OPPORTUNITY

EXCELLENCE

AND

CHALLENGE

The Rector

J B Calderwood

secretary@peterhouse.co.zw

P B 3741, Marondera, Zimbabwe.

Tel: 263 79 24951

Fax: 263 79 24200

Head of Peterhouse Girls'

Sue  Davidson

peterhousegirls@mango.zw

Head of Springvale House

G A Peebles

svh@mweb.co.zw

Registrar registrar@peterhouse.co.zw Secretary secretary@peterhouse.co.zw
Festival/Culture
culture@peterhouse.co.zw
Bursar
bursar@peterhouse.co.zw Accounts debtors@peterhouse.co.zw
Sport
sports@peterhouse.co.zw

The Peterhouse group of Anglican boarding schools has 1,045 students on 3,000 acres at Marondera, Zimbabwe, and comprises Peterhouse Boys', Peterhouse Girls', the Preparatory School, Springvale House, Peterhaven at Nyanga and the 800 acre Gosho Park conservation education project and wildlife sanctuary.

FORTHCOMING EVENTS

Friday 13 November 1830 Leavers’ Service and Dinner
Saturday 21st November 2009 - Leavers' Ball at Meikles Hotel

LINKEDIN

A Petrean Society group has been formed on the LinkedIn networking site which links 45 millions professionals. Petreans are encouraged to join our fast growing social media group on LinkedIn. If you're not already a LinkedIn member, go to: http://www.linkedin.com and "search groups" for "Petrean Society" to join.

R Watyoka, the current National No. 1 ranked U19 player, played in the Zimbabwe Open winning his first two matches 6-0, 6-0 and 6-2, 6-0. In the 3rd round he beat the No. 2 seed and Davis Cup player, Liberty Nzula, 4-6, 6-4, 6-3. In the quarter final he had a match point before retiring with severe cramp, ending up in hospital overnight!

He has been invited to the Davis Cup Trails in December.

Bryony Rheam, who is married to John Barrie and now teaches at at Simba in Ndola, has just had her first, epic novel about a family's experience in Zimbabwe from the Second World War to the present day, This September Sun, published by 'amaBooks. It is available in shops in Bulawayo and Harare, or directly from amabooksbyo@gmail.com.

The Gauteng Petreans are following up their successful social in March with drinks and snacks
Date: 26th November 2009
Venue: Umnotho Building – Old Mutual Square 93 Grayston Drive (entrance off West Road South ) , Sandton (this is about 100m West of the intersection with Grayston Drive and Rivonia Rd )
Time: 18h00 to 20h00
Cost: R 100.00 cash on arrival
RSVP by: Monday 19 November 2009 to Dirk Meyer, 083 680 3551, dmeyer@uti.co.za

DENISE OSBORNE

We are sad to report that Denise Osborne passed away on 11 August 2009. She will long be remembered for her expertise and wonderful achievements in music. She was Director of Music at Ruzawi from 1969-1993 then joined the staff of Peterhouse in 1994 as Music Secretary. In 1996 she moved to Springvale House. Her contribution to music in all the schools was enormous and she touched the lives of so very many of her pupils.

It struck me that it has been sometime since developments on our campus have been mentioned. One of the two new staff houses budgeted for is complete, our water system upgraded with a new reservoir, the big swimming pool's filtering system replaced with four new pumps/filters (gone hopefully is the green water!) and good progress on the two new dorm blocks has been made. The roofs are due to go up this weekend and work on the internal fittings begins thereafter, all in time for a November finish. It is both exciting and positive for our group of schools

G A Peebles
Headmaster

I am delighted to announce the appointment of Dr John Bradshaw as Headmaster of Peterhouse Girls' School, on the retirement of Mrs Sue Davidson at the end of 2009.

Dr Bradshaw attended Springvale School and Peterhouse, and holds a Ph.D from Cambridge University. He has been a farmer and university lecturer, and for the past seven years he has been Headmaster of Watershed College, near Marondera. John is married to Sue and has a son and a daughter.

I am sure that we all look forward to welcoming John and Sue to Peterhouse Girls. He will be taking over a fine school, and I would like to take this opportunity to thank Sue Davidson for her outstanding leadership over the past eight years. We are very fortunate that Sue has agreed to remain on our staff, and will be teaching mathematics at Peterhouse next year.

Simon Hammond
Chairman Executive Committee

The 2009 Festival was a great success! After a bitterly cold July, the sun came out and we had the first weekend of spring.

This year we tried to incorporate all three schools, so we kicked off on Friday 31st July with a nursery school play, then rugby and hockey matches between Springvale House and Ruzawi. That evening there was an excellent Musical Soiree at Peterhouse Girls' School to show off their new Music Centre. On the Saturday there was a Petrean hockey match against boys but it was poorly supported. The Petrean Society hosted a braai that evening after the PE rugby game - again, support was poor. The Saturday highlight was undoubtedly the school play "The Importance of Being Earnest" which was a great success.

The Sunday is always the main day of the Festival, and a large crowd was attracted to a host of different activities ranging from academic displays, sheep dog demonstrations, live pythons, leather-clad bikers doing burnouts, a rock band, jazz bands, marimbas, the St Johns' Pipe Band, choral recitals and string quartets, a kid's corner with jumping castles, tombola and face painting, market stalls selling crafts and home produce, international food and drink outlets including a French cafe, a Greek Taverna, curries, pig-on-the-spit, pancakes, english teas and a beer garden. The atmosphere was relaxed and festive, and a good day was had by all. Best of all, for a change we made a small profit!

Barbie van Heerden (Cultural Director) culture@peterhouse.co.zw

VALE

Jeremy Burgess (F76) who was working as a "freelance Ecology/Ag/Eco-tourism person" in Botswana sadly passed away in July 2009 due to complications from swine flu.

Neil Grant (P76) who served in the RAF 1978 - 2000 then worked as a service engineer covering the North of Scotland, was tragically killed at work on 20 July 2009. He lived life to the full and was a great guy who will be sadly missed.

We are sad to report the death of Ian Keith (M63) after St Andrew's University, Ian did 7 years of medical research. However, he found himself spending more time computing and ended up working in the IT industry and he was Director of a small UK based IT security company, Idsec Ltd. which specialises in system penetration testing.Sadly, Ian died in London the summer of 2009 after a six year fight against prostate cancer. He kept his charm, humour and optimism to the end. He talked with affection about his upbringing and education in Africa during his last few months. His brother Don Keith (M64) and step-brother Alexander (Sandy) Scott (E64) attended his funeral.

Jason Mackie (P02) It is with deep regret that we report that Jason was killed instantly in action in Afghanistan on 14 May 2009 aged 21. He was supporting IX Company of the Welsh Guards when his vehicle struck an explosive device in the Basharan area of central Helmand. At the time of his death Jason was serving as a Viking All Terrain Vehicle Operator in 3rd Armoured Support Troop of the Armoured Support Group, Royal Marines.

We are sad to report that Denise Osborne passed away on 11 August 2009. She will long be remembered for her expertise and wonderful achievements in the Music Department at Springvale House.

Cricket

Zimbabwe National Trials
U16 Trials - R Burl, D Ballance and W Hattingh attended. Congratulations to R Burl who was selected for the Zimbabwe Team.

U14 Trials - C Archer, D McRoberts, S Nyamusa and N Zinyama attended. Congratulations to C Archer and S Nyamusa who were selected for the Zimbabwe Team.

Cricket - St John's 20/20 Tournament P3 W2 L1
vs Falcon P10 W6 L4 1st XI Lost by 25 runs
vs Lendy Park (U14D) P1 W1
vs Watershed (our B teams vs A) P4 W2 L2
vs Churchill P4 W2 L2 1st XI Lost by 3 runs

Rugby

Cottco P3 W3
Beat Plumtree 36 - 3
Beat Milton 55 - 0
Beat Churchill 10 - 6
Best Forward of the Competition - T Mandiwanza.

vs St John's P12 W8 L4 1st Lost 3 - 10
vs Lomagundi P6 W6 1st Team Won 25 - 18
vs Falcon 1st Team Lost 10-8
vs PE 1st Team won 47-17

The following were selected to represent Zimbabwe at the U19 Craven Week in East London, South Africa, in July: K Danes, D Dollar, T Mandiwanza (Captain), T Nelson, T Nyabonda, D Turner and R Zeederberg. L Mandivenga is a non-travelling reserve.

Athletics

A team of 13 Peterhouse boys represented Mashonaland East at the National (Inter-Provincial) held at NUST in Bulawayo on 28th and 29th May and won the competition.

Basketball

1st Team played in the Durban High School Tournament and won 5 of the 6 matches including the Plate Final

vs Marondera High School P4 W4 1st Team Won 47 - 29
Prince Edward Tournament P3 W1 L2
vs Watershed P7 W4 L3 1st Team Won 34 - 29
Watershed Tournament P3 L3
vs Bernard Mizeki College P8 W7 L1 1st Team Won 45 - 19
vs St Ignatius P7 W6 L1 1st Lost 17 - 28
vs Churchill P5 W3 L2 1st Lost 36 - 38
vs Watershed P6 W3 L3 1st Won 50 - 18

Hockey

1st Team to Durban and George. In ten days the team played 9 matches; had 5 flights; 3 mornings of training; a 5 hour coach journey; watched a Sharks Super 14 game and had a chat with Tendai 'Beast' Mtawarira. A hectic tour indeed. Won 4 of the 9 matches.

vs Prince Edward P8 W7 D1 1st Won 2 - 1
Full Colours awarded to: B Ballance, C Bonthrone and S Nicholls.

vs St George's P10 W5 D1 L4 1st Team Won 3 - 1

The following boys were selected for Mashonaland Country Districts: U19A - B Ballance, C Bonthrone, D Keith, G Maggs, D Midzi and S Nicholls.

Soccer

vs Harare International School P2 W2 1st Team Won 4 - 0
vs Rakodzi P9 W5 L4 1st Won 3 - 2

M Mutuke represented Zimbabwe at the U17 Invitation Soccer Tournament in South Africa where he was awarded a Silver Medal.

Swimming

Inter-Schools Swimming Gala Peterhouse came 5th out of 8 schools.

Tennis

R Watyoka, the current National No. 1 ranked U19 player, played in the Zimbabwe Open winning his first two matches 6-0, 6-0 and 6-2, 6-0. In the 3rd round he beat the No. 2 seed and Davis Cup player, Liberty Nzula, 4-6, 6-4, 6-3. In the quarter final he had a match point before retiring with severe cramp, ending up in hospital overnight! He has been invited to the Davis Cup Trails in December.

Motor Cross

KD Greatorex, AK Thixton, AM Thixton and SM van der Linde have been chosen to represent Zimbabwe at the All Africa Motor-Cross Championships to be held in Windhoek, Namibia.

Rowing

S Cox has been chosen to represent Zimbabwe in the World Rowing Championships.

Prince Edward - 'Three Feathers' Regatta 1st Places: Men's A Single - S Cox, Men's A Doubles - S Cox and A Hunt Men's A Quad - S Cox, A Hunt, A Faber, A Turnbull Men's B Single - B Turnbull, Men's B Doubles - B Turnbull and P van der Ruit Men's C Single - M Johnson, Men's D Single - C Joughin

2nd Places: Men's C Single - P van der Ruit Men's C Quad - M Johnson, M Faber, T Gorongo, T Sanderson (Coxed by J Kropp) Men's D Single - R deJager, Men's D Double - M van Wyk and G Weeks Men's D Quad - D Adamson, M Adamson, R deJager, C Joughin (Coxed by J Dreyer)

St George's 500m Sprint Regatta at Mazoe Dam 1st Places: Men's A Single - S Cox, Men's A Double - S Cox and A Hunt Men's C Single - M Johnson, Men's C Double - M Johnson and M Faber Men's C Quad - G Weeks, M Johnson, T Gorongo, C Joughin, J Kropp

Volleyball

Mufakose U14 / 15 Tournament P3 W1 L
vs Harare International School P3 W2 L1 1st Lost 0 - 3

PHG APPOINTMENTS FOR 2009

Head Girl : Michelle Whitaker
Deputy Head Girl Ivy Gura
Head of Eland Brenda Nyatanga
Head of Impala Ivy Gura
Head of Sable Tanyaradzwa Satande
Prefects Zandile Chiwanza, Zala Gagiano, Ziyanda Malaba,Palesa Matinde, Leigh Worsley-Worswick, Prudence Mushambadzi ,Rozanne Worsley-Worswick,Samantha Travers

Captains

Sports Captain Leigh Worsley-Worswick
Athletics Samantha Travers
Basketball Brenda Nyatanga
Bridge Palesa Matinde
Golf Samatha Travers
Hockey Trudy Kruger
Squash Samantha Travers
Swimming Michelle Whitaker
Tennis Samantha Travers
Volleyball Tanya Satande
Rowing Philippa Hammond

PHB APPOINTMENTS FOR 2009

Head of School : Takudzwa Mandiwanza
Deputy Head of School & Head of Tinokura : Duncan Dollar
Head of Ellis : Ryan Zeederberg
Head of Founders : Zvataida Chimedza
Head of Grinham : T B Mugabe
Head of Malvern : Tinokuda Chasara
Head of Paget : Dylan Keith
Head of Snell : Gabriel Shamu

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A DAY IN THE LIFE OF PETERHOUSE 1976

A fantastic 11 minute slide show, music and commentary prepared for the 1976 Speech Day thanks to Robin Getty.

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=5903522899954774395&pr=goog-sl