Roelof Coertze (3 rd ), Bennett Terblance (4 th ) and
Aidan Jackaman (5 th )
Girls: Sarah McQueen (1 st ), Kirsty Smyth (2 nd ), Kirsten Gillespie (3 rd ) and
Garlene van Huyssteen (4 th )
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Inter House overall results
2011 GOSHAWK HARRIER KESTREL KITE
Top 10 Cross Country
Junior Girls 4 8 10 6
Junior boys 4 8 10 6
Senior girls 6 8 10 4
Senior boys 4 10 6 8
Top 10 November
Grade 8 4 6 10 8
Grade 9 10 8 6 4
Grade 10 6 10 4 8
Grade 11 8 10 6 4
Grade 12 10 8 4 6
2012 GOSHAWK HARRIER KESTREL KITE
Gala 10 20 15 5
Debate 10 4 6 8
Triathlon - senior girls 8 10 6 4
Triathlon - junior girls 4 8 10 8
Triathlon - senior boys 4 10 8 6
Triathlon - junior boys 4 8 10 6
Play 5 10 20 15
Quiz 10 4 6 8
Senior rugby 8 4 6 10
Senior boys hockey 4 6 10 8
Senior girls hockey 8 10 4 6
Senior netball 4 6 10 8
Junior rugby 4 10 6 8
Junior boys hockey 10 10 4 6
Junior girls hockey 4 6 8 10
Junior netball 10 6 10 4
Chess 4 8 6 10
Music instrumental 10 4 8 6
Music Dance 6 10 4 8
Music Vocals 8 10 8 4
GOSHAWK HARRIER KESTREL KITE
Public Speaking Senior 4 6 10 8
Public Speaking Junior 4 10 8 6
Mountain biking 8 10 4 6
Athletics 5 20 15 10
212 286 268 232
YEAR TOTAL 2012 4 1 2 3
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E) Service:
The focus of outreach this year has been our Reading Programme. Every week, twice a week, 12 scholars and a
teacher went to Chakaza and Zwelisha Primary Schools in the
KaNyamazane area to improve
literacy amongst the grade 3
learners. Over the approximately
20 sessions, a great deal of
improvement has been noted by
the teachers as well as the
Penreach staff. The scholars
found a talent for teaching and all
without exception found it
rewarding. At the end of the year, each
grade 3 was presented with a painted
T-shirt painted by grade 8’s and 11’s
on their camps, as well as a handmade
book with the poems, in colour, that we
had covered during the year. The
learners were thrilled with their gifts,
and the teachers plan to continue our
work with these books, in grade 4!
On a different note, the scholar
executive committee member for 2012,
Robyn Schorman, issued the scholars
with a number of “challenges” for the
year. The first, a Crayon Rainbow, saw scholars bring pens, pencils
and kokis in good condition and construct a rainbow under the Marula tree.
These were then donated to the Ntataise Trust, that assists under resourced
pre- and primary schools. In addition to this books and posters made during
the Round Square Day were enthusiastically made and
received by the same organization.
The second challenge was the Toilet Roll Tower to
which all had to donate at least one roll. These 700 rolls
were then most gratefully accepted by Child Welfare
Nelspruit, for distribution.
The Coin Toss was lots of fun, and involved all scholars throwing coins, and notes, of any
denomination into a designated square by grade, in the Chapel. The prize, sports clothes
during exams! The grade 12’s won hands down and R3000 in total was collected. Tins were
bought and donated to Nelspruit Community Forum for distribution to the many homes which they support on an ongoing
basis.
thoughtful and GRIP was very grateful.
The Civvies Day in the third term was in aid of GRIP
and all scholars had to bring an item, by grade, to
put into ‘care packs’ for rape survivors. In addition
to this to show solidarity, scholars were encouraged
to wear an item of white. Many were generous and
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TOM’S Day Without Shoes was done by both Prep and High School and over 1000 pairs of shoes in good condition
were collected. A couple of churches who support orphans as well as Children in Distress benefitted from the
donations. They were painstakingly sorted into sizes, some packaged per child and sent off; a mammoth but
worthwhile task.
Our CANSA Pink and Blue Day brought in R2500 and many charmingly attired scholars!
We once again visited Mbonisweni Feeding Scheme and played with the children and helped out.
One teacher and 3 scholars did the Amazing Race for Child Welfare Nelspruit. They were the only ‘all girl’ group and
brought in R1500 for this event.
Three computers were donated to Children in Distress for their computer literacy programme. The money to fund this
was collected from book sales, quizzes and civvies days over the past couple of years.
During the Round Square Conference two service projects were
undertaken; the one being Support a Stranger. All delegates
were asked to choose a child of a certain age and gender, and
bring items such as undies, vests and socks, that could be
packaged during the conference. 400 boxes were packaged
after each delegate painted an appropriate t shirt, and allocated
to those less fortunate through Children in Distress and other
agencies. The second project involved all delegates going out to
one of 15
partner schools
and doing an activity, and playing with, the grade 1’s and 2’s. This
went extremely well and gave the delegates an idea of the
challenges that face many South African children on a daily basis.
The end of the year sees Child Welfare supported again in the form
of Christmas stars which are gifts required by that charity for children
less privileged. Stars are taken and the Christmas wish fulfilled by
tutor groups and individuals. We are hoping to fulfil at least 100
Christmas wishes this year.
Mrs Angela Theron (Convenor)
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F) Presidents Award:
The Presidents Awards is a programme which rewards endeavours across a number of different fields and
thereby by endeavouring the scholar to develop a holistic character.
Julanie Stapelberg was awarded her Gold standard of the International President’s Award for Youth
Empowerment for Service, Skills and Interests, Physical Recreation and Adventurous Journey.
The following scholars were awarded medals in recognition of their endeavours:-
Nakul Motiram (Silver), Vaughn McQueen (Gold) and Monette Bezuidenhout (Gold).
G) Environmental:
The Foundation Phase sang, “Reduce, re-use,
recycle”. Our primary environmental project this
year has been recycling. Paper bins were
placed in every classroom and emptied by
scholars at a paper station. Sets of 3 blue steel
drums have also been introduced for cans,
plastic and other waste. As an Eco-school we
are introducing projects at school to get
scholars into good ‘green’ habits. These topics
are also covered in the classroom. During
Arbour Week we planted Waterberry (Tree of
the year) and other trees next to the netball
courts, and below the sports pavilion,
remembering that trees are the lungs of the
earth.
We celebrated Weedbuster Day when we cut
Invasive Alien Plants (AIPs) over about a
hectare on the school grounds.
A number of environmental groups exist on
campus, namly: The Falconry group run by
Steve van Rensburg the Wildlife Club run by
Mike Meidlinger and two scholar groups, the
ELFs (challenged the school to collect a ton of
paper) and the Rhino group (participated in
World Rhino Day at Riverside Mall).
This year the environment, as part of our
Mission statement, was featured in a many
chapels (e.g. Grade 4’s Rhino theme), classes
(e.g. Grade 11 Environmental Management
Project) and activities (e.g. the International
Round Square Conference-especially noting the
opening production, scholar field trips, Science
Expos, Prep Hobby Week, Foundation phase
planting of gardens). We planted our Lowveld
Calendar Garden, a project researching Climate
change and Duncan Butchardt led 2 bird walks
on the campus. Lee-ann McClelland got started
with a SHE committee, to ensure health and
safety in our environment.
This year’s recycling theme has been
challenging as it was implemented in all areas
of the school and involved all staff and scholars.
In 2013 we will introduce a new Eco-school
theme.
Mrs Lynne Stone (Head of Environmental)
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H) Round Square and scholar exchanges:
We participated in a number of Round Square Conferences during the course of the year:
Brookhouse – Nairobi: Jarryd de Canha, Leane van Zyl, Cindy Minnie, Courtney Saayman, Thandiwe Mlauli
and Michele Maduana participated in the International Round Square Conference hosted by Brookhouse in
Nairobi and were chaperoned by Mes Allison Hay, Helen Ashley and Mr Greg Theron
Bridge House, Franschoek, Western Cape: Luke Knibbs van Dam, Erin Slingerland, Megon Venter, Andrea
Cook, Bennett Terblanche, Angela Ngobe and Lebo Mokoena participated in the National Round Square
Conference hosted by Bridge House, Franschoek, Western Cape. The group of scholars were chaperoned by
Mes Allison Hay and Nicola Joubert.
Round Square International Conference
Sixty Round Square schools from all corners of the globe descended on Penryn College this holiday in what
can only be described as an amazing 6 day conference and an unbelievable African experience. The theme of
the conference “no existence without coexistence” focused on two of the pillars of Round Square, namely
environment and community service. Through engaging key note speakers and visits to surrounding areas,
delegates were given the opportunity to witness the problems which are so evident in Africa as a continent and
to discuss possible solutions for our future generations. All the delegates were privileged to spend a night in
the Kruger National Park and to visit some of our local tourist sites. In the spirit of Ubuntu , the generous
donations received from all delegates will be distributed to the many needy children in the surrounding
community. The success of this conference was a result of the hard work and dedication of our amazing
Baraza leaders, staff and scholars. Africa tends to creep into one’s soul and we have no doubt that the
delegates left with a piece of Africa in their hearts.
Round Square Scholar Exchange
Danish Singh Brar and Shubhendu Shekhar spent a term with us on a Round Square International scholar
exchange from Mayo College, India and in turn, Vaughn McQueen went to St Philips in Australia and Ndzalama
Dumisa and Ernest Ntabeni went to Mayo College, India.
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Reunion and Penryn Scholar Exchange
Mr Gunther Swart and a group of 9 scholars participated in an exchange to the Reunion Islands as part of the
exchange programme between Lycee Lavavaseur and Penryn College. Scholars were hosted by Lycee
Lavavaseur scholars in their family homes. Various activities such visiting the active Piton de la Fournaise
volcano, going out to sea in a glass bottom boat to look at Dolphins and Sea Turtles and canyoning and
abseiling in the Reunion mountains.
I) Founders’ Day 21 st Celebrations:
Founders’ Day was held on the rugby field. What a great surprise the Fish Eagles provided on the day! Mr
Paul Harris, Chairman of Trust officially named our sports fields which have been named after people who
played a founding role in the early history of Penryn College.
The names are:
Cricket Oval The Bill Carter Oval
Rugby / Soccer The David Wylde field
Rugby / Soccer The Professor Selby Ripinga field
Hockey The Dr Rob Snaddon field
Cricket B The Mr Robbie Williams field
The John Lees Foundation Phase building was officially opened by Mr Lees on 19 April 2012. Mr Harris also
officially thanked the Anglo American Chairman’s Fund for their contribution towards making the building of the
John Lees Foundation phase possible.
In recognition of our 21 st birthday celebrations, the Uplands College and Preparatory School family generously
gave the Penryn family a beautiful bronze statue of a Warthog, with the inscription - “Share our similarities,
celebrate our differences” – M. Scott-Peck .
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J) Annual Field and other trips and tours:
Field trips and tours
Format of 2012 Field trips were:
Gr Activity Co-ordinator
8 KwaMadwala Private Game
Reserve
Mrs Colleen Schurink
9 Fanie Botha Hike Mr Thomas Barry
10 Cultural tour to Gauteng Mrs Angela Theron
11 Personal Growth Camp Mrs Louise Visser
USA Tour 2012
The trip started in the beautiful Washington DC with a collection of museums, memorials and government
buildings. Next were the bright lights of New York City. Our last stop on the trip was the incredible Kennedy
Space Center in Cape Canaveral. The Astronaut Training
Experience (ATX) exceeded all our expectations.
Europe Art Tour 2012
A group of 8 scholars, chaperoned by Mes Michele Booysen and Tessa van Huyssteen travelled to
Amsterdam, Brussels and Paris where they visited Museums, the Eiffel Tower, Disney World and many other
exciting places of interest.
K) Out of school activities and achievements
Columbia Da Gama Dam Triathlon
� Sabrina Beretta swam 1500m in 34.40 minutes
� Sarah McQueen was placed 1 st in the Women mini-category (swam 6.47 minutes, rode her bike in 34.39
minutes and ran 9.16 minutes for a total time of 50.52 minutes)
� Dylan Nortje was the 1 st man in the sprint category (swam 15.15 minutes, rode his bike in 36.44 minutes
and ran 36.44 for a total time of 1.43.52)
� GJ Richter came 9 th overall in the sprint category (swam in 15.10 minutes, rode his bike in 1.40.39 minutes
and ran 40.49 minutes for a total time of 2.36.38)
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Equestrian
� Nadia Breytenbach participated in the Equestrian Junior Schools League 1 st Qualifier in the following
events and was placed accordingly - Equitation 1m (1 st ) Competition 1,1m (1 st ) and 2 Phase 1,1m (2 nd ). In
the second qualifier of the Mpumalanga Schools League, Nadia achieved a 1 st in Equitation 1m, 1 st in 1.1m
Competition, 2 nd in 1.1m 2-phase and 3 rd in the Novice Dressage. In the 3rd qualifier for Schools
Equestrian League she was placed 2nd in the Junior Competition and 1st in the 2-Phase Junior. She has
been selected to represent the National Equitation and Show Jumping A-Team 2012 at the SA Junior
Derby in August. Nadia jumped into 1 st place in the 90cm jump and 2 nd in the 110cm jump at the
Mpumalanga Equestrian Championships where she was placed 1 st in the Intermediate Equitation
Championship and was awarded the champion of the day trophy. Nadia was awarded the Junior
Intermediate Equitation rider of the year trophy and will be participating in the South African Junior
Championships.
� Abigail Thrush competed in the National School’s Equestrian League Level 3 final and was awarded a
Bronze medal for achieving a third place in the individual event.
Karate
Nicky Davidson was awarded 3 x Silver medals at the South African Tang Soo Doo & Haedong Kumdo Korean
Martial Arts Championships
Dance
� Hogan Antia and Khetho Mlombo participated in three styles within the dance category at the South
African National Performing and Dramatic Arts Championships and were awarded a Bronze (3 rd place) for
their Freestyle routine, a Silver (2 nd place) for their Hip-Hop routine
� ‘The Fresh Impact Dance Group’ Costa Tsobanoglou, Benny Chiloane, Karabo Dhlamini, Mthunuzi
Mncube, Andile Shelembe, Genesis Shirindza, were placed 1 st in the 13 – 17 years section at the SA
National Hip Hop Dance Championships – Dance to Las Vegas 2012 held in Cape Town recently. They
qualified to participate in the 2012 World Hip Hop Dance Championships held in Las Vegas, USA
Dance Eistedfodd 2012
The following scholars participated in the Dance Eistedfodd:
Presitige A++
Student Choreography Duet Sherese Busschau and Chante Klopper; Terence Maseko and Bonga Khoza
Student Choreography Solo Duncan Makhubu
� Costa Tsobanoglou competed against 100 dancers from 43 countries .and was placed 8 th in the Top
Ten. This is the first time South Africa has been placed this high up in the ranks internationally. He was
head hunted by a company in Vegas, who do music videos, movies, who have asked him to put together
a portfolio and send it to them. Before Costa left for Vegas, he competed in the Sprite Hip Hop
uncontainable challenge.
� Danielle van der Merwe participated in the Emnotweni Eisteddfod and received an A++ Prestige for
Individual Monologue.
� Danya Maree and Angelique Liebenberg wrote their UNISA Grade 6 Piano exams and achieved 81%
and 80% respectively.
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FLL Robotics Challenge
Daniel Schormann, Danya Maree, Steven Schormann, Michaela Schormann and Colin Casey participated in
the FLL robotics challenge where they won the trophy for the best robot as well as the trophy for the robot with
the highest score on the board challenge. They have been selected to go through to the National
Championships and should they do well, they stand a chance of going to the world championships in Illinois,
United States of America early next year.
L) Alumni
� Willem Barnard (Class of 2010), who is studying BSc Physics at Tukkies and Dalene van Staden (Class of
2010) were invited to join the Golden Key Society
� Peet van Staden (Class of 2010) who is studying Mandarin in China, achieved above 90% in his first exam
The following Past Penryn Scholars have graduated from Stellenbosch University:
� Tessa Eybers (Class of 2004) B in Speech-Language-Hearing Therapy
� Ane Rademayer (Class of 2004) BCom (Management Sciences
� Carol Hollmann (Class of 2005) MB, ChB
� Hansie Zietsman (Class of 2007) BComm
� Graeme Hill (Class of 2008) BComm Management Sciences
� Tessa Ware (Class of 2011) has been appointed as the African Regional Round Square Alumni coordinator.
� Ashley Steyn (Class of 2010) was elected class representative for second year Industrial Engineering
Stellenbosch University at the beginning of this year. She has now been elected to the Engineering
Students Council and to the position of treasurer.
� Jonty Wakefield and Mattys Ellis (Class of 2011) were named one of the Top 6 (of all year groups) of their
respective residences at the University of Pretoria. Jonty is studying Financial and Actuarial Mathematics
and Matthys Computer Science were respectively placed 4 th and 3 rd. .
� Anel Goosen (Class of 2007) was recognised as a First Year Top Achiever at the recent UJ Top
Achievers’ ceremony. Anel was one of 241 first year students who qualified for the achievement.
� Donovan Thomson (Class of 2008) graduated from the University of Cape Town with Honours in
Computer Science.
M) Staff
� Mrs Michele Booysen was appointed as the Mpumalanga U16C hockey coach
� Mrs Linda van Rensburg who passed her level 2 hockey coaching qualifications and who is one of 4 in
Mpumalanga with this qualification. She was appointed U16A Girls hockey coach
� Mrs Allison Hay participated in the South African 21km National championships where she won her race in
the Master’s category.
Staff who joined us at the start of 2012
� Rev Michael Stone is our new Chaplain and hails from Pietermaritzburg Methodist Church
� Dr Stephen Sproule joined us as the Academic Deputy and joined the Maths department
� Mrs Joanne Long joined the English Department
� Mr Graeme Stewart joined the EMS Department
� Mr Lot Chambale joined us as SiSwati Educator in the Prep and College
� Ms Joannie Cilliers joined the EMS Department
� Dr Llew Taylor teaches Science Enrichment
� Mrs Lynn Stone joined the Admin Department as the Environmental Officer
� Mr Colin Hurlbatt joined the Admin Department as the Operations Manager
� Mrs Lee-Ann McCLeland joined the Administrative department as the Human Resources Officer
� Mrs Gill Smyth moved from Penreach to join the College Administrative department
� Mr Dean van der Merwe joined us as an Intern
� Ms Monette Pieterse who joined us as a Sports Intern
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Internal promotions:
Mr Paul Viljoen was promoted to Deputy Head – Administration
Mr Hilton Gordon – Grade 8 Head
Mrs Judy Liebenberg – Grade 10 Head
Mr Piet Booysen – Head of Kite
Staff who will be leaving us at the end of 2012
Mr Greg and Mrs Angela Theron
Mr Paul and Mrs Wendy Viljoen
Mr Thomas Barry
Ms Tessa van Huyssteen
Ms Caroline Vincent
Ms Monette Pieterse
Staff who will be joining us in 2013
� Mr Christian Erasmus as Head of College. Mr Erasmus hails from St Georges in Port Elizabeth.
� Mr Michael Erasmus in the Art Department. Mr Erasmus will be returning to South Africa after a year in
the United Kingdom where he was employed by Digneering. He completed his B-Tech fine Art Degree
(Cum Laude) at the University of Johannesburg
� Mr Jako Carstens as Head of Life Science Department. Mr Carstens and his family will be returning to
South Africa from the United Kingdom where he has been teaching since 2006 at Fort Hill School
� Ms Shannon Bishop in the English Department as Head of Department. Ms bishop joins us from the USA
where she has taught English at Columbia University on a Fullbright Scholarship
� Mrs Abigail Wiese in the Dramatic Arts Department. Mrs Wiese hails from Northlands Girls High School in
Durban
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