Athletics and Cross Country News and Results 2012:
EP Duathlon Championships:
6 College boys took part in the EP Championships in Port Elizabeth on Sunday 19 May. They all raced in the 16-18 category over 5km Run, a 20km cycle, and finishing with a 2.5km Run. In only their second Duathlon, they all performed very well over the course.They came through in the following order:
Dylan Ramsay was 3rd overall, and the 1st U17 athlete. Matthew Archer was 4th and the 3rd U18 athlete. Richard Simpson, 2nd U17. Marcel Bovijn was the 4th U18 home. Richard Hobson came in 10th overall and was the 1st U16. Matthew Danckwerts finished 4th in the U17 age group.
All were selected to the Eastern Province Duathlon team to take part in the South African Championships in Worcester on 17 June. Bovijn and Archer in the 18-19 age group, Ramsay, Simpson,Hobson and Danckwerts in the 16 -17 age group. Hopefully we will begin to see more competitors in multi-sport events in the future.
Triathlon report 20 March:
Dylan Ramsay competed in the South African Triathlon Championships in Port Elizabeth this last weekend and ended 14th in his age group and was the 1st EP boy home. Mr Deon Boshoff also competed in the national championships finishing in 11th position in his age group. He and Mr Walter Eksteen are training for the Iron Man Competition taking place on 22 April in PE.
Athletics and Cross Country News and Results 2011:
The Athletics Captain for 2011 is Christian Malila and the vice captain is Thando Kopolo.
SPORTS DAY (8 OCTOBER):
For the first time in College history Inter-House Sports day was held on a Sunday. This important day has always been renowned for cold, wet and windy weather conditions - 2011 was exactly the opposite, it was sweltering hot! Despite this, there were some exciting and closely contested races resulting in several highlights which were as follows:
New records
- Sebastian Williams Wynn broke G.S Levey's 41 year old 3000m record, his time being 8.46.49 seconds. He was pushed all the way by Duncan Ralston, with both boys also qualifying for a Colours time. It must be said that this event took place 4 days earlier in perfect middle distance running conditions.
- Simphiwe Zondani set a new record in the under 15 200m sprint race finishing in a time of 23.67. Simphiwe is a very talented athlete and is known at College as our "little Bolt"!
- Stephen Cragg, a talented Discus thrower, set a new record in the under 15 age group with a distance of 40.76 metres. He broke a record that was set in 1977!
COLOURS
- Duncan Ralston:under 19 3000m
- Christian Malila: under 19 200m
- Alan Gerber: Under 19 High Jump
The day ended with the presentation of trophies:
- DSG cufflinks: (winner of under 19 110m Hurdles) - Michael Allsop
- Esterhuysen Cup: (Best Jump or Hurdle performance) - Alan Gerber
- Saner Floating Trophy: (Winner of under 19 400m) - William Cahill
- Mickey Bryant Cup: (Winner under 19 800m) - William Cahill
- Nicholson Cup: (For Endeavour Senior) - Mathew Archer
- Kruiskamp Cup: (For Endeavour Junior) - Simphiwe Zondani
- Brukman Cup: (Most points under 14 & 15 age group) - Espin/Upper
- Saner Cup: (Inter- House Cup for most points Sports Day) - Espin
Photos may be viewed by clicking on:
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4 October:
Sebastian Williams Wynn ran the 3000m in 8 min 46. 49 secs. The previous record was held by G.S Levey (8 min 46.8 secs). This record was set in 1970.
CROSS COUNTRY ROUND UP 5 October
College had a very exciting and tightly contested Cross Country season this year. Although we lost narrowly to Queens College in our annual mid year competition, this motivated the boys into realizing that they had to train much harder and develop a tougher mental attitude towards racing. We then competed in a number of races in Grahamstown, with the highlight being a half marathon over Mountain Drive (one of the toughest races in South Africa!).
September arrived and this meant the onset of very competitive Saturday morning races at Grey dam. The season culminated in the finals which proved to be exhilarating. In the senior competition Dylan Ramsay and Mathew Archer spurred one another on to run a Colours time. The results were as follows:
SENIORS
1st place: Dylan Ramsay
2nd place: Mathew Archer
3rd place Duncan Ralston
JUNIORS
1st place: Jack Campbell
2nd place: James Valentine
3rd place: Matthew Kroon
INTER-HOUSE FINAL COMPETITION
1st: Espin
2nd: Graham
3rd: Upper
4th: Armstrong
5th: Merriman
6th: Mullins
Espin once again won the Inter-House Standards competition.
Athletics Colours Awards 5 October
1 October Cross Country photos:
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28 September Quadrangular Shield Athletics Meeting:
This fiercely contested Athletics meeting took place on Wednesday afternoon at St Andrew's College. The competition has been in existence since 1938, so to win the Shield is immensely prestigious. The participating schools were Grey High School, Kingswood College, Graeme College and St Andrew's College. The competition follows a relay format with four boys from each school participating in the track events and three in the Field events. The first event was the Shuttle Hurdles Relay which was convincingly won by St Andrew's with the boys showing expert technique over the Hurdles.
Pole vault, Shot put and Discus were the next events and were won by the stronger Grey athletes who awed the spectators with their strength and skill. The middle and long distance relays were won by the St Andrew's athletes who proved that disciplined and regular training pays off in the end. Javelin was next on the agenda and with the talented trio of St Andrew's athletes (Long, Ford and Everard ) taking the first 3 places. Kingswood was dominant in the Long Jump and narrowly lost to St Andrew's in the High Jump.
The sprinting relays had the spectators standing and cheering. All the races were tightly contested with St Andrew's smooth baton changes clearly being an advantage and resulting in wins in the 4x100 and 4x200.
The final scores were as follows:
1st: St Andrew's College - 43 points
2nd: Grey High School - 33.5 points
3rd: Kingswood College - 24.5 points
4th: Graeme College - 17 points
Photographs may be viewed by clicking on the link:
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HIRSCH/ SF EDWARDS/ SAMMY GUNN ATHLETICS MEETING.
The Hirsch, SF Edwards and Sammy Gunn Athletics meeting took place on Saturday at Dale College with 11 schools participating. This was the first time that College athletes ran on an Ash track in blustery weather conditions. The competition was fierce, but the College athletes competed with determination and gave of their very best.
The final results were as follows:
- Under 14 (Sammy Gunn Shield) College finished 5th
- Under 16 (SF Edwards Shield) College finished 3rd and also won the De Vos Malan Trophy for winning middle distances.
- Under 19 (Hirsch Shield)
College finished 3rd.
Highlights of the meeting were:
- - Daniel Long winning the Javelin and throwing a Colours distance of 52.8m
- - Dylan Ramsay winning the 3000m (U16) in an exhilarating sprint finish
- - Simon Muchura 2nd in the Under 19 Hurdles
- - Sintu Manjezi 2nd in the Under 16 Hurdles
- - William Cahill 2nd in the Under 19 800m
- - Thando Kopolo 2nd in the Under 19 Triple Jump
- - Mathew Kroon 2nd in the Under 16 1500m
- - Damon Evans 2nd in the Under 14 1500m
- - Stuart Stopforth 2nd in the Under 16 800m
- - David Gilfillan 3rd in the Under 19 Long Jump.
CROSS COUNTRY STANDARDS NO. 2
On Saturday the 2nd Cross Country Inter-House competition took place in perfect weather conditions. The competition for the top positions was tightly contested.
SENIORS
1st place: Dylan Ramsay
2nd Place: Mathew Archer
3rd Place: Sebastian Williams-Wynn
SENIOR HOUSE POSITIONS
1st Place: Upper
2nd Place: Merriman
3rd Place: Graham
4th Place: Armstrong
5th Place: Mullins
6Th Place: Espin
JUNIORS
1st Place: Brian Fergusson
2nd place: Nick Embling
3rd Place: Tom Chapman
JUNIOR HOUSE POSITIONS
1St Place: Espin
2nd place: Armstrong
3rd Place: Merriman and Upper
5th Place: Graham
6thPlace: Mullins
OVERALL HOUSE POSITIONS
1ST Place: Upper
2nd Place: Merriman
3rd Place: Graham
4th Place: Espin
5th Place: Armstrong
6th Place: Mullins
The competition is extremely close and far from over - the more boys that participate, the more points gained by your House!F. Van der Merwe
CROSS COUNTRY:SATURDAY 10 SEPTEMBER
The first inter-house Cross Country competition took place on Saturday in perfect conditions. The results were as follows:
Seniors
1st place: Dylan Ramsay
2nd place: Mathew Archer
3rd place: Duncan Ralston
House positions (Seniors)
1) Espin
2) Graham
3) Armstrong
4) Mullins
5) Upper and Merriman
Juniors
1st place: Matthew Kroon
2nd place: Nicholas Embling
3rd place: Richard Hobson
House positions
1) Mullins
2) Espin
3) Armstrong
4) Graham
5) Upper
6) Merriman
Overall Positions (taken into account the total number of boys in each House)
1) Espin
2) Mullins
3) Upper
4) Graham
5) Armstrong
6) Merriman
The positions are extremely close and the competition is far from over!
(F. v.d Merwe)
MOUNTAIN DRIVE HALF MARATHON:
Six College boys conquered the Mountain Drive half Marathon on Saturday 6 August. The race was run in extremely cold and wet conditions. The boys acquitted themselves well and all the hard training paid off. First home was Dylan Ramsay finishing in the excellent time of 1 hour 32 minutes. He was closely followed by Mathew Archer. Connor Roberts, Xan Atkins, Sean Ludik and Mark Jones completed the race as a team running in under 2 hours. Well done boys and I know that this is the first of many half marathons. Ms F van der Merwe
CROSS COUNTRY - QUEENS:
On Friday 3 June the College team travelled to Queenstown to participate in the annual fixture against Queens. The 10km route was extremely tough and the opposition had the advantage of knowing the course. The College boys acquitted themselves well with Mathew Archer finishing 4th and Dylan Ramsay 9th. Queens proved to be to be the stronger team on the day and won the competition convincingly. Congratulations must go to the Queens team and to the College boys who did their very best and were complimented by the Queens coach on their sportsmanship and impeccable manners. Ms F van der Merwe
Makana Brick Fun Run:
Well Done to the 350 boys that completed the 8km Makana Brick Fun Run last Wednesday evening. The first College boy across the line was Dylan Ramsay, closely followed by Sebastian Williams -Wynn. The proceeds go to Charity, so thank you boys for you enthusiastic support!
East Cape Championships:
Five athletes participated in the East Cape Championships on Saturday 12 March in East London. The competition was at an exceptionally high level and the boys realised how hard they need to train if they want to compete at a national level. The results were as follows:
- Daniel Lithgow: 4th Under 17 Discus
- Gregory Slack: 4th Under 17 High Jump
- Simphiwe Zondani: 6th Under 15 100m
- Duncan Ralston: 8th Under 19 1500.
- Zach Melvill: 8th Under 15 100m Hurdles
The following certificates are being awarded:
- Daniel Lithgow: Standards for Discus Under 17
- Greg Slack: Standards for High Jump
- Alan Gerber: Colours for High Jump
ATHLETICS: CACADU CAMPIONSHIPS:
An extremely competitive Cacadu Athletics Championships took place in Humansdorp on Saturday 26 Feb. Highlights of the competition were as follows:
1) Greg Slack -1st Place High Jump Under17. (Greg jumped a Standards height)
2) Daniel Lithgow - 1st Place Discus Under 17
3) Zach Melvill - 1st Place 100m Hurdles Under 15
4) Duncan Ralston - 2nd Place 1500m Under 19
5) Simphiwe Zondani - 2nd Place 100m Under 15
These boys have qualified for the Eastern Cape Championships which take place on Saturday 12 March in East London.
ATHLETICS: ALBANY CHAMPIONSHIPS:
A very exciting Albany Athletics meeting took place last Wednesday 16 and Saturday 19 February. The competition was fierce and the College boys did exceptionally well.Congratulations to the following boys who have qualified for the Cacadu championships which take place in PE on Saturday:
- Duncan Ralston (1st Under 19 1500m)
- Mathew Archer (1st Under 17 3000m)
- Simphiwe Zondani (2nd 100m Under 15)
- Alan Gerber (1st Under 19 High Jump - achieving a Colours height)
- Daniel Lithgow (1st Under 17 Discus and 2nd in the shotput)
- Zach Melvill (1st Under 15 High Jump)
- Greg Slack (2nd Under 17 High Jump)
- Andile Win (2nd Under 17 Discus)
ATHLETICS: GRAHAMSTOWN INTER-SCHOOLS COMPETITION:
On Saturday 5 February 15 College boys participated in the Inter-Grahamstown Track events competition held at Rhodes University. The athletics was of a high standard and the College boys can be proud of their achievements.
Highlights of the competition was as follows:
- Duncan Ralston 1st in the U19 1500m and 2nd in the 3000m
- Mathew Archer 2nd in the U17 3000m
- Nick Bruce 2nd in the U19 800m
- Simphiwe Zondani 2nd in the U15 100m
These boys qualify for the next round - Albany Schools competition on the 19 February. FVDM
Athletics and Cross Country News and Results 2010:
Congratulations to Murray Charter who will be Athletics captain 2010 and James Briscoe who is the vice captain. and James Briscoe (Vice-captain).jpg)
Fun Runs:
Two fun runs were held last week. The President’s Award Fun Run was held on Wednesday afternoon and the PJ Olivier/Rapportryers Fun Run was held on Thursday with proceeds from these events going to charities in the Grahamstown area. Both events saw a handful of College Boys participating. Wayde Guedes and Adrian Hobson participated in both events with Wayde finishing 5th overall at the President’s Award Run and just missing a gold and placing 21st at the PJ Olivier fun run. The PJ Oliver fun run saw College stealing some top places with Mathew Archer, Dylan Ramsay and Sinan Brown finishing 12th, 13th and 15th respectively. Bruce Blaine and Andrew Meiklejohn also finished in the top 50.
Well done and thank you to all the boys who took part in both runs. Special thanks must be made to the President’s Award Committee and PJ Olivier for organising these events, as well as Miss van der Merwe and all the marshals from St Andrews College who assisted with the President’s Award fun run.
Biathlon:
Dylan Ramsay competed in the Port Elizabeth leg of the Inter-Provincial Biathlon series on Sunday 24 October and won the gold medal in the U15 event. This forms part of the qualification process for the South African Champs. Well done, Dylan.
Assembly Report 3 October:
The Second Standards Inter-House competition took place last Wednesday in very hot conditions. Despite the heat, Craig Mullins ran a Colours time!
Results were as follows:
Seniors
1st place: Craig Mullins
2nd place: Angus Roberts
3rd place: Jonty Arnot
Senior Inter- House Results:
1st - Armstrong
2nd - Espin
3rd - Graham
4th - Merriman
5th - Upper
6th - Mullins
Juniors
1st place: Dylan Ramsay
2nd place: Nicholas Fleischer
3rd place: Brandon Haynes
Junior Inter-House Results:
1st - Graham
2nd - Merriman
3rd - Espin
4th - Armstrong
5th - Upper
6th - Mullins
Overall results
1st - Espin
2nd - Armstrong
3rd - Graham
4th - Merriman
5th - Upper
6th - Mullins
HIRSCH. SF EDWARDS AND SAM GUN SHIELD:
This prestigious Athletics competition was held on Friday 24 September at Grey High school. The event is 93 years old and consists of 12 participating schools. The highlight of the meeting was College winning the last event of the day, the under 19 4 x100m Relay.
College finished 2nd in the Under 19 event, 3rd in the Under 16 competition and the Under 14s' finished 4th.
Certificates were awarded to the following boys:
- - 1st place 4 x 100m relay Under 19 (Price, Malila, Ford and Briscoe)
- - 1st place Javelin under 16 (Chris Ford)
- - 1st place Javelin and 2nd place Pole Vault under 14 (Stephen Cragg)
- - 2nd place 200m under 19 (Jonathan Ford)
- - 2nd place 1500m and 3000m under 19 (Craig Mullins)
- - 2nd place 1500m and 3000m under 16 (Mathew Archer)
- - 2nd place 1500m under 14 (Brian Ferguson)
- - 2nd place 90m Hurdles under 14 (Robert Ball)
- - 3rd place Triple Jump under 19 (Thando Kopolo)
- - 3rd place Long Jump under 16 (Edward Karegyesa)
- - 3rd place Pole Vault under 16 (Liam Wagner)
- - 3rd place 110m Hurdles under 16 (Simon Muchura)
- - 3rd place High Jump under 16 (Ryan Horne)
- - 3rd place 4 x100m relay Under 16 (Horne, Duncan, Ford and Muchhura)
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SPORTS DAY (25 September):
A very successful Inter-House Sports day was held on Saturday. The following boys achieved their Colours and Standard times:
COLOURS
Jonathan Ford: under 19 200m and 100m
James Price: under 19 200m and standards for the 100m
Christopher Ford: under 16 Javelin
James Semple; under 19 Javelin
STANDARDS
Daniel Long: under 17 Javelin
Ryan Horne: under 16 High Jump
Grant Prior: under 19 110 Hurdles
Hugo Brown: under 17 100m
Christian Malila: under 17 100m
Alan Gerber: under 17 High Jump
Robert Fabricius; under 17 High Jump
Athletics/Sports Day Programme for Saturday 25 September 2010
Cross Country - First Inter-House Race (Mountain Drive)
QUADRANGULAR ATHLETICS MEETING (SATURDAY 18 SEPTEMBER):
The Quadrangular Shield has returned to College! The Shield is 88 years old and is a relay competition that is always fiercely contested. Once again it was "nail biting", with College athletes showing exceptional determination and spirit.
First place was achieved in the following events:
- - 4 x 100m Hurdles ( Muchura, Allsop, Toplis, Prior)
- - Javelin ( Semple, Long, Ford)
- - 4 x 100m (Price, Briscoe, Ford, Malila)
- - 1600 Medley ( Charter, Ford, Briscoe, Arnot)
- - High jump (Awaseb, Macdonald, Gerber)
- - 4 x 400m ( Charter, Brown, Prior, Price)
- - 3000m ( Mullins, Archer, Arnot, Still)
- - 4 x 200m (Ford, Briscoe, Awaseb and Price)
The final results were as follows:
SAC - 44 points
Grey High School - 40 points
Kingswood College - 33 points
Graeme College - 14 points
Ms Taylor, Mr. Creese and Mr Jackson - your support was greatly appreciated!
Ms v.d Merwe.
CROSS COUNTRY REPORT (Sat 11 Sept):
The first Cross Country this term was run in perfect conditions. Both the Senior and Junior races were tightly contested and some excellent times were recorded. The results were as follows:
SENIORS
1ST PLACE: Craig Mullins - Craig set a new school record (by one second), running the route in 19.09.
2nd PLACE: Mathew Archer - Both Mathew and Craig ran Colours times.
3rd Place: Angus Roberts
SENIOR COMPETITION
1) ESPIN
2) MULLINS
3) ARMSTRONG
3) GRAHAM
4) MERRIMAN
5) UPPER
JUNIORS
1ST PLACE: Dylan Ramsay
2nd PLACE: Xavier Mc Naughton
3rd PLACE: Richard Simpson
JUNIOR COMPETITION
1) ESPIN
2) ARMSTRONG
3) MERRIMAN
4) GRAHAM
5) UPPER
6) MULLINS
OVERALL STANDINGS
1) ESPIN
2) ARMSTRONG
3) MERRIMAN
4) GRAHAM
5) MULLINS
6) UPPER
CROSS COUNTRY (GRAHAMSTOWN INTER- SCHOOLS):
On Saturday 31 July a number of boys represented College at the Grahamstown inter-schools competition. Our boys did exceptionally well, running with great determination and pacing themselves well.
The results were as follows:
BOYS UNDER 19
Craig Mullins - 1st place
Angus Roberts - 2nd place
Daniel Still - 3rd place
Connor Roberts - 5th place
BOYS UNDER 16
Mathew Archer - 1st place
BOYS UNDER 15
Dylan Ramsay - 1st place
All of these boys will go through to the next round, Inter-District Championships which take place next Saturday at Grey Dam. F.van der Merwe
CROSS COUNTRY VS QUEENS 14 MAY2010:
For the first time in many years, College won a closely contested Cross Country fixture against Queens. Our athletes ran with tremendous courage and determination! It was College's "depth" that gave us the victory. Congratulations to the following boys who finished in the Top Ten:
Mathew Archer - 2nd (Mathew missed a Colours time by 6 seconds)
Daniel Still - 4th
Dylan Ramsay - 5th
Angus Robert - 6th
William Cahill - 9th
Stefan Uys - 10th
Thank you to Mr Holderness and the boys who assisted with marshalling, Miss Taylor for her assistance and Mr Smith for his support. Frith van der Merwe
GRAEME COLLEGE FUN RUN 15 April 2010:
Twelve College boys participated in the Graeme College 5km Fun Run last Thursday afternoon. The course was extremely tough with most of it being "off-road". Congratulations to Mathew Archer who was the first School boy home! Well done to all the other College participants for completing the tough course. Ms F v.d Merwe
Biathlon and Triathlon:
Dylan Ramsay has been selected to represent the EP under 15 Biathlon team. He will be participating in the SA Championships in Bloemfontein on the 27th of March 2010.Biathlon consists of 100m swim and a 2km run.
Matthew Archer, ranked # 3 in the Eastern Province for triathlon, will also be participating in the under 17 SA Championships, even though he is only under 16. The SA Champs will take place on the 21st of March 2010 in Germiston.Triathlon consists of a 75m swim, a 20km cycle and a 3,5km run.Congratulations to these two Graham House boys on their provincial selections and good luck for your various events.
Makana Nite Race 10 March:
287 boys participated in the Makana Nite race last Wednesday. Conditions were tough as it was extremely hot and humid. The top 5 boys were:
1st: Craig Mullins
2nd: Daniel Still
3rd: Angus Roberts
4th: William Cahill
5th: Mathew Archer
These boys finished in the Top 20 positions overall, all running under 30 minutes. They were also the first 5 Schoolboys to finish.
On Saturday Murray Charter and Mathew Archer participated in the Cacadu Athletics Championships in Humansdorp. Murray Charter finished 2nd in the 400m Boys Under 19, running his personal best time of 51.6 seconds and once again qualifying for Colours.
Mathew Archer finished 4th in the Boys Under 17 3000m.
Murray has now qualified for the Eastern Cape Championships which will be held next weekend. We wish him the best of luck and maybe he can break that 50 minute barrier!
The Albany District Interschool's Athletics Championship was held this past weekend at Rhodes University. Our boys competed against learners from a number of schools, including Mary Waters, Graeme College and Kingswood. The fairly overcast and wind free morning were perfect conditions to start off the U17 3000m race in which Matthew Archer won his race in a time of 11 minutes, 10 seconds. The 200m was a tough race in which both Murray Charter and Angelo Awaseb competed. Although the race was won by an exceptional runner from Mary Waters, both Murray and Angelo ran very well and placed fourth and fifth respectively. In addition to this, Murray Charter also placed second in the 400m and achieved both his personal best and a colour's time, running the race in a time of 52.1 seconds. James Briscoe won the 100m and also achieved a colour's time, running the 100m race in just 11.2 seconds.
James Briscoe and Murray Charter
On Saturday, 6 Feb, a number of boys competed at the inter Grahamstown Athletics competition. The highlights were as follows:
Mathew Archer: 1st in the 3000m and 3rd in the 1500m Boys under 17.
James Briscoe: 1st in the 100m Boys under 19.
Murray Charter: 3rd in the 200m and 400m Boys under 19
Angelo Awaseb: 4th in the 200m Boys under 19
These 4 boys qualify for the Albany Championships which take place next week.
Dylan Ramsay competed in the EP Biathlon Champs this past weekend where he was selected for the EP U15 team to take part in an inter-provincial competition in Oudtshoorn on 6 February after which he will take part in the National Championships in Bloemfontein on 3 April. Congratulations to Dylan.
Athletics and Cross Country News and Results 2009:
CAPTAIN: Thomas Niven
VICE-CAPTAIN: Justus Luttig
SECRETARY: Murray Charter
Biathlon:
Dylan Ramsay represented Eastern Province whilst competing in the Free State Biathlon Champs in Bloemfontein this past Saturday 3 October. Dylan finished in second place in the U15 age group and was awarded the Silver Medal.
CROSS COUNTRY FINALS:
On Saturday the Cross Country Finals took place in perfect conditions at Grey Dam. In the Senior event the first three boys ran Colours times, with many of the boys achieving their personal best times.
The results of the Senior Competition were as follows:
1) Thomas Niven (Colours re-award and trophy)
2) Craig Mullins (Colours certificate)
3) Angus Roberts (Colours certificate)
- Although Jaco Delport did not run in the Final event, he also achieved his Colours.
- Sean McLintock also ran a Colours time at the 2nd Inter house Standards competition.
Final House positions for the Seniors were:
1) GRAHAM
2) ESPIN
3) MERRIMAN
4) ARMSTRONG
5) MULLINS
6) UPPER
The results of the Junior Competition were as follows:
1) Dylan Ramsay (Certificate and trophy)
2) Brandon Haynes (Certificate)
3) Simon Muchura (Certificate)
Final house positions for the Juniors were:
1) ESPIN
2) UPPER
3) GRAHAM
4) ARMSTRONG
5) MERRIMAN
6) MULLINS
OVERALL POSITIONS FOR THE FINALS WERE:
1) ESPIN = 309 POINTS (TROPHY)
2) GRAHAM = 292 POINTS
3) UPPER = 210 POINTS
4) ARMSTRONG = 192 POINTS
5) MERRIMAN = 181 POINTS
6) MULLINS = 135 POINTS
STANDARDS COMPETITION
After three Cross Country Standard competitions, the final results were as follows:
1) ESPIN (TROPHY)
2) GRAHAM
3) UPPER
4) ARMSTRONG
5) MERRIMAN
6) MULLINS
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HIRSCH SHIELD:
Last Thursday, College participated in the Hirsch, Edwards and Gunn Shields at Kingswood College. Our boys did exceptionally well showing great passion and determination, competing against many schools double our size. Eleven schools participated.
In the U14 competition we finished 3rd.
In the U16 competition we were placed 2nd
In the u 19 competition 4th, AND we took the “Leon JacobsTrophy” for finishing 1st in the Middle Distance category.
Highlights of the competition were as follows:
M. Arnot (3rd u14 1500m)
T van Heteren (3rd U14 Javelin)
S. Stopforth (1st U14 800m and 3rd U14 400m)
U 16 Relay (2nd:C. Malila, N. Bruce, T Kopolo and H Brown and N. Bruce)
N. Bruce (2nd U16 3000m)
A Everard ( 1st U16 Javelin and 2nd U16 Shot Put)
J. Swart (3rd U19 Long Jump)
N. Applewhite (3rd U19 110m Hurdles)
A Awaseb (3rd U19 High Jump)
G. Oberholzer ( 2nd U19 Pole Vault)
J. Delport (2nd U19 1500m)
M. Charter (2nd U 19 800m)
T. Niven (2nd U19 3000m)
M. Mama (1st U14 Pole Vault)
G. Slack (1st U16 Pole Vault)
W. Cahill (1st U16 800m)
FVDM
EASTERN PROVINCE BIATHLON CHAMPIONSHIPS 19 SEPTEMBER:
Dylan Ramsy finished 4th overall in the U15 age group. He came 5th in the running leg and 1st in the swimming leg. He has been selected for the EP A team to compete in the National Champs in Bloemfontein on the 3rd of October.
QUADRANGULAR ATHLETICS MEETING 19 SEPTEMBER:
On Saturday College participated in the Quadrangular Athletics meeting at Grey High School. Our team did exceptionally well and participated with tremendous passion and determination. In the end we lost by one point, finishing 2nd to Grey High School.
Highlights of the day were:
-The 4 by 800m relay consisting of Dexter Munnik, Tom Niven, Jaco Delport and Murray Charter. We won this event by 100m!
-Justin Swart winning the Long Jump convincingly
-Tom Niven, Jonty Arnot and Jaco Delport finishing 1st, 2nd and 3rd in the 3000m.
The final results were:
Grey High school – 43 point
St Andrew’s College – 42 points
Kingswood – 26 points
Graeme – 19 points
Cross Country 12 September:
Our second Inter-House Cross Country on Saturday took place in ideal conditions. There were some excellent results – Jaco Delport and Sean McLintock ran Colours times and Craig Mullins, Angus Roberts and Nick Bruce ran Standard times. Our first three juniors also improved their times – they were: Dylan Ramsay, Simon Machura and Bruce Blaine.
RESULTS
SENIORS
1) GRAHAM
2) MERRIMAN
3) ESPIN
4) MULLINS
5) ARMSTRONG
6) UPPER
JUNIORS
1) UPPER
2) ARMSTRONG
3) GRAHAM
4) ESPIN
5) MULLINS
6) MERRIMAN
OVERALL RESULTS
1) GRAHAM
2) UPPER
3) ESPIN
4) ARMSTRONG
5) MULLINS
6) MERRIMAN
CROSS COUNTRY:
Our first Inter-House Cross Country was run on Saturday 5 September. Despite very windy conditions, some excellent times were run. Well done to Thomas Niven who ran a Colours time. Jaco Delport, Sean McLintock, Craig Mullins, Murray Charter and Jonty Arnot ran Standard times. The results are as follows:
SENIORS
1ST: Thomas Niven
2nd: Jaco Delport
3rd: Sean McLintock
HOUSE POSITIONS (Seniors)
1st: Espin
2nd: Graham
3rd: Armstrong
4th: Merriman
5th: Mullins
6th: Upper
JUNIORS
1ST: Mathew Archer
2nd: Bruce Blaine
3rd: Simon Muchura
HOUSE POSITIONS (Juniors)
1st: Graham
2nd: Espin
3rd: Upper
4th: Armstrong
5th: Mullins
6th: Merriman
OVERALL HOUSE POSITIONS:
1ST: Espin
2nd: Graham
3rd: Armstrong
4th: Upper
5th: Merriman
6th: Mullins
Sean McLintock has achieved his colours running 3 different standard times. They were for Cross Country, the 5000 metres and the Half Marathon (21.1 Km). July 2009.
Sean McLintock ran the Knysna Half Marathon this past weekend (11 July). It was his first Half Marathon and he had an excellent run over a very tough course. His time of 86 minutes was outstanding for 21.1km's!
Matt Archer: Selected for the Eastern Province Duathlon team to take part in the SA Champs in Bloemfontein in July.
Cross Country Queens 8 June:
Last Friday the College boys participated in a Cross Country Event at Queens High. The 9 km route was extremely tough and involved mainly undulating trail running. Although College lost narrowly, the boys ran with great determination. Tom Niven finished 2nd, Jaco Delport 6th, Sean McLintock 8th and Matthew Archer 10th. 25 boys participated
On the 20th of May 20 College boys participated in a 4km Fun Run at Graeme College. They did exceptionally well with every boy receiving a medal and spot prize. Tom Niven finished 2nd and was he 1st schoolboy home. Jaco Delport came in 4th and Angus Roberts finished 5th.
Athletic Colours March 2009:
Tom Niven - 5000 metres
Jonathan de Vrye - Javelin
On the 7th or March five boys participated in the Cacadu championships which were held in PE.
The competition was extremely tough and the boys competed with great determination. Highlights of the competition were as follows:
- Matthew Archer: 1st in the Boys Under 15 3000m.
- Jonathan de Vrye: 1st in the Boys Under 19 Javelin.
- Blaise Atoliyah: 1st in the Boys under14 Shot put.
- Justin Swart: 3rd in the Boys Under 19 Triple jump.
- Tom Niven: 4th in the Boys Under 19 500m and 1500m.
On Saturday 7 March five boys participated in the Cacadu championships which were held in PE.
The competition was extremely tough and the boys competed with great determination. Highlights of the competition were as follows: - Matthew Archer: 1st in the Boys Under 15 3000m. - Jonathan de Vrye: 1st in the Boys Under 19 Javelin. - Blaise Atoliyah: 1st in the Boys under14 Shot put. - Justin Swart: 3rd in the Boys Under 19 Triple jump. - Tom Niven: 4th in the Boys Under 19 500m and 1500m.
ALBANY SCHOOLS ATHLETICS CHAMPIONSHIPS:
College sent a team of six athletes to participate in the Albany Athletics Track Champs. The boys all ran to the best of their ability and were a credit to the school.
Highlights of the competition were as follows:
- Matthew Archer finishing first in the 3000m and 1500m final. He had a nail biting dice with another athlete culminating in a sprint finish with Mat outsprinting his rival.
- Tom Niven finished second in the 5000m and 1500m final. His time of 17 minutes and 9 seconds is a Colours time. As the season progresses and we move on to tartan track, Tom will run even faster.
- Sean McLintock ran at a consistent pace to finish third in the 5000m final.
Congratulations to all the boys who participated. Frith van der Merwe
Eastern Province Champs Triathlon February 2009:
Mathew Archer, our outstanding Grade 8 triathlete from Zimbabwe, competed in the Eastern Province Triathlon Champs in PE last weekend. Mathew easily won his U15 age-group and was selected for the EP team. He has, however, also been selected for the Zimbabwe team to take part in the South African Champs in Germiston in March. He has chosen to represent his home country at the event. Congratulations and good luck to Mathew.
Last Thursday afternoon four boys competed in the "Run Walk for Life" Time Trial. There were forty participants from Graeme College, P.J Olivier and Kingswood College. The St. Andrew's boys ran with great determination and foresight - saving themselves for the hill at the finish. Tom Niven led from the start and finished first overall in a brilliant time of 14 minutes and 47 seconds. Sean McLintock finished strongly, passing many competitors in the last kilometre. Close on his heels was our new Grade 8 talent Matthew Archer in 4th position. A.D Hobson ran at a steady pace finishing 20th. Well done boys - I was very proud of you. Ms F. van der Merwe.
Missing Helen8th May 2012
"Missing Helen" will be St Andrew's College and DSG's Dance 2012 Production. Updates on the preparation and production will be posted here.
Ireland Debating Tour4th May 2012
13 College Debaters participated in the St Andrew's Ireland Model United Nations competition in Dublin.
