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EASTERRUGBYFESTIVAL

MASIMBAMBANEINTERN PROGRAMME

VOLUME 63

JULY 2014

THE 2013MATRIC RESULTS

PRODUCED BY ST JOHNS COLLEGE MARKETINGFOR ALL MEMBERS OF THE ST JOHNS COMMUNITY.


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VITA VOLUME 63 JULY 2014

In what has beendescribed as one of themost vocal and visibleschool activist campaigns,St Johns College led a#BringBackOurGirlsprotest on a chilly wintersmorning in May byforming a human chainaround the perimeter ofthe school.

Over 700 St JohnsCollege students held upbanners in silence for the230 Nigerian school girlswho were kidnaped by theBoko Haram.

Other schools thatparticipated included StStithians, St Andrews,Redhill, St Teresas,Roedean, Kingsmead, StDavids, Parktown Boys

and St Marys.Support from themotorists driving past wasoverwhelming withpeople hooting, wavingand flashing lights inrecognition of a causewhich is very close to ourpupils hearts. St Johnsalso received front pagenewspaper coverage forthe campaign.

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VOLUME 63

JULY 2014PRODUCED BY ST JOHNS COLLEGEMARKETING FOR ALL MEMBERS OFTHE ST JOHNS COMMUNITY.

ST JOHNS COLLEGEMARKETING DEPARTMENTST DAVID ROAD,HOUGHTON, 2198E [email protected] +27 11 648 4248F +27 11 487 2227www.stjohnscollege.co.za

CONTENTS

COVER STORIESEASTER RUGBY FESTIVAL 02

MASIMBAMBANE INTERN PROGRAMME 04

2013 MATRIC RESULTS 10

STAFF NEWSWELCOME TO OUR NEW STAFF 06

CONGRATULATIONS 08

GENERAL NEWSGAME CAPTURE 12

WILDERNESS EXPERIENCE 14

MR VUYO KAHLA HONOURED 15

ACADEMIC NEWSHISTORY TOUR 16

TOUR DE MATHS 18

ENGLISH OLYMPIAD 18

SPORT NEWSATHLETICS 18

BOULDERING 18

COLLEGE CRICKET 19

HOCKEY 20

BOAT NAMING CEREMONY 21

ROWING 20

JUNIOR ROWING 21

SAILING 22

SHOWJUMPING 22

SWIMMING 22

TENNIS 22

WATER POLO 22

MUSIC AND CULTURERENAISSANCE MEN OF THE COLLEGE 24

A MIDSUMMER NIGHTS DREAM 26

ZACHARY BOWDITCH AWARDED MEDAL 26

SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY#BRINGBACKOURGIRLS 00

A CALL FOR GENEROSITY 27

PREFECTS REACH OUT 27

PREP NEWS 28

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St John's College hosted itsnineteenth annual Easter rugbyfestival .The festival was onceagain sponsored by StandardBank and was well-supported bythe St John's Community.

The motto of providing a showcase for schoolboy rugby

certainly lived up to expectations, with twelve top rugby

schools competing against each other and showing

their talent throughout the weekend. Ten teams came

from different parts of South Africa, one from Australia

and another from Zimbabwe. We also had fourteen

preparatory schools participating in the festival.

The school chapel was the setting for the capping

ceremony on the Wednesday evening. Prior to all 281

boys being presented with a memorial cap in a very

moving ceremony, they were welcomed to the

school by St John's College Headmaster, Roger

Cameron, and addressed by Owen Nkumane

ex-Springbok rugby player and old boy of the school.

The excitement was evident amongst the boys and

one could feel the energy of the teams wanting to getthe show on the road. The festival was blessed with

three days of fantastic weather which made for

extremely enterprising rugby. The rugby played

throughout the weekend was highly competitive and

produced a number of memorable and hard-fought

encounters. Scott's College from Australia produced the

most enterprising rugby, and it was refreshing see to

how they were willing to throw the ball around. Paarl

Boys, Paul Roos, Nelspruit and Jeppe added huge value

to the festival with a number of powerful performances.

The hosts, St Johns, performed admirably over thethree days and managed to beat St Charles in a tough

encounter on the final day.

In closing, the festival was a resounding success, with

St Johns and the surrounding community getting a

taste of the wonderful talent on display from around

our country. On the non-rugby-playing days, the

visiting teams took the opportunity to visit the various

sites in and around of Johannesburg. With new

memories and friends, we hope to see the boys return

in the years to come as old boys to support their

respective schools.

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MASIBAMBANEINTERN PROGRAMMEBY PATRICK LEES

SHINGIRAI MUDIMA WITH A ST JOHNS PUPIL. FROM L-R: NOMTHANDAZO XULU, SIFISO ADAMS AND FAITH RALANE.

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For the last few years, I have been racking my brain asto how we can find and develop teachers, not only forSt Johns but for our country as well. Then Pieter Steyn,the Headmaster of Masibambane, and I had aconversation and decided to undertake an excitingproject with Masibambanes first matric class last year.

A committee was formed, and for the whole of last year,we worked on developing and grooming possibleteaching interns. We identified thirteen potentialcandidates for the programme and throughout the year,they were exposed to numerous initiatives, including acareer day, FAMSA talks, life-goal workshops, winterand spring schools at St Johns, class experience,counselling, aptitude tests as well as one-on-onementoring. All the candidates proved to be wonderfulyoung men and women and it was extremely difficultto select the four interns we have with us now.

The four students (Faith Ralane, Nomthandazo Xulu,Sifiso Adams and Shingirai Mudima) live at St Johns andexperience the practical side of teaching whilststudying for their BEd degrees through UNISA. The BEd

course is a four-year course and so, hopefully, afterfour years, we will have enabled four young people tobecome qualified teachers, either employed by St

Johns or teaching in their own communities ... or atany other school, for that matter. The programme willroll over each year and so, after four years, it isenvisaged we will have assisted in the development ofaround twenty teachers in total.

Our four Masis, as they are now affectionately known,have made a fantastic start at St Johns and it is quiteamazing to see how they have embraced every singletask and challenge. They are involved extensively in theclassroom, on the sports field and in musical activities.They go on grade camps, participate in staffdevelopment, attend conferences - and the girls areeven learning to swim! They are very much part of ourteam and we love having them as members of our staff.

I am certain that all four are going to make wonderfulteachers. We are all so proud of them and look forwardto four more fantastic years!

Special thanks must go to Mrs Pier Myburgh and thewonderful committee which has worked so hard toensure the success of the programme they are truly

amazing! Thank you also to the generous sponsorswho have made it all possible.


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SICELOMTSHANGASEZULU TEACHER ANDASSISTANT RUNGEHOUSEMASTER

JEREMYNAIDOOSCIENCE TEACHER

KATHRYNNOTTINGHAMSCIENCE TEACHER ANDRUNGE HOUSEMISTRESS

JO-ANDRIPRETORIUSAFRIKAANS TEACHER

The person Sicelo isclosest to is his father,whom he regards as hispersonal hero due to anumber of reasons. Onereason is that he is a manof integrity.

Jeremy says theres nogreater reward thanwhen a learner who hasgrappled with a difficultconcept, finally gets it.

Kathryn says shes best atcooking or baking, buthas been known to play adecent round of golf!

Jo-Andri chose educationbecause she loveslanguages and children a perfect combination.

Derik says its a hugeprivilege and honour to

be working at St JohnsCollege.

Lens favourite quote is:Keep walking

Andrews favourite quoteis one from Mahatma

Gandhi: Live as if youwere to die tomorrow.Learn as if you were tolive forever.

Nick chose educationbecause one should never

stop learning. Beinginvolved with a child'sdevelopment is a veryrewarding experience.

DERIKBOTHACLAYTON HOUSEMASTERAND AFRIKAANS TEACHER

LENBOTHABOARDING MANAGER

ANDREWCALDWELLENGLISH TEACHER

NICKCOOPERHOD - PHYSICALEDUCATION: PREP

WELCOME TO THEST JOHNS FAMILY


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JAMESROBEYLIFE SCIENCE TEACHER

SARAHSHIRESENGLISH TEACHER

GERMAYVAN HEERDENMATHS TEACHER

CAILINWANDRAGHEAD OF MARKETING

His favourite quote fromZig Ziglar is, Its not where

you start its where youfinish that counts.

Frances has alwayswanted to work with

young people and wantedto be a teacher from anearly age.

Grant wants to provide aunique environment in

which young men areable to achieve their goals

Robyns favourite quote,from T.S. Elliot, is: The

essential advantage for apoet is not to have abeautiful world withwhich to deal; it is to beable to see beneath bothbeauty and ugliness; tosee the boredom, andthe horror, and the glory.

CEASARDUMASPORTS DEPARTMENTAND HISTORY INTERN

FRANCESKERR-PHILLIPSENGLISH TEACHER ANDLEARNING SUPPORT

GRANTKRETZMANNEMS TEACHER ANDNASH HOUSEMASTER

ROBYNMILLIGANPSYCHOLOGIST

James favourite quote is:Fear is an illusion,Attitude is everything.

Sarah hopes to achievehappiness and successteaching at St Johns aswell as settling into hernew life in the SouthAfrican context.

Germay says educationchose her, rather than theother way around. It wasnot part of her long-termplan. She taught in apart-time job whilecompleting her studiesand ended

up loving it!

Cailin started working inschool marketing 3 yearsago after 16 years in thecorporate world. Shefeels privileged to be partof education at such awonderful school.

We would like to welcome the wonderfulnew staff who joined St Johns this year.


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STAFF NEWS

WE ARE PROUD OF OUR STAFFS

INCREDIBLE ACHIEVEMENTS

Congratulations to Jean-Pierre Calitz, piano

teacher and accompanist, who recently

completed his doctorate in piano performancethrough lUniversit de Montral. The D.MUS

curriculum requires the performance of 4 solo

piano recitals in public, a thesis on an approved

topic, 4 research seminars in various fields of

musicology and comprehensive examinations

on topics of music history and theory.

We also congratulate Ann George, Life Science

teacher, on being awarded her PHD in Science

Education. Ann graduated from Wits Universityin 1986 with a Bachelor of Science (cum laude)

with majors in Physiology and Genetics. She

returned to Wits in the early 90s to do her

Honours in cytogenetics and subsequently

began teaching. In 2006, she enrolled at Wits to

begin her Masters in Science Education. The

Masters was upgraded to a PhD, culminating in

her thesis entitled Factors affecting teachers

use of computer technology for promoting

meaningful learning.


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Congratulations to St John's College Rowing

coach Rod MacDonald who has been

selected to coach the Under 23 South AfricaTeam in the World Championships in Italy in

August. Wishing Rod and his team all the best.

Congratulations to Patrick Tshutshani who is

a St Johns staff member, Biokineticist and

Hockey coach. He is also the Coach of theNational U/18 Girls Hockey team who won

the African qualifier to the Youth Olympics in

Zambia in March.


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2013 MATRICRESULTS

Yet again we congratulate our Class of 2013 on anoutstanding set of results. We achieved a 100% passrate, with 100% University entrances at degree level.

38 pupils achieved averages of over 80%, 55 pupilsattained averages of over 75% and 66% of the yeargroup achieved an over 70% average. Of 124candidates, 345 Level 7 (80% and over) were achieved.

In our endeavour for academic excellence, we are

delighted with our Matric pupils performance in criticalsubjects such as Mathematics, Science and English.

108 pupils wrote Mathematics with 49 achievingdistinctions. 39 of 100 candidates achieved distinctionsin Physical Science while 29 of 124 candidatesachieved distinctions in English.

1 NISHAL DULLABH - 9 DISTINCTIONS

2 BRETT VAN STADEN - 9 DISTINCTIONS

3 BENEDICT DIDCOTT-MARR - 8 DISTINCTIONS

4 SEAN BAYLEY - 8 DISTINCTIONS

5 GIANLUCA AGOSTINETTO - 8 DISTINCTIONS

6 AKSHAY MANGA - 8 DISTINCTIONS

7 ALEX MATHEW - 8 DISTINCTIONS

8 ANGELO ESPLIN - 8 DISTINCTIONS

9 JAMES BARTON-BRIDGES - 7 DISTINCTIONS

10 JASON VERMAAK - 7 DISTINCTIONS

11 MERRICK STEVENSON - 7 DISTINCTIONS

12 NAEEM VALLEE - 7 DISTINCTIONS

13 CHRIS HUNTLEY - 7 DISTINCTIONS

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2013 CAMBRIDGEA-LEVEL RESULTS

The subject pass rate of the students who wrote the 2013A Level examinations was 98%. Overall, 73% of studentsachieved A to C symbols across all subjects. 12% of oursymbols were over 90% in one or more A Level subjects.An additional 20% were over 80% in one or more subjects.

1 AUDREY AYO 1XA*, 2XA2 NICOLA HIESTERMANN 1XA*, 3XA, 2XB3 CHANTAL HUDSON 1XA*, 1XA, 1XB4 XAVIER MUHONI 1XA*, 1XA, 1XB5 MOHAMED SACRANIE 4XA*6 ASHLEY SEYMOUR 1XA*, 1XA, 1XB7 CHRISTOPHER STERLEY 1XA*, 2XA

8 GABRIELLA TOLKIN-ROSEN 1XA*, 2XA9 GABRIEL ARROYO 3XA, 3XB10 RAAHEEL BUX 3XA11 SARANNE HULLEY 2XA, 2XB12 CYNTHIA MBUTHIA 4XA13 BARAKA MINJA 5XA14 BRANDON VAN HOUTHEN 4XAA* REPRESENTS 90% AND OVER

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EXOTIC GAMECAPTUREBY DION LIBERA

In February, 12 St John's boys had the privilege of assistingwith the relocation of a herd of 17 Golden Wildebeest/Gnuson the van Heerdens Exotic Game Farm in the Free State.

After a very early wake-up call, the group split into twogroups, each attending the different locations thecapture zone and the relocation zone.

The group of boys assigned to aid the capture waited intwo bakkies at the entrance to the relatively smallfenced-in zone that held the wildebeest. They waited andwatched as the helicopter with a vet on board flewoverhead searching for the wildebeest herd. Once found,the helicopter swooped down low until it hovered only afew metres off the ground, creating the best angle and

height to allow the vet to dart the animals as accurately aspossible. The optimum darting area is on the hindquartersof the beasts which the vet was able to hit with 100%accuracy throughout the game capture.

After a few animals (typically 2 to 4) were darted and hadfinally collapsed from the tranquilizer, the helicopterhovered overhead and communicated the exact locationto the ground team. When the animals were down, it wasall teams go!

The two bakkies with farm staff and St Johns boys on theback rattled off through the bush in search of these animals.Once found, the teams sprinted to the sedated animals,gripped their horns and held their heads up to reduce thestress on the animal and open up their passageways tominimize any harm to them.

The animal was then quickly lifted onto a tarp, at the sametime making sure that its legs were tucked comfortablyunderneath it. We then lifted the incredibly heavywildebeest onto the bakkie and quickly moved on to thenext sedated animal. After wed placed two to threewildebeest on the bakkie, it darted off with two boys on theback holding the unconscious or seemingly so wildebeests heads up.

The bakkies were quickly on the move to the relocationzone, navigating the dirt roads with great speeds in order toreach the zone without the wildebeest prematurely wakingup and causing itself and those around it harm.

At the relocation zone, the rest of the group stood,anxiously waiting, ready to lift the massive beasts off thecars and bring them to their new home. The vet then

injected the animals with a serum, which counteracted thetranquilizer. The boys and staff watched from a fairdistance as the Golden Gnus slowly and dazedly stood upin their new home.

This process repeated itself for quite some time: locatingthe darted wildebeest, moving them to the relocation zoneand watching as they awoke once more.

One of the key experiences for me occurred whiletransporting the last of the wildebeest. We were on our lastrun and so, instead of having two wildebeest per car, wehad three on one and two on the other. This meant thatthere were three boys and three wildebeest on one bakkieresulting in limited space and supposedly restricted

movement.

I was one of the people on the packed bakkie, seated,holding the animals head upright with its horns betweenmy legs, between the two other wildebeest. This was allwell and good and it was easy to cope with the confinedspace -until my animal started to gain consciousness!

This specific wildebeest had been sedated twice because ithad failed to be completely immobilized the first time andnow, en route to the relocation zone, the horned beastwith its head between my legs, started to wake up.

The wild drive went as follows: the animal, uneasy in itsposition, started moving, started riffling around with itsincredible mass shifting back and forth, continuously trying

to get away and there I stood with a tense and worriedsmile on my face, doing everything I could to muscle itback into its seated position. The drive to the relocationbecame a little stressful.

After a long, well-fought battle, we finally reached ourdestination. We quickly unloaded the rowdy animals andwatched from a distance as the last golden Wildebeestreunited with their herd on their new land.

The experience was unforgettable. Being in such closeproximity to these beautiful animals, was simplyunbelievable. I know, that if the opportunity presented itselfagain, I and Im sure I can speak for the rest of the boys,would definitely be the first to jump at it.

The boys and I had a phenomenal experience and I wouldlike to thank Gemay van Heerden and her family foraffording us such a rare experience.


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L-R: RYAN MACKELL,CALLEN HARTMEN (OBSCURED),LUC FELDNER-BUSZTIN,

ETIENNE SMIT ANDANGUS MACKENZIE.


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MARETLWANEWILDERNESS SCHOOLBY JUSTIN BESWICK - LOWER IV

My Maretlwane journey began somewhatapprehensively. As I said farewell to my family afterorientation, I realised, this was it! However, I soonlearnt that we were in good hands at Maretlwane andwere about to embark on a great adventure.

The first few days took some adjusting and therewere many safety procedures to learn, but after that,with the guidance of the professional Maretlwanestaff, we quickly became a good team. Thanks to mygreat mentor Mr Robey, I was guided and taught tobe self-sufficient. I was encouraged to take on newchallenges which I most probably would not haveexperienced outside of Maretlwane.

We learnt to be self-sufficient, work as a team, cooksome great food, and wash and clean for ourselves.We also had some challenging hikes, interestingclasses, and were taught so much about ourenvironment. Leisure activities and weekends weregreat fun and, without giving too much away, I cansay that I left the camp feeling proud of myachievements and new experiences, but also withgreat new friendships formed.

With the exception of missing my family andFuturelife cereal. I have learnt to appreciate so manythings in my life after Maretlwane and wish to thankMr Junod, Mr Campbell, Mr Robey and the full teamof staff who made my St Johns Maretlwaneexperience unforgettable. Wishing great times tothose who have yet to still experience their

Maretlwane journey.


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VUYO KAHLAHONOURED

Outgoing Chairman of Council, Mr VuyoKahla, was awarded the Bishops Medal by

Bishop Steve Moreo for his service as

Chairman of St Johns College. Vuyo was

elected to Council in November 2005. He

was then elected Chairman from February

2008 to January 2014.

We would like to thank Mr Kahla for his

valuable contribution to St Johns College.

FROM L-R: BISHOP STEVE MOREO, MR VUYO KAHLA, MR ROGER CAMERON.


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HISTORYTOURBY EMILIO ZINIADES - LOWER V

On 17 April, 33 boys and three teachers sat at ORTambo International Airport, keenly awaiting ourdeparture for Europe. This was the start of a two-week

History tour during which we were to visit Russia,Germany and the Czech Republic.

As we flew into St Petersburg, it was evident that wewere in a place unlike anywhere we had been before.The picturesque streets, strikingly bold architectureand harsh landscapes were gripping and at timesrendered the tour group silent (which takes somedoing) in admiration. This trend continued throughoutall the cities we visited: St Petersburg, Moscow, Munich,Prague and Berlin.

The wealth of history possessed by each city was evenmore impressive. One of the highlights of the tour was

definitely standing in front of the Winter Palace in StPetersburg, where the Bolshevik Revolution reached

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its climax in October 1917. Reading about thestorming of the Winter Palace in a textbook andbeing there in person are two completely different

things, the latter being infinitely more valuable. In away, this experience symbolised the ultimate aim ofthe tour to bring history alive. In every city wevisited, we experienced an aspect of the history wehad learnt in class.

Another highlight was seeing Lenins embalmed bodyin Moscow, on the celebration of the anniversary ofhis birthday! To be within metres of the man who wasso influential in modern history was almost eerie. Itwas also interesting to see that, on this occasion, RedSquare was still filled with red Soviet Union flags; tothis day, figures such as Lenin and Stalin are still

idolised by many people in Russia.In Germany, we visited places relevant to World WarII and the Cold War. For example we spent an

afternoon at Sachsenhausen concentration camp,one of the many camps set up by Hitler. It is hard todescribe the atmosphere there, except to say that the

air was heavy a very solemn affair indeed.We also visited the remains of the Berlin Wall. In someplaces the actual wall still exists with the originalgraffiti art still there, whilst in other places a simplerow of two cobblestones indicates where the Wallused to be. In both cases, it was terrific to actually seevisible signs of the history we had spent so much timelearning about.

After our 12-day tour, we returned to Johannesburg,our minds buzzing with both information andexhaustion. It was truly an unforgettable experience,which I meticulously recorded with ample pictures

I know I will look back on these in years to come withfond memories.


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ACADEMIC SPORT

TOUR DE MATHSWell done to Jordan Lourens and Logan Geldenhuys

(LV), who along with their St Andrews partners, attaineda third place in the Senior Tour de Maths at Kingsmead.We also congratulate Evan Rex (LIV) and his Kingsmeadpartners on their second place in the Junior Tour de Maths.

ATHLETICSGareth Harvett (UV) was selected to represent Gauteng Provinceat the National Athletics Club Championships in Stellenbosch in

April this year. He ran in the U/19 1500m race, and finished in atime of 4.01 min and officially finished in 9th place. Its fantasticfor Gareth to be competing at this level whilst still being a yearyounger than his competitors.

BOULDERINGCongratulations to Matthew Robinson for his gold medal in the

National Bouldering Leagues Finals held in Durban in April.Matthew represented Gauteng in the Youth B competition (U15).Matthew completed his climbs within the allocated time andqualified in first place for the finals with a score of 41 pointsagainst the second place qualifiers 35.

In the finals, Matthew was the only finalist to flash (getting tothe top of the climb on his first attempt) in all of the five climbs.Matthew was also the youngest climber in his group.

His next major competition is the qualifying tournament for theSouth African team to attend the World Lead Climbingchampionships in Nomuea, New Caledonia.

ENGLISH OLYMPIADCongratulations to Tasneem Kathrada (UVI) and

Mikhail Kolabhai (UV) who have made it to the TOP15 of the 2014 De Beers English Olympiad.

This is an outstanding achievement considering that8 000 candidates entered this national examinationthis year. As part of their prize, Tasneem and Mikhailwere invited to attend the 2014 National SchoolsFestival in Grahamstown in July.


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CRICKETThe St Johns College cricket season was a very busy andsuccessful one. Teams seem to be playing more and more

games in an increasingly congested season. St Johnscompeted locally against the likes of King Edward, PretoriaBoys, Affies, Grey College and St Albans from October2013 to the beginning of March 2014. A concerted effortwas made to provide more games for the lower teams.A total of 120 games were played across the age groupsthroughout the Easter term. However, some games werelost to rain late in the season.

The 1st xi season was relatively prosperous; the teamplayed 20 games in the Easter term competing againstmany of the top cricketing schools around the country.The U14A, U15A and the 1st XI attended their respectiveIndependent School Cricket festivals returning with very

good results. The 1st XI also managed to reach the finalof the John Waite Knockout competition. Throughout theseason there were some very good individual and teamperformances from all the age group teams. A numberof the 1st XI players produced some fine results (such asConor Mc Kerr; Morgan Fairbairn and Jake Alfred).

Bradley Dial represented the U19 World cup team at therecent world cup held in the UAE. Ndumiso Mvelase andBradley represented Gauteng U19 in 2013, Martyn Strydom,Liam Peters and Lorenzo Masselli represented the Gautengu17 team, Conor McKerr and Keegan Lumley representedGauteng u15b at the respective 2013 cricket weeks.


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ROWINGTHE 2013/14 SEASONA very successful rowing season was concluded at the South African School ChampionshipRegatta held at Roodeplaat Dam from 7 to 9 March. There was a 44% increase in the number

of entries to this regatta since 2011, making it the biggest regatta in its history.

There were some impressive results from all age groups.

The open age group (U19) achieved the following results:

Bronze in the Junior Men's U19 Pair (Daniel Carter and Nick Papas)

Silver in the Junior Men's U19 Coxed Four (James Mitchell, Joseph Savenye-Terblanche,

Nick Papas, Daniel Carter and cox Jason McNeil)

Bronze in the Junior Men's U19 Eight (Daniel Hafner, Ayrton da Silva, Graeme Betty,

Joseph Savenye-Terblanche, Nick Papas, Daniel Carter, James Mitchell,

Riaghan Davies-Webb and cox Jason McNeil)

The U16 age group won the Tom Price Shield which is the overall age group points trophy.

Notable results from this age group include:

Silver in the Junior Men's U16 Pair (Adam Wolfe and Bjorn Solot)

Silver in the Junior Men's U16 Eight (Armin Wessels, Bram Schonfeldt, Luis Murillo,Aidan Gregory, Jonty McIvor, Tristan Klement, Adam Wolfe, Bjorn Solot and cox

Tim McPherson)

Bronze in the Junior Men's U16 coxed Quad (Saki Canca, Luis Murillo, Tristan Klement,

Armin Wessels and cox Taine Cabral)

Bronze in the Junior Men's coxed Four (Jonty McIvor, Bjorn Solot, Adam Wolfe,

Bram Schonveldt and cox Tim McPherson).

The U16 B eight came in 6th position in the A final of the Junior Men's U16 Eight

(James Braham, Saki Canca, Katlehe Ramosedi, Brandon McKenzie, Ross le Matire,

Aidan Bellingan, Alessandro Ferro, Hugh Madeley and cox Cody Gill)

The U15 Quad of Ramon Faesen, Daniel Trengrove, Krischan Mumbi, Harry Stanley and

cox Matthew Wong achieved a bronze medal in a very exciting race with St Benedict's and

St Andrews College.

The U14 age group produced some excellent results during the championship. The following

were the most notable:

Gold in the Junior Men's U14 Octiple (Justin Vermark, Tom Huang, Cale Gregory,

Chris Williams, Jack Huang, Zak Coetzee, Matthew Betty, Matthew Chamberlin and

cox Daniel Louw)

Silver and bronze in the Junior Men's U14 A Quad

St Johns came second out of 19 boys schools in the overall points trophy.

HOCKEYCongratulations to thefollowing boys who have been

selected to Provincial / NationalTeams in 2014:

South Gauteng U/18 APlaying in the SA National IPTfrom 1-6 July at MaritzburgCollege KZN: Nathan ElliottandWalter Pfaff

South Gauteng U/18 BPlaying in the SA National IPTfrom 1-6 July at MaritzburgCollege KZN: Ndumiso Mvelaseand Alistair Fletcher

South Gauteng U/16 BPlaying in the SA National IPT from13-16 July at Kearsney College

KZN: Gareth Fullertonand RossBentley(Non-travelling reserveGoal Keeper for U/16 section)

South Gauteng U/14APlaying in National festival from13 -17 July at Jeppe Boys JHB:Sean Jacobsand BrandonVermeulen

South Gauteng U/14 BPlaying in National festival from13 -17 July at Jeppe Boys JHB:Nicholas SiedleandChristopher Tennick

South Gauteng U/14 C

Playing in National festival from13 -17 July at Jeppe Boys JHB:Nicholas Ching and Luke Moore

South Gauteng U/14 DPlaying in National festival from13 -17 July at Jeppe Boys JHB:Benjamin Macqueen

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ROWING3 NEW

ROWINGBOATS AREBLESSEDAND NAMEDOn 3 March 2014 two newrowing boats were blessedand named. The first was anew pair and was namedafter Vuyo Kahla the outgoingChairman, in recognition ofhis service to the council ofSt Johns. The second boatwas a single scull, and wasnamed after long service staffmember M Khubayi for hislong service to the school.

A third first 8 boat was alsonamed at rowing camp afterRoger Barrow, the first headrowing coach of St Johns.

JUNIORROWINGJames Mitchell and DanielCarter, have been selectedfor the SA Junior RowingTeam, and will participate inthe Junior WorldChampionships in HamburgGermany in August. St JohnsRowing Coach, Grant Dodds,has been selected as theirNational Head Coach.


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SAILINGIn May, Henry Daniels (LVI) sailedin the J22 class World

Championship at the Vaal Dam,and came second overall with hiscrew. He became the youngestsailor internationally to achieve apodium finish in this J22 classWorld Championship.

Henry has subsequently beeninvited to represent the RoyalCape Yacht Club in the J24Dennis Connor InvitationalRegatta in Manhattan, New Yorkin August 2014.

He also won the NorthernRegion Open Class ProvincialRegatta in March at the Vaal Dam

in a 29er, and was the first youthto cross the line, and secondoverall in the Western ProvinceSouthern Charter Grand SlamRegatta in Hermanus in Februarythis year.

Henry sailing in a Vulcan at theJ22 World Championship.

OPENWATERSWIMMINGCongratulations to MitchelSinclair (L4), who was selectedfor the Open Water NationalSwimming Champs whichtook place in February. Held atMidmar Dam, Mitchel(competing for CentralGauteng Aquatics) swam inthe 3km event and managedto beat a number of moresenior challengers, finishing ina great sub 40min and took8th place overall in the 14-15year old category.

SHOWJUMPINGWell done to Connor Wilson (LV)who is currently number 1 in thestandings for schools in the "I"category of one rider. Connor isat Level 5 in High SchoolsEventing and Level 3 for Dressageand Show jumping, Level 4 forEquitation and Level 7 forWorking Hunter (in whichdiscipline he has the highestnumber of points of anyone inthe country).

TENNISTHE 2014SUMMERSEASONThe tennis boys have had asuccessful season thus far.

We are pleased to welcomeLauren Jackman who has joinedus as the new tennis coach forthe both the College and thePrep. We are sure that this willbenefit the growth of tennis at StJohns. We hope to develop a

depth of tennis which will ensureour future success.

The first team tennis boys startedoff the year competing in the StBenedicts Festival. The boysplayed extremely well and wereplaced 5th overall. During thesummer season we had threeteams competing and they havehad some very good results. Ahighlight for the season was the1st team beating St Stithians in anail-biting 50-49 match.

A number of boys have alsotaken part in Gauteng trials andhave done extremely well in theranking tournaments. MichaelCopeland also travelled to Spainto participate in a trainingprogramme and participated intwo Spanish tournaments. Healso played in the open section ofthe Gauteng North Minitournament in which he wasplaced second, as well as in theITF in Potchefstroom and theInterprovincial U19 tournamentrepresenting Gauteng Central.

Tennis will continue into theWinter season for the 1st Teamand we look forward to anothersuccessful season.

WATERPOLOSt Johns College waterpolocontinued with its consistent

performance this season,ending with NationalTournaments held at KingEdwards (1st Team), Parktown(Indigo U15) and Jeppe (KenShort U14).

The 1st Team reached thequarter-final of thecompetition, losing to SACSfrom Cape Town in a penaltyshoot-out. They finished 5thoverall and Top 4 in theNational Rankings.

Jason Chemaly and RossRugheimer were selected forthe Team of the Tournament,an unofficial South African U18team. Both Jason and Rosswere also selected for theGauteng U18A team thatcompeted at the South AfricanSenior ProvincialChampionships, held at KingsPark Pool in Durban in Marchthis year.

Hugh Ledlie and ChristopherStrong played for the GautengU18B team. Matthew Irvinewas selected for the U18BTeam, but had to withdrawdue to injury. The U14A teamfinished 2nd at the Ken ShortU14 National Tournament.Ethan Roets was selected asthe best goalkeeper of thetournament.

We look forward to even moreimpressive results next year.


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FROM LEFT TO RIGHT: R BAT ZOFIN, H MORGAN, N ZILLE AND M STE WART.

CONNOR WILSON MITCHEL SINCLAIR

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MUSIC AND CULTURE

BY JAKE ALFRED - UPPER V

SEATED LEFT RIGHT: MICHAEL SIEBERT (1ST TEAM RUGBY), HAMISH MOLLETT (1ST TEAM HOCKEY AND 1ST TEAM GOLF), MICHAEL DAVIES (1ST TEAMROWING), ROWAN BATZOFIN (1ST TEAM TENNIS), DANIEL ARNOT (2ND TEAM HOCKEY AND BASKETBALL)

STANDING: STEPHEN MAYCOCK (1ST TEAM BASKETBALL), JAKE ALFRED (1ST TEAM CRICKET), AIDAN GREGORY (U15 A ROWING), MATTHEW TAYLOR(2ND TEAM ROWING), STEPHEN DE SOUZA (1ST TEAM BASKETBALL)

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In many of South Africas premier boys schools, you will find

exceptional academic results, a whole host of quality sportsmen,

and a competitive atmosphere one that you truly understand

only when you attended one of these schools.

St Johns is no different. We have Old Johannians

representing professional sports teams across many

disciplines: Chris Froome, Bradley Dial, Jean Symes, Dimitri

Catrakilis, Devon Conway - to name a few.

It is not just this long-standing sporting tradition that makes St

Johns College like no other school in the country. Consider

this: what do our first rugby sides number 6, our first hockey

teams right back, representatives from our first tennis and

basketball teams, a member of our rowing first eight, and our

opening batsman have in common? They are all musicians.

Nowhere else will you find a saxophonist throwing on the

Blues jersey, or a guitarist donning the maroon baggy. We

have an unrivalled music department amongst the boys

schools of South Africa. Our choir is a hundred-strong,

and this year, we have 18 pupils writing IEB music - out ofa national total of just under two hundred. Our ensembles

play at numerous festivals in and outside the school, and

our symphony orchestra is unparalleled. These musical

endeavours would not be possible without the true

Renaissance men of the College.

A Renaissance man is an all-rounder. A Johannian who

participates - and excels - in all spheres of College

academic, sport and cultural life. These past and present

St Johns students have helped to break down stereotypes

regarding the barriers between sport and culture in theCollege. These boys reflect the opportunities all young

men arriving at St Johns have. The music department

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ZACHARY AWARDEDWITH MEDAL OFDISTINCTIONZachary Bowditch (LV) was recently awarded a Medal ofDistinction by Trinity College of Music, London, forachieving the highest result for a Trinity Grade 8 practicalexamination in Johannesburg last year.

Grade 8 is the highest level possible before attempting universitylevel diploma exams, and is two grades higher than the currentIEB syllabus requirements for matric practical music.

His achievement is all the more remarkable in that he progressedfrom a Grade 4 musical standard in 2011, to a Grade 8 distinctionlevel in just two years. Zachary has been an active member of theSt Johns Music Department since he came to the school inRemove, and performs in the Wind Band and Clarinet Ensemble,as well as being a member of the College Choir and ScholaCantorum. He is also a member of the Johannesburg YouthOrchestra and Wind Band.

A MIDSUMMERNIGHTS DREAMThe Drama Department have had a busy and productiveterm, beginning with PHYZZ FEST, a Physical Theatreshowcase hosted by St Stithians Girls College in early

February, moving onto GROBS 2014 held just beforehalf-term, and culminating in the Major Production, AMidsummer Nights Dream.

A Midsummer Nights Dream featuring boys and girls fromthe College and Sixth Form, was performed across theweek of 31 March to 4 April. It was the inevitable choice forthis years major production, partly because it is a great dealof fun, but also as a consequence of Russell Untiedts (thedirector) need to accommodate large numbers ofinterested boys and girls. A school production should serveas a space for learning and growing and so the choice ofproduction every year is guided principally by this notion.

A shortened version of the play was used and deliberately

chosen to place a contemporary spin on thisShakespearean classic by adding some post-moderntouches; and in doing so played around with conventionwithout sacrificing the integrity of the original text.

The success of this production is attributable to the many peoplewho worked with the director to bring it to fruition. Many thanksto the Drama Department, the staff, past pupils, parents and boysand girls from the College and Sixth form.

Tribute needs to be paid to the talent, energy and creativityof the wonderful cast and crew. The production was anenormous amount of effort and the responses from ourcapacity audiences each night attested to the fact that theproduction was an enormous success.

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SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY

ST JOHNS 1ST TEAM BASKETBALL

A CALL FOR GENEROSITY

BY JEAN BWASA - BASKETBALL MIC

St Johns College is an inspirational and aspirational place, grounded in the schoolmotto: lux, vita, caritas. [light life love]. These three words provide thestudents with not just a vision encouraging them to achieve good academic results,but also an awareness of the real, challenging world that surrounds us.

For this reason, in February, the 1st basketball team brought a smile to the faces ofthe children and their mothers in the paediatric ward at the Charlotte MaxekeGeneral Hospital.

As a teacher, I seized the opportunity to help the boys follow their Christian values,the cornerstones of our shared existence. When I observe the modern, lavishsociety in which we live, I wonder if our morning devotions hold any meaning. Itwas therefore rewarding when members of the basketball team decided toperform acts of charity prior to their tournament.

This symbolic gesture defines the ideal of Ubuntu. Ubuntu encompasses caring,love, sharing, and sacrifice which we tend to forget in our daily lives. Onequestion should always challenge us as living Christians: what have we done forour brothers?

In between their school chores and busy lives, the basketball team visited thechildrens ward at the General Hospital with some goodies. The toys broughtsmiles to those little faces, and to those parents whose hope relies on the medicswho care for their precious children.

ST JOHNS COLLEGE PREFECTSREACH OUTIn March, the St John's College prefect body initiated a charity drive to collectsports equipment. The equipment was donated to the youth of the SowetoCricket Club. They then challenged the prefects of St Mary's, Roedean and StStithians to start their own charity initiatives.

Donated equipment included:109 cricket bats79 pairs of pads75 pairs of gloves50 helmets50 cricket bags73 hockey sticks

PUPIL HELPS KEEP A DREAM ALIVEIn 2009, at the age of nine, St Johns Prep pupil, Sam Harding began donating hispocket money to the Nelson Mandela Childrens Hospital Trust, to help raise funds torealise Tata Madibas dream of a hospital to the secure the lives of African children.

His effort led to the birth of the For Kids By Kids campaign, an initiative whichhas seen the adoption of piggy banks at schools to which all children someas young as six years old -can contribute for the benefit of children.

The construction of the Nelson Mandela Childrens Hospital began after a

breaking of ground ceremony held at Wits Education Campus in March.

Sam, who was present at the sod-turning ceremony, told guests and donorsthat the idea behind the campaign is to show that fundraising is not just forgrown-ups. Children of all ages can take part in building this new hospital.

65 tennis rackets64 pairs of trainers44 soccer balls30 rugby balls27 pairs of soccer boots77 golf clubs and so much more!


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CRICKETThe seven-week Prep cricket season was certainly thelongest Easter Term cricket season in recent years, with142 fixtures scheduled. Not all these fixtures were playedor finished due to lightning and wet weather, but its atremendous amount of cricket offered to our keenyoung cricketers!

Cricket professional Justin Sammons and his coaching staffimplemented the Junior Cricket Programme and everySaturday morning saw Grade 1 and 2 boys, with their fathers,eagerly turn up for coaching and games.

This year, for the first time ever, U9A and U9B inter-schoolcricket games were introduced on a Saturday during theEaster Term. The mixed ability U9 teams can look forward

to mid-week inter-school fixtures in the Michaelmas Term.These will be taking place on a Monday afternoon and thiswill also be a first for St Johns cricket, and we are sure thatthe U10 cricket age-group next year will be stronger for it.

Our U9A team will be participating in the annual TrinityHouse U9 Cricket Festival in October. These boys can lookforward to some extremely competitive cricket.

A very exciting cricket tour of international status awaits our1st and 2nd XI boys, as at the end of the August holidays theywill be touring to Zimbabwe.

St Johns College - Harare, have done a magnificent job

in setting up four fixtures for each of our teams for theweek-long tour. The participating schools include FalconCollege, Peterhouse, St Georges and St Johns College -Harare. Our boys will also be participating in a T20 CricketFestival with five other South African schools in additionto six Zimbabwean schools. These are all incredibleopportunities for the boys.

We also look forward to an exciting cricket tour toKwaZulu-Natal in October. Thirty-six boys making upthe U10A, U11A and 1st XI teams, will travel down overhalf-term and will take on Cordwallles Preparatory Schoolin Pietermaritzburg and Clifton Preparatory in Durban.

Options are being explored to expand this tour to includemore teams across the age-groups.

The U11B will also be participating in the annual BeaulieuPreparatory 20/20 Cricket Festival.



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AthleticsThe Prep Athletics season was

very short, albeit it an extremely

successful one.

St Johns competed in four

inter-school athletics meetings

during the season with St Davids,

St Benedicts, The Ridge, CBC

Boksburg and Masibambane.

St Johns managed to win all

four of these meetings, which

included full track and field

events. We are very proud of all

our athletes!

CricketJacob Joseph (U11A), above,

after his bowling figures 8 - 0 -

27 - 6 against WHPS in March.

This included a hat trick!

Cornwall CountyCricket MatchFrom left: Riyaadh Haffejee (vc)

Sam Wyatt, captain of the

Cornwall County side from

England and Jack Lees (c) have

the toss in the traditional and

annual 1st XI fixture.

This took place in February on

Mitchell Field.

This exciting fixture went down

to the very last over where

Cornwall managed to pull off a

5-wicket win.

Maiden Century!Riyaadh Haffejee (1st XI), below

is seen raising his bat in

celebration of his maiden

century against WHPS in March.

Riyaadh carried his bat

throughout the St John's

innings, finishing with 136 not

out off 161 balls.

He batted for three hours andtwenty-two minutes.

HockeyCongratulations to Keagan

Lion-Cachet for being selected

to represent the U13A BoysSouthern Gauteng Provincial

Schools Hockey Team.

This is a fantastic achievement

seeing that Keagan is still U12.

Keagan will be representing

Southern Gauteng in a few

provincial tournaments this

year, with the main tournament

being held in Bloemfontein

from the 2nd 5th July.

We wish Keagan all the best

with his training and

up-coming tournaments!

SoccerMatthew de la Rey has been

selected for the Gauteng U13

Football team.

KEPS WaterpoloTournamentOur First team took part in the

KEPS Waterpolo Tournament ,

held in March.

Sixteen schools participated in

the tournament. St Johns

played six matches, winning

three, losing three, and placing

seventh overall.

NEWS

Pre-PrepSod-TurningCeremony

St Johns Pre-Prephad a special

Sod-TurningCeremony inFebruary to mark thestart of the building ofthe new Pre-Prepbuildings.

The original buildingsof the Pre Prep werebuilt in 1969, with thefirst boys starting in1970 under the firstheadmistress, Marge

Green. At the time,there were eight staffmembers. Currentheadmistress, JaneLane, says: The newbuildings willaccommodate thegrowing needs of thePre-Prep and housethe 230 boys fromGrade 0 to 2, as wellas 25 staff members.

Mr Jon Tilley, an oldboy of St Johns andyoung Ben Nagel (theyoungest and smallestboy at the Pre-Prep)did the digging tomark this specialoccasion. Jon has agrandson, LukePretorius, in Grade 2;and Ben has a brother,Sam, in Grade 2.


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St Johns Preparatory hosted the 20th Annual PrepSchools Cricket Festival over the Easter half term.

Twelve schools from around the country took part.

Our 1st XI had a good three-wicket win over WesternProvince Preparatory School on the second days play,and had a magnificent 80 run win over KingswoodJunior School on the third and final days play.Unfortunately, due to lightning and wet weather, thefirst days play against Merchiston Preparatory Schoolfrom Pietermaritzburg was not completed.

Jean Symes, an Old Johannian and current Lionscricketer, was the guest speaker at the Festival Dinner.

20TH ANNUAL PREPSCHOOLS CRICKET

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A budding Garry Kasparov at St JohnsYashil Modi (UI) took part in the 2014 South African Junior Closed Chess

Championship held in Stellenbosch in April. The top 32 boys in the

country participated in the U10 open section, and Yashil finished in first

place. He was awarded with South African colours and, together with the

second place winner, will represent South Africa in the World Youth

Chess Championship to be held in Durban in September this year.

Papplewick Tour to SAIn April, St Johns Preparatory 1st XV hosted the rugby boys from

Papplewick, Ascot in England. This was the first outing of the season for

the 1st XV, in preparation for their upcoming rugby festivals. St Johns

won the game, 31 24. Tries were scored by Ziyanda Manaway, Taine

Maynard (2), Dino Iozzo, and Matthew Levendig. Jack Lees kicked 3 out

of 5 conversions. A dinner was hosted in the Fred England afterwards,

where all the boys mingled - an most important part of any tour.

Kids lit quiz success for PrepIn February, the St Johns Prep Schools, Kids Lit Quiz Team competed

against nine other top Kids Lit Quiz teams from around the country in the

National Finals of the Competition held in Cape Town and won!Dubbed the Olympics of Reading, the Quiz tests the teams literary

knowledge of anything ever written for children.

New Zealander, Wayne Mills, is the quizmaster and originator of the Quiz,

and travels around the world testing childrens literary knowledge. A

passion for books and reading from a very young age are the secret of

success for these young readers.

The St Johns boys will compete against winning teams from Canada,

USA, UK, Singapore, Hong Kong, Australia and New Zealand in the World

Finals to be held in Cornwall, UK in July.

A fantastic achievement. Well done, boys.

Left to right: Wayne Mills - Quiz Master, Sean Morrison, Justin West,

Max Milella, Andi Qu, Mrs Nicky Sulter - Librarian, St Johns Prep.

Thank you for the musicMusic at St John's Bridge Nursery School forms an important part in the

life of the school. We start each day by singing songs during our morning

ring and on a Tuesday we enjoy a movement to music lesson.

The highlight of our week is our music lesson conducted by Ms Shannon

Frigyik from the Preparatory School. The children are introduced to

music terminology in a very child-centered way and the highlight of

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SIYA XUZA (OJ 2007)Siyabulela Xuza has announced a breakthrough in energy,

which could allow Africans to charge mobile devices without

using batteries or tapping into national grids.

Rather than take up opportunities at Silicon Valley, this Harvard

engineering graduate has opted to count himself among those

brilliant young Africans who are seeking to use their quality

education from overseas to develop Africa, and has started a

global energy company. He also gives motivational talks.

Siya has just finished a year-long project on microfuel cells,

which are fuel cells that can be used to power small devices

such as cellphones, as well as laptops.

Known for designing rocket fuel in his mother's kitchen, he has

a planet known as Siyaxuza, near the Jupiter asteroid belt,

named after him. He is a fluent Mandarin Chinese speaker and

lived in the US for five years.

Siya says. "I do have a passion for African innovation and the way I

am going to be driving that passion is through my field, as anengineer, by developing energy technologies - particularly energy

storage, to harness the power of the sun and to store it so that when

there is no sun people can still have power."

While at MIT, Xuza missed death by about two minutes last

year in the Boston shootings which followed the Boston

Marathon bombing. He says that moment has driven him to

give back more to society.

BRADLEY DIAL(OJ 2013)Extremely talented cricketer, Bradley Dial, represented St

Johns College 1st XI from his Grade 8 year, and captained the

side in his matric year, playing over 120 games for the school.

He represented the respective provincial teams throughout the

age groups and was fortunate enough to be selected for the

South African u19 team in his grade 11 year and was selected

to represent South Africa in the 2014 u19 World cup.

South Africa celebrated its first-ever victory in the ICC Junior

World Cup final against Pakistan in Dubai, with Bradley doing

us proud by leaving the field 14 not out from 24 balls.

Bradley will go down as one of the best cricketers who has

graced the fields of St Johns College and we wish him every

success in the future.

We are also proud of the following Old Johannians who are

showing their skills on the cricket field

Wesley Coulentianos

Currently playing 1st class cricket for Easterns

Omphile Ramela

Currently playing for the Cobras in the Sunfoil series

Devon Conway

Currently playing for the Lions in the Sunfoil series.

Our old boys continue tomake us proud. Here aresome snippets on what some

of them have been up to.


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AWADI RATHUGAMAGE (OJ 2009)In May this year, Awadi graduated from the University of

Southern California (USC) with a degree in Aerospace

Engineering. He was also selected as a recipient of the

University Trustees Award for the highest grade-point average

by a graduating senior, and was chosen to represent USC's

Viterbi School of Engineering Class of 2014 as Valedictorian.

He will soon start work at a tech start-up in Santa Barbara.

I never could have achieved any of this without the great

education that I received at St John's, and I'll forever cherish

my experience there, says Rathugamage.

DAVID HUNT(OJ 2009)David is still making great strides in his rowing career. He says

the first time he dreamt of rowing for his country was while

listening to Ramon di Clemente talk about his Olympic bronze

medal at his club. Davids dreams have come true. Not only hashe represented his country, but he has picked up one gold and

two silver medals at the World Rowing U23 Championships in

the mens pair, as well as a seventh place finish at the 2013

World Rowing Cup in Lucerne (SUI).

Currently balancing a degree in Mechanical Engineering with a

full-time training schedule, his goal stretches into the future; a

gold medal at the 2024 Olympic Games. His talent, success

and determination have made him World Rowings Rising Star.

LUKE KUTTSCHREUTER (OJ 2008)Luke is in his 6th and final year at SA's top medical school, UCT,

and has been successful in a number of areas:

In his 4th year, he won the Adcock Ingram PharmaceuticalAward for the Best Student in Medicine in 4th year, as well as

the Dr Francois Majoos class medal for the Overall Top Student

in Medicine in 4th year;

In his 5th year, Luke joined the committee of the UCT

Surgical Society (UCT's largest medical society, and 2nd largest

society at UCT) as the head of the research portfolio;

He was placed 3rd in the UCT Undergraduate Research Day in

2012, and 2nd in the UCT Undergraduate Research Day in 2013;

He was placed 2nd in the Research Competition at the

Inaugural Southern African Student Surgical Societies (SASSS)

Symposium held at WITS in 2013, which he also attended to

represent UCT on a national level;

He was recently appointed as Vice-President of the UCT

Surgical Society for 2014, as well as President of a new society -

the UCT Cardiac Society - for 2014; He was appointed as the head of the Symposium & Events

portfolio on the International Association of Student Surgical

Societies (IASSS) committee for 2014 and is chairman of a

14-person sub-committee tasked with planning the Inaugural

IASSS Symposium 2014, combined with the 2nd Annual SASSS

Symposium 2014;

Luke has just returned from doing a 5-week elective programme

in cardiology at Oxford University in the UK. He has also done

much research work and is awaiting acceptance for publication

in some big national and international medical journals;

Lukes project ahead of him this year, apart from graduating, is the

Inaugural IASSS Symposium 2014 to be held at UCT from 7-10

July 2014. He is heading the committee of this world-class event.

Luke says, I believe that no accomplishments such as these canbe made possible without firm foundations and I can attribute a

large proportion of this foundation to St John's College.


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