7 April 2016 Issue 11/2016

The DHS Herald

We ended the term on a highlast month and it is with thismomentum that we havestarted term 2. We have a verybusy term ahead of us, but wewill not want to have it anyother way. Remember; “abusy school is a good school”. We had a very successful 150th

Rugby Day at the end of theterm and I have received anumber of compliments fromOld Boys, supporters,participating schools andmembers of the public aboutthe day and the way it wasorganised. What pleased memost were the compliments wereceived about the behaviour,appearance and manners of theDHS boys. They are a credit tothe school and are continuingwith the DHS legacy created byall the boys who walked thecorridors of this great school. During the break we held our150th Hockey and BasketballFestivals. Both went offextremely well and our boysplayed their part in makingboth events memorable ones.The Basketball men continuedto dominate all opposition in SAand again won the Festival,beating College comprehensiblyin the finals. Our 1st Hockey and Rugbyteams then travelled to StStithians to participate in theirEaster Tournament. OurHockey men found theopposition tough, but it mustbe remembered that theyplayed very strong Hockeyschools. Our Rugby boys played

From the Head Master’s Desk well and they were picked the“surprise team” of the Festival.They won two of their threematches against strong teamsand it could easily have been 3out of 3. Against Bishops theysquandered a 17 point lead tolose by three, courtesy of apenalty kick after the finalwhistle had gone. In the maingame on Saturday we left it tothe last 3 minutes to score twotries against the hosts to beatthem. It was good to see somany Old Boys supporting us onthe day. On Monday we beat astrong St Andrew’s Collegeteam 31-17. I want to use this opportunityto also stress the importance ofthis term to our boys andparents. It is an Exam termand boys cannot afford towaste academic time. It isimportant to work from dayone and not leave things to theday before a test or exam iswritten. We have a number of excitingevents in our 150th calendarthis term. Please diarize allthe festivities and join us incelebrating 150 years ofexcellence!

Leon Erasmus14th Head Master

Durban High SchoolHead Master : Leon Erasmus

Contents From the Head Master’s Desk 1

150th Hockey Festival 2

150th DHS Basketball International Tournament 3

St Stithians Rugby Festival 4

Extra Mural Results 5

The Weeks Ahead 6

This Weekend’s Fixtures 6

Congratulations! 6

MySchool 6

DHS Chess Tournament 7

Boys are Back in Town 8

Upcoming Events

Rugby/Hockey vs Northwood

GB By Elections

Grade 8 Parent/ Teacher Evening

Blood Bank

Gr 12 Parent/ Teacher Evening

Grade 9 Parent/ Teacher Evening

D&D Chess Challenge

BDO Quiz

Chess Tournament @ DHS

Grade 8s to SoA

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The DHS 150th Hockey Festival wasa huge success as the level ofhockey played was exceptional.Along with the Durban basedteams, schools fromJohannesburg, Cape Town andMpumalanga participated. TheFestival was run from 19 March to21 March. Even though considered“non-competitive matches” theintensity and pace at which theboys played suggested anythingbut that. Twelve games were played on thefirst two days and six on the lastday. A special thanks must go outto the DHS Old Boys team whotook part in the Festival andshowed the youngsters that theystill have what it takes even ...though two games a day was a bitof a strain for them. The opening fixtures sawtraditional rivals DHS andGlenwood both claim impressivewins to get the ball rolling. Thestand out teams of the weekendwere St David’s (JHB), Jeppe(JHB) and Michaelhouse (PMB) as

they ended off with 4 wins eachout of the 5 games they played. Overall, all the boys, staff andparents from across the countryhad fun and enjoyed not only thehockey on the field but thecamaraderie and new friendships made off the field. A very bigthank you must go out to everyonewho worked so hard to make thisFestival a success, and also to theschools that took part, to theparents, boys and coaching staffwithout whom none of this wouldhave been possible; and finally to DHS for hosting this Festival in thistheir 150th year. We look forward to seeing all of you again and thefuture of hockey in South Africalooks bright.

R BeaumontM-i-C Hockey

Results: 19 March: DHS vs St Alban’s 3-1 College vs DHSOB 1-1 Clifton vs Rondebosch 6-1

150th Hockey Festival Glenwood vs Uplands St Charles vs St David’s 0-5 Michaelhouse vs Jeppe 1-0 DHS vs Uplands 2-3 St Charles vs DHSOB 6-4 Michaelhouse vs Rondebosch 3-2 Glenwood vs St Alban’s 4-2 College vs St David’s 1-2 Clifton vs Jeppe 2-3 20 March: Clifton vs St David’s 0-0 Glenwood vs Rondebosch 4-0 College vs Uplands 4-0 Michaelhouse vs DHSOB 1-0 DHS vs Jeppe 0-4 St Charles vs St Alban’s 1-2 Michaelhouse vs St David’s 1-2 DHS vs Rondebosch 0-1 St Charles vs Uplands 2-1 Clifton vs DHSOB 2-3 Glenwood vs Jeppe 2-3 College vs St Albans 5-0 21 March: College vs Jeppe 0-1 Glenwood vs DHSOB 1-3 DHS vs St David’s 0-5 St Charles vs Rondebosch 3-0 Michaelhouse vs Uplands 4-1 Clifton vs St Alban’s 2-1

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150th : DHS Basketball International Tournament This year DHS celebrated both its 150th anniversary and the 15th year of existence of the DHS BasketballInternational Tournament. Thisannual Tournament is one thatmany young men from differentwalks of life like to participate inas it gathers all the talent in thecountry and across the borders ofSouth Africa. The DHS Basketball 1st Team were under pressure to keep theirwinning streak of tournaments asthey had already clinched 2 championships. The team startedon high note as they had to faceChristian Brother College fromZimbabwe. They played both endsof the floor, grabbing rebounds,pushing the ball on fast breaks andcommunicating as a team. DHSmanaged to outclass the visiting team as they could not findanswers; final score 99-44. The next game was against TheGlen of Pretoria. The team fromup North came to the Tournamentwith a better side. The hostingteam did not stop where theystarted from, shooting inside toperimeter shots, with Liam andSicelo cleaning up the boards.Guards dominated the oppositionfrom slick crossovers to 3 pointersthat were coming from allcylinders of the courts and dunks;DHS made a statement that theirdefence was as solid as a rock.DHS beat The Glen 96-44. On the second day the hostingteam played Northwood School; agame they won convincingly,minimizing the opposition fromreaching 40. Final score 92-35. Quarter Finals: DHS met St Alban’s for the 2nd

time, having met at St John’sduring the round robin gameswhen DHS won convincingly. Thisturned out to be a different ballgame as the visiting team playedsolid zone defence, not allowingthe home team to penetrateinside, giving them outside shotsas the visiting team were 4/17 on

the perimeter. St Alban’smanaged to restrict home team;final score 55-26. Semi Finals: A battle of KZN teams with DHSplaying Kearsney College. DHSstarted like a house on fire, withBrian Cele shooting 3s and gettinga fast break in a space of 3minutes. The team looked soorganised from ball rotation,shooting out of the perimeter,even Liam Lynes finding hisrhythm out of the perimeter.Bench (Latrell Beukes and SamKim Kayembe) contributed onshooting out of the perimeter;Latrell, who came as the 6th man, controlled the game and madesure that the instructions werewell followed. DHS won this gamein the 1st half where they dominated the opposition on bothends of the floor. Final score:106-66 Final: DHS vs Maritzburg College When these teams play everything stops ... whether in PMB or inDurban. Both teams are wellknown for producing good qualityplayers. From the tip off Collegeshowed that they were on businessdefensive wise as both teamsstruggled to score for a period of 2minutes. College played zone defence; after realising theweakness of the zone they startedswinging the ball to make thedefence to open up and createspaces. They were caught on foul

trouble as DHS were swinging the ball; as soon as the defence collapsed they would kick the ball out of the perimeter shooting outside and pushing the ball inside onto Dzingwa and Lynes. Meanwhile, on the other side Masondo and Whitelaw were trying to penetrate on the host’s tight defence. The visiting team had some good movement on baseline inbound. DHS were pushing the ball to Kalonji and Lufungula. The 2nd half contained the highlight ofthe Tournament when Lufungula set a screen and Cele managed to slick in and dunked on Masondo; the crowd went wild as you do not see this level of play at High School. Final score DHS 86-44. DHS were crowned the 2016 Champs. They were unbeaten this term, winning 3 tournaments and all their domestic games. The team wrapped up the basketball season on a good note, breaking records during its 150th

anniversary. Results: Quarters: DHS vs St Alban’s 55-26 College vs The Heritage 52-35 Kearsney vs Christian Brother77-26 KES vs DHS Cubs 54-34 Semis: Maritzburg College vs KES 59-58 DHS vs Kearsney 105-66 Finals: DHS vs Maritzburg College 86-44

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St Stithians Easter Festival : DHS 1st XV Rugby DHS vs Bishops The DHS 1st XV produced one ofthe finest first half displays ofrugby against their favouredcounterparts from Cape Town,Bishops, at the St Stithians Easterfestival in Johannesburg.Attacking the line and runningfrom deep, they interlinkedwonderfully to produce threescintillating tries from theirbackline to take an unprecedented17-0 lead at half time. However, what was arguably theirbest 1st half performance wasfollowed by their worst 2nd halfdisplay. DHS conceded early andonce Bishops had their tails up itbecame very difficult to stem thetide. DHS could not retainpossession in the 2nd half andBishops began to set up phaseafter phase, ultimately tiring outour defence. Line breaks fromtheir outside backs led to furthertries from the Cape Town team.Although DHS got one back in the2nd period through Cham Zondeki,it ended in heartbreak for theHorseflies as a last second penaltywas converted to give Bishops a27-24 win on the day. Although a bitter loss, much hopecan be found in that first halfdisplay, where interlinkingbetween scrumhalf SaneleNohamba and flyhalf Gert Coetzeeopened up numerous holes in thedefence. Full back Cham Zondekiscored two stunning tries and pacyflanker Phendulani Buthelezianother. A devastating loss, butmuch to be proud of. DHS vs St Stithians College It was first and foremost a greatadvert for schoolboy rugby as DHSran out to play the hosts StStithians in the main game at theSt Stithians Festival, which, evenfor the neutral, proved to be anabsolute nail biter! Fuelled by the 18 000 strongcrowd, the St Stithians boysshowed determination and gutsand put the Horseflies under

pressure from the start. DHSstruggled to maintain control ofthe ball and could not find theirgroove throughout the 1st half.The Saints pack started to assumecontrol and found small gains upfront. Saints scored tries throughmaintained pressure in the DHS22m, much to the delight of thehome crowd. DHS managed asingle try in the 1st half but couldnot assert any authority on theimpassioned performance fromSaints who, even after the break,ran into an unassailable 16-5 lead. However, with 4 minutes on theclock the entire game seemed toturn on its head as DHS started toplay with a desperation seldomseen in the game. This possessionled to a try that was built throughmore than ten phases, with propSean Barnes eventually crashingover to make the scores 16-12with 30 seconds remaining. DHS were buoyed by the score andwere motivated to not succumb toanother close loss. From theensuing kick-off fielded deepinside their half, DHS began to gothrough the phases, intent onsecuring a last gasp victory. Schoolmoved the ball across the fieldusing their pace to exploit thetiring Saints defenders and after along passage of play the ball wasreleased to 8th man, MatthewHamilton, who burst through a gapinside the Saints 22m andoffloaded delicately to hooker,Luthando Jojo, who crashed overfor a last second try. DHS celebrated a stunning victory,it was a big occasion for theDurban based side as they beganto realise the quality of talent intheir depths. The victory gavethem a renewed belief that theycan win from any situation. Itcertainly felt like a massive hurdlehad been mounted and the teamlooks inspired to go on andachieve greater things this year. DHS vs St Andrew’s College The DHS 1st XV were looking tobuild on their last-second win

against St Stithians when they took on St Andrew’s College from Grahamstown in the early game on Easter Monday. It was billed to be a tight affair but turned out to be the most complete performance from the Durban based team. A phenomenal 3 tries in the 1st half took DHS to an unassailable lead at the break. DHS were intent on running the ball, scoring tries even from their own goaline. Cham Zondeki opened the scoring when he played a perfectly timed inside pass to wing, Luthando Buthelezi,who offloaded in the tackle back to Zondeki who was put in an one-on-one with the St Andrew’s fullback. There was only ever going to be one winner in that situation as Zondeki flat-footed hisopponent and ran in under the posts. A great break from blindside flanker, Phendulani Buthelezi, led to the second try as SA Water Polo player and 8th man, Matthew Hamilton, picked up from the ruck and skirted down the blindside to score a sneakily worked try. However, the try of the half came from a turnover on the DHS tryline when the ball was shifted toflyhalf, Sanele Nohamba, who stepped two opponents before running down the field to give toan in-space Phendulani Buthelezi,who stepped the fullback and scored the try of the game. Although St Andrew’s mounted sporadic comebacks, the DHS attack just looked toooverwhelming on the day for the Grahamstown based private school. It rounded off an excellent festival for the Horseflies who recorded two fine victories and a narrow defeat which could have been easily avoided. The young team appeared to come of age at the festival which bodes well for the rest of the season.

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Extra Mural Results RUGBY : 150th RUGBYCELEBRATION DAY Game Result DHS vs Kearsney 22-26 College vs Westville 10-10 Glenwood vs Michaelhouse 25-5 Hilton vs Northwood 10-5 Port Natal vs St Charles 5-25 Clifton vs Voortrekker 5-15 Kloof High vs George Campbell 10-15

BASKETBALL : 150th FESTIVAL DHS Opposition 1ST 99 Christian BrotherCollege (Zim) 44 1ST 96 The Glen (Jhb) 1ST 92 Northwood 1ST 55 St Albans (Quarter-Finals) 26 1ST 106 Kearsney (Semi-Finals) 66 1ST 86 College (Finals)

HOCKEY : 150th FESTIVAL DHS Opposition 1st 3 St Alban’s 1 1st 1 Uplands 3 1st 0 Jeppe 4 1st 1 Rondebosch 2 1st 0 St David’s 5

HOCKEY : ST STITHIANS EASTER FESTIVAL DHS Opposition 1st 0 PBHS 9 1st 4 St Andrew’s 5 1st 1 Wynberg 10 1st 2 Parktown 5 1st 0 St Alban’s 5 RUGBY : GLENWOOD FESTIVAL: U16A DHS Opposition U16A 52 Wesvalia 5 U16A 49 Trinity House 5 U16A 15 HS Middelburg 5

RUGBY : ST STITHIANS EASTER FESTIVAL DHS Opposition 1st XV 24 Bishops 27 1st XV 17 St Stithians 16 1st XV 31 St Andrews 17

RUGBY : GLENWOOD FESTIVAL: U14A DHS Opposition U14A 22 Die Anker 15 U14A 5 Noordheuwel 31 U14A 7 Jeppe 19

RUGBY : NORTHWOOD FESTIVAL : U15A DHS Opposition U15A 45 Kloof 0 U15A 0 Northwood 21 U15A 51 Sutherland 0 DEBATING Round: 5 Venue: Grosvenor Girls High School Team: DHS Senior Team 2 vs Ridge Park College Senior Team 1 Result: DHS Senior Team 2 lost Team: DHS Senior Team 1 vs Durban Girls’ High School Result: DHS Senior Team 1 won Overall best speaker: Maxim Birch (DHS)

Oliver Packham competed in the Junior Men’s division of the SA Surf Lifesaving Champs at Kings Beach in PE where he represented the Durban Surf Lifesaving Club. Oliver received a Gold medal for the U19 Mali board Rescue and 4th place in the U19 Men’s Flags and U19 Men’s Individual Mali Board Race.

HOCKEY vs NORTHWOOD (a) : Saturday 9 April

TEAM TIME VENUE COACH 1st XI 10h15 Northwood Beaumont U16A 11h30 Northwood Skidmore U16B 09h00 Northwood Twigg RUGBY vs NORTHWOOD (a) : Saturday 9 April 1st XV 14h55 Kings Park Main Mathie 2ND XV 12h45 KP 2 Levin/Gcilitshana 3RD XV 11h30 KP 6 Van Noordwyk 4TH XV 10h20 KP 6 Simpson 5TH XV 09h10 KP 6 Sibisi U16A 11h30 KP 2 Adam/Van Noordwyk U16B 08h00 KP 6 Ndlovu U15A 09h30 KP 2 Matthysen/ Bailing U15B 08h30 KP 6 Diedericks U15C 08h30 KP 10 Bach U15D 10h30 KP 10 Horseley U14A 10h30 KP 7 Mkwanazi/Levin U14B 11h30 KP 7 Everitt U14C 09h30 KP 7 Ngebeza U14D 08h30 KP 7 Magwaza

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Thursday 7 April Senior Debating : Round 5 @ DGHS

Saturday 9 April Rugby/Hockey vs Northwood (a)

Monday 11 April KZN Rugby Trials @ Glenwood :

14h00 GB By-Election Meeting : AJ

Human Room : 18h00

Tuesday 12 April Senior Debating : Round 5 @ DGHS Grade 8 Parent Teacher Meetings :

AJ Human Room from 17h30

Wednesday 13 April Cross Country : Venue TBC Grade 12 Parent Teacher Meetings

: AJ Human Room from 17h30

Thursday 14 April Junior Debating : Round 5 @

Thomas More Grade 9 Parent Teacher Evening :

AJ Human Room from 17h30

Friday 15 April D&D Chess Challenge @ Clifton BDO Quiz @ Glenwood : 17h00

Saturday 16 April Rugby/Hockey vs Westville (a) Chess Tournament @ DHS

The Weeks Ahead

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Sunday 17 April Debating Development Festival BE Family Picnic

Monday 18 April Grade 8s to Spirit of Adventure Rocking Road Show : Grade 11 & 12 Grade 11 Parent Teacher Meetings :

AJ Human Room : from 17h30

Tuesday 19 April Grade 10 Parent Teacher Meetings :

AJ Human Room : from 17h30

Wednesday 20 April Cross Country : Venue TBC

Thursday 21 April Senior Debating : Round 6

Friday 22 April Chess vs George Campbell (a)

Saturday 23 April Rugby/Hockey vs Clifton / Port

Natal (h)

Sunday 24 April Sport Climbing :Lead 1

Monday 25 April Standardised Test Week

Tuesday 26 April BDO Quiz

Congratulations!

This Weekend’s Fixtures MySchool

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