PETERHOUSE NOSTALGIA

... MEMORIES ...

2003 : THE YEAR IN PROFILE

PETERHOUSE BOYS' SCHOOL

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NEWSLETTERS

Rector's Newsletter February 2003
Rector's Newsletter March 2003
Rector's Newsletter April 2003
Rector's Newsletter May 2003
Rector's Newsletter June2003
Rector's Newsletter July 2003
Rector's Newsletter August 2003
Rector's Newsletter October 2003

HOUSEMASTERS

Ellis - Jim Redfern
Founders - Trevor Mushiko
Grinham - John Barrie
Malvern - Grant Sinclair
Paget - Brian Foakes (Terms 1 and 2) and Adam Burgess (Term3)
Snell - Andy Griggs
Tinokura - Paul Davis

SCHOOL APPOINTMENTS

Head of School : Aaron Denenga (F)
Deputy Heads of School : Arkle EM (F) Kriek JC (S)

2003 Sports Captains

Athletics - Aaron Denenga
Basketball - Takudzwa Makoni
Chess - Maxwell Rugonye
Cricket - Ryan Kitkat
Golf - Chase Mullen
Squash - Shiraz Jogee
Swimming - Sean Moan
Waterpolo - Sean Moan
Volleyball - Bernard Tafa

STAFF

We welcome the following members of staff: Mrs Mabel Bettin, who replaces Mrs Kate Sinclair in our Secretarial Studies Department. Mr Robert Chiminya from Midlands Christian College to teach Physics. Mrs Sue Heathcote to teach IT. Mr Liberty Hove from Zimsec to teach English. Mr Ishmael Mazambani from Bernard Mziki to teach History and Geography. Mrs Takudzwa Mutuke from Ellis Robins to teach Shona, Divinity and History. Ms Catriona Taylor who is the new Rector's secretary and Sister Jane Walker who takes over as Head of the Sanatorium.

Sadly Mr Roger Hudson, Head of French and Mrs Connie Zaayman, acting Head of English left at the end of the Easter Term. Mr Hudson has spent 20 years at Peterhouse and he has contributed in many ways. He will be best remembered for his contribution in our Music Department. Of late, he has run a very successful and popular Jazz Band.Mrs Zaayman has taught English at Peterhouse for 8 years. She has been Head of Department and, on the retirement of Mr John Davison at the end of 2002, she agreed to head the Department, in an acting capacity for this term. She is an outstanding teacher, one of the best English teachers in Zimbabwe, she will be sorely missed. Mr Jerry Lousada, our Bursar left at the end of March and Sister Sandy French has retired from the Sanatorium. Sandy has been a "caring ear" to many junior boys; her dedication and commitment to the welfare of the boys will be sorely missed. Mr George Martin will teach French next term. He has had a long association with Peterhouse. Mr Phil Dongo has joined us from Watershed to teach Design and Technology. Mr Simon and Mrs Michelle Scott-Elliot who taught at Hillcrest but spent 2002 in England and New Zealand have joined us. Simon will teach History and English and is a Hockey and Cricket Coach while Michelle will teach Geography and Science subjects. Mr Jon Rheam is our new Bursar. Sister Lucy Webb-Martin will join Sister Walker in our San. Adam Burgess has taken over as Housemaster of Paget.

We are sad to report the deaths in February of Norman January, French teacher and Assistant Housemaster in Malvern, Peter Raynor, who taught classics in the 1960s, and Dr Lizanne Place, mother of Jason in C Block and school doctor at Springvale House and PHG.

Archie and Ann Kennedy left Peterhouse on 13 April 2003 to return to England after 37 years at the school. Archie retired in 1994 and has been living in the retirement complex (Jurassic Park) since then. He has done sterling work in organising the school archives during this time, as well as producing Peterhouse plaques for leavers to buy, the supply of which has now dried up, sadly.

John Carter sadly died on 13 May 2003 in Pietermaritzburg, where he had been living for the past few months. John was a fine man, who chaired EXCO over many years and the new Science Block is named the John Carter Science Block in his honour. He had three sons at the school and was a businessman of note, being Chairman of Delta Corporation (Breweries, Sun Hotels etc) and Barclays Bank, Zimbabwe. His contribution to Peterhouse over many years was as outstanding as it it was selfless.

Mr Brian and Mrs AJ Foakes sadly left at the end of second term for the UK.. They have, in the time they have been here, contributed a great deal to the life of Peterhouse. Brian's contribution to Music and to IT - he set up our two computer rooms, introduced the ICDL, email addresses for pupils and has made us proud of our facility, to teaching and to Paget House - as Housemaster. AJ's contribution in class, as Head of Junior Science, on the cricket field as U14A's coach and Person in Charge of Hockey, together with her input in the House has been outstanding.

Ashley Denman Director of Sport also left at the end of second term for the UK. Taking over from Mr Reg Querl was never going to be easy and we congratulate him on all he has achieved in his five terms here.

Sadly Chaplain Rev George Punshon, retires at the end of third term.

Ivan Jacklin (E63 & Staff 73-82) suddenly died in November 2003 from a heart attack. Ivan was the first Petrean member of staff, Housemaster of Grinham and producer of numerous very successful plays. Since leaving Peterhouse he has taught with distinction at Shiplake College, Henley-on-Thames, England. He and his wife Candy have stayed close to Peterhouse and hosted numerous Petrean cricket matches. Ivan will be sorely missed.

ACADEMICS

International Examination Results

Congratulations to our A Level teaching staff, the 2002 Cambridge results were outstanding.The overall pass rate of 97.4% is the highest we have had (20% were A grades) and the girls had a 100% pass rate!

There was a 100% pass rate in English, History, French, Mathematics, Chemistry, Art, Geometrical and Mechanical Drawing, and Accounting. In Divinity 1/8 pupils failed, Physics 4/21 failed, Biology 1/26 failed and MOB 2/34 failed.The following boys obtained outstanding results:

S Chinyowa and T Chitapi: 3 As and 1 B
S Manyumwa and J Sidile: 3 As
T Chitaka and L Faull: 2 As and 1B.

At AS, although the pass rate was down on 2001, we had a pass rate of 81% of all subjects taken. The uncertainty and switch from one Board to another could account for this drop.

Academic colours

Academic Colours have been awarded to the following boys who distinguished themselves at IGCSE: Tinotenda Madyara 1A*, 7As; Bhavin Parikh 5A*, 3As; Kudzai Munetsi 4A*, 3As; Tamsanqa Sitole 2A*, 5As and Takudzwa Mandebvu 4A* and 2As. The top candidate was Michael Henderson (Paget) who attained 3A* and 7As, but sadly he has left.

Half Colours for Academics. MT Borerwe, FW Douse, ME Jakazi, TT Kaviya, JK Mavetera, MA Osman and V Shah. These are A Block boys who look set to distinguish themselves in the examinations next term.

Full Colours for Academics has been awarded to Maxwell Rugonye who is predicted 3 'A' grades at A Level this year.

Academic Credits

A Block

JK Mavetera - French and Geography
PA Harris - English and Geography
MA Osman - Biology, Geography and Physics
V Shah - Business Studies and History
CA Buchanan - Art and Physical Education

B Block

GWC Chapman - Chemistry and Physics
MC Webb-Martin - Design and Technology and Geography
L Margolis - Divinity and Geography

C Block

PJM Thornycroft - Art and English
RA Farr - Art and History

D Block

MM Gwaradzimba - French and Mathematics
EJ Mpanduki - English, French and Shona (L1)
NN Chiwaridzo - Art and Geography
GG Kaulback - English and Geography
K Parekh - English, History, Mathematics and Shona (L2)

Gallaher Trophy for Industry - M G E F P S

Academic Results

HONOURS TIES

Three boys have been awarded Honours Ties for their outstanding contribution to Peterhouse Aaron Denenga, Tjaart Walraven and Daniel Calderwood.

2003 PETERHOUSE FESTIVAL

The 2003 Peterhouse Festival was one of the best ever. Highlights included the French Play Calamity Jane, The Glass Menagerie and Henry the Tudor Dude, sport against Falcon, Petrean Day and the usual array of music, entertainment and fun, including a French café, jazz, art and craft, stalls, various displays and food stalls. Munyaradzi Chidzonga's performance in the Glass Menagerie was quite outstanding and he was awarded Half Colours for Drama .

See the Festival website

Congratulations to D Coughlan and KR Mkudu who won the Festival Logo Competition.

MUSIC

Interact Variety Show

This year's show was definitely the best to date thanks to a well-organised committee. Special thanks to Mrs Van Heerden who is in charge of Interact at Peterhouse and to Timisella Zunguze and Plasma Madzikanda who produced the concert.

Congratulations to Frances Yiend for preparing the Chapel Choirs for the two Three Choirs Festival services, for producing the Lloyd Webber Show and for all she contributed to the Festival.

Interhouse Singing

1st Malvern, 2nd Snell, 3rd Paget

Half Colours for Music : Chando Karidza
Full Colours for Music : Lindani Chiriva .

Marondera Carol Concert

The Marondera Carol Concert was held in the Chapel with seven schools taking part.

Aladdin

Aladdin, our 2003 pantomime, was a huge success: lots of fun with stunning scenery, costumes, singing, dancing and acting. Special thanks to Mrs. Sue Vandoros and all her team.

Orchestra

Sadly the Jazz Band stopped when Mr Roger Hudson left at the end of the first term but the orchestra is very active thanks to Miss Stirling from Peterhouse Girls.

SPORT

Cricket

Played 13 Won 6 Lost 7

PE Festival won 1 lost 2
Prince Edward won by 129 runs
St John's won by 15 runs
St George's lost by 42 runs and lost by 5 wkts
Hillcrest won by 135 runs and lost by 1 wkt
Falcon lost by 8 runs and won by 4 wkts
Churchill won by 5 wkts
Lomagundi won by 5 wkts

MCD U19: I.Austen, R.Kitcat, I.Nicolson and S. Nyamuzinga
Zimbabwe U16: G.Ballance, L.Graham and G.Querl (Captain)
B. Mutsonziwa received the Petrean Award.

Hillcrest P8 W8 1st Team Won by 135 runs.
St George's P11 WS L4 D2 1st Lost StG 258/5 PH 216
St John's P11 W7 L3 D1 1st Team Won by 15 runs.

Third Term

Falcon P10 W7 D1 L2
1st XI, on Saturday, Lost by 8 runs, Nicolson 3-14, Querl 62*, Austen 50*, Kitcat 46. 1st XI, on Sunday, Won by 4 wickets, Travers 4-43, Mutsonziwa 69, Austen 32 Outstanding Performances: 2nd XI Draw Nel 70, 3rd XI Won Chapman 107, Clark 88, Shava 51, U16A Won G Ballance 55, U16B Won Calderwood 5-29, U15A Lost Potts 70, U15B Won Kingsland 5-19, U14A Won Rabwi 6-14, Robertson D 117, U14B Won Bentley 116, Cragg 67, Yates 58, Dhliwayo 3-22, Rugonye 3-38, U14 Scored 438 for 9!

Churchill P8 W5 L3
1st XI Won by 5 wickets. B Kitcat 3-20, Querl 62, Nyamuzinga 37, R Kitcat 34. Outstanding Performances: 2nd X1 Won Nel 118, U16B Won Murinda 71, U15A Won Potts 68, U14A Lost Maggs 3-26, Mama 32, U14B Won Yates 5-64, Lock 35, second innings - Taylor 7 wickets.

Half Colours : Austen, Hildebrand, Mutsonziwa, Nicolson, Nyamuzing and Travers.

Outstanding performances

G Querl U16 A 150 vs Hillcrest
Murinda U16B 100 vs Hillcrest
Maggs U14 B 8wkts/7runs vs Hillcrest
Mullen U15 B 98 vs Hillcrest
Edwards 3rds 3-0 (Hatrick) vs St George's
Austen 1st Team 103 vs St Johns
Travers 1st Team 5 for 80 vs St John's
Murinda U16 B 6-12 vs St John's

Cricket vs Falcon

1st XI on Saturday, Lost by 8 runs, Nicolson 3-14, Querl 62*, Austen 50*, Kitcat 46. 1st XI, on Sunday, Won by 4 wickets, Travers 4-43, Mutsonziwa 69, Austen 32. P10 W7 D1 L2

The Falcon perspective ( "borrowed" from the FOBs website): "Up at Peterhouse our B teams were thoroughly beaten, it must be admitted but the 1st and A teams had some excellent matches. The 14A side went down by 4 wickets. The U15 As won by the same margin reversing losses in the past. Drew Deary with 4-24 helped bowl Peterhouse out for just over 200 and then Jason Paterson led the way with an unbeaten 65 (a score which may have been somewhat reduced by the vagaries of the scorers!). At one stage the U16 A team looked like going down by 9 wickets but clawed their way back and after dropping two catches in two balls lost by just one wicket in an exciting match. Barry Stewart took 5-25 off his 10 overs.

The 1st team had 50 over matches on both Saturday and Sunday. On the Saturday Davie Crouch hit his first century for the school as we reached 242-6, a total we defended to win by a narrow 8 runs. Sunday was even closer in quite a remarkable game. Batting first Falcon collapsed to 90-8, then 110-9. Brandon Corken and Paul Trethowan, 10 and 11 in the batting order were determined not to capitulate quite as easily and were still together when the 50 overs were bowled, having raised the score to 194-9, a record 10th wicket partnership against any school since our records began in 1980. Corken reached a well-earned 50 by hitting the last ball for 4. Peterhouse appeared to cruising to victory but then rather lost their way and suddenly Falcon was in with a real chance. It was not quite to be. A couple of good blows in the last over saw Peterhouse scrape home off the last ball. "

Rugby

Cottco 1st XV P4, W4, L0 U16 P3, W3, L0
Prince Edward P13 W11 L2 1st XV W 29-17
CBC P4 W4 1st XV W 50-5
Churchill P9 W9 1st XV W 31-7
Falcon P10 W7 L3 1st XV W21-12
St George's P10 W10 L0 First team W43 - 20
Lomagundi P6 W5 D1 1st XV W 52 - 0
Gateway P3 W2 L1 Our Bs vs Gateway As
Heritage P3 W2 L1 Our Bs vs Heritage As
St John's P13 W7 D1 L5 1st XV L 38 -13
Watershed P9, W9, L0 1stXV W 36 - 3

Several boys in the U14 group represented the Zimbabwe side in Namibia. Congratulations to David Denton, Brendan Chapman, Dante Mama, Allan Mpani, Tawanda Biti, Shaun Ushe, Danny Robertson and Munashe Gwaradzimba.

Congratulations to Austen, de Klerk, Denenga, Haamucenje, Karimanzira, Mapfumo, Mhlanga, Mutsonziwa, Yiend, Madziwa, Murahwi, Sherwood, Sutton and M'twarira (Captain) who were selected for the Mash East Team.

Falcon Weekend : For the first time we hosted all of the matches at Peterhouse. Despite having to look after 230 Falcon boys and staff, the weekend ran very smoothly. The First XV's 21-12 win clinched the inaugural Schweppes "Super 8" Rugby league involving the U16, 2nd XV and 1st XV teams of the top eight rugby schools in Zimbabwe for Peterhouse.

The Schweppes Presentation Dinner 12 September 2003

With coaches, captains and vice-captains from schools countrywide; representatives from the Zimbabwe Rugby Union; The Referees Society; the Press; and of course from Schweppes itself present, the dinner held in the Beit Hall at Prince Edward was a grand affair.

The inaugural competition, sponsored so generously by Schweppes, had attracted much attention with the leagues at U16, 2nd XV and 1st XV level offering a trophy to each winning school, and with the main trophy going to the school with the highest aggregate points from the three Leagues.

Winning three of the four trophies, Peterhouse made it an evening to remember,. John Raynor, captain of our unbeaten U16 team collected the U16 Trophy, Falcon College the 2nd XV Trophy and David Cloete our inspirational 1st XV captain, the 1st XV Trophy.

Finally David returned on stage to be presented with the Grand Trophy as "the inaugural champions of the Schweppes Schools League Competition, 2003 - Peterhouse".

The formal dinner ended with David Cloete being invited to close the proceedings by thanking the sponsors, which he did admirably.

David Cloete, Sean Moan and Aaron Denenga were chosen for the Zimbabwe U23 team. Later David came on for the senior side scoring a try and kicking two conversions.

Half Colours : P de Klerk, T Haamucenje, T Karimanzira, T Mapfumo, T Tawengwa, A Denenga, S Hill, T Matenga, D Madziwa, T Mtawarira, B Mutsonziwa, M Yiend and T Shirihuru.
Full Colours : D Cloete (re award) L Hanmer, B Mutsonziwa, S Hill, T Mtawarira, M Yiend, T Matenga.

Overall results : Played 100 W 85 L13 D2

3RD XV RUGBY REPORT 2003

vs Watershed 2nd's W 56 - 0
vs Eaglesvale 2nd's W 50 - 3
vs St George's W 26 - 5
vs Heritage W 11 - 10
vs St John's L 26 - 19
vs Prince Edward L 0 - 8
vs CBC W 52 - 0
vs Churchill W 69 - 0
vs Falcon L 0 - 5

Team Members: Mbanje T, Richards M, Mujati T, Maigurira, Madondo M, Coghlan D, Bwerinofa KZ, Graham B, Jakasi M, Mahachi NT, Nel R, Kent FJG, Mudimbu TM, Chidzonga T, Howland A, Jangano B, Munetsi K, Ramushu HT, Crossland C, Miller C, Peebles CG.

The team had a very slow start to the season due to the new league structure which reduced the numbers of traditional home and away games against the rugby playing schools with plenty of depth but which added variety. The first half of the season was notable for its success with good victories recorded against the record teams of Watershed and Eaglesvale, St George's 3rd's and the highlight of the season a victory over Heritage 1st XV played away. A well drilled St John's team out played us in the forwards at home and the Jubilee field at PE provided the tigers in waiting an opportunity to sink their fangs into the drumsticks of the roosters!

Easy wins over CBC and Churchill followed which then let to the final stage of a blood or guts battle it out with Falcon who came out just on top after an entertaining fifty minutes of fast and furious action.

The forwards played well but at times were out - rucked. Up front we coped well with the mobility of Mbanje, hooking and line out throwing skills of Mujati, Richards and solid propping of firstly Maguirira and then the more mobile Chitsa. AT lock, Crossland and Bwerinofa shone and Coughlan and Madondo made solid contributions. In the loose Brendan Graham did very well winning the ball in the rucks and of Ramushu shone in being first to the loose ball. Jakazi proved capable at 8th man especially with the blind side break.

In the line No. 1 did well at fly-half but the more natural Kent excelled with hid kicking skills and vision when linked with the quick delivering scrum half Mahachi. At centre Chidzonga shone when linked with the elusive Mudimbu and hard running Mangenje early on in the season. Howland's speed on the left wing was notable as was Jangano's improved cover defense tackling. At full back Munetsi was capable but it was Ndiwere who showed most potential with his ability to kick with both feet and sprinters pace.

The team must be congratulated for giving of their best and when losing only going down by the smallest of margins. I thank Mr Chikobvu for his valuable contributions in training sessions and work with the line.

WJK

4TH XV RUGBY REPORT 2003

vs St George's W 32 - 0
vs Lomagundi D 8 - 8
vs St John's W 20 - 18
vs Prince Edward W 12 - 0
vs Falcon L 0 - 26

Team Members: Maigurira P, Mujati T, Coughlan Pk, Mugabe C, Nyahura T, Peel R, Mutandiro P, Miller C, Dube A, Dubengwa V, Mutsonziwa G, Mudawarima A, Chitsa F, Arkle E, Arkell A, Davy R, Boddy J, Mashumba KKS, Medcalf R, Mubaya MS, Chakonda KJ

This team had moderate success but on the whole typically enjoyed hard and fluent Rugby out of the spotlight and as a result more interesting and unspoilt technical marvels of rugby strategy were put into action. Due to the league system this team suffered the loss of home and away fixtures against the big rugby playing schools, which was a negative aspect to be corrected in the future I hope. Top rugby at 1st XV level relies on depth, which may be diluted if lower teams do not play enough rugby.

On the whole an entertaining season.

WJK

Basketball

Played 27 Won 22 Lost 5

St John's won 54-51
MHS won 24-11
U20 Zonal Tournament Played 7 won 7
BMC won 40-13
Watershed won 43-42
St John's lost 32-35
St George's won 49-39
Watershed won 58-50
Prince Edward lost 15-64
U20 Watershed Tournament won 4 lost 2
Sprite Top Schools won 5 lost 1
Tour to Natal Played 6 Won 3 Lost 3 – 6/16 schools
Beat Plumtree 35-31 in the final, last won the tournament in 1993.

Mash East: T.Makoni, T.Tawengwa and A.Mudawarima
Zimbabwe U18: K.Munetsi
Zimabwe U20: T.Makoni (voted best point guard.)
T.Makoni and T.Tawengwa received full School Colours.

U16 Trials P6, W6 Musana, Midyi, Baira, Jinya and T Margolis represented U16 MCD.

The first team had a successful week long tournament in Durban where they won 3 and lost 3 and were placed 6th out of 16 schools.

Soccer

Captain for 2003s Mac Donald Gwashure.

Gateway P4 W3 L1 1st XI W 5 - 2
Marondera High P5 W4 D1 1st XI W 4 - 3
Tournament at Peterhouse P3 W1 L2
Harare International School 1st XI W 8 - 2
Gateway P5, W2, L2 D1 1st XI W 2 - 0
St George's P8 W4 L3 D1 1st XI W 1-0
Falcon 1st XI Drew 1-1
Rakodzi P5 W3 L2 First team W6 - 0
U17 Bernard Mizeki Tournament P4 W1 L1 D2
Lomagundi P2 W1 L1 First team W5 - 2
Prince Edward P3 W1 L1 D1

Full Colours : M Gwashure, C Karidza and B Tafa

Tennis

Played 10 Won 6 Drew 1 Lost 3
St Johns lost 2-10, drew 6-6
Prince Edward lost 2-10, lost 2-10
Churchill won 10-2, won 8-4
Chisipite won 9-3, won 11-1
St Georges won 8-4
Heritage won 12-0

Ryan Kitcat was chosen to represent Zimbabwe. Ryan is the first Peterhouse boy to distinguish himself in this way, he has been awarded Full Colours for Tennis. He captained U19 MCD and toured with Zimbabwe to RSA and won the Open tennis championship for the 5th consecutive year. He is ranked No. 5 in the country.

Triathlon

Michael Charteris is the top Triathlete at U14 level in Zimbabwe and recently returned from South Africa with a silver medal for the event. He has been chosen to represent Zimbabwe at U16 level in Namibia. Anthony Broom won the U16 league. Tjaart Walraven was 2nd in the U19 league.

Athletics

The following boys attained 1st places in their event at the final Championships:

S Murinda U16 200m; T Rensberg U16 HJ; G Querl U16 Javelin, U16 4 x 100m relay; T Chikumbirike U20 100m Hurdles and High Jump; T Matenga U20 400m; M Sherwood U20 Javelin; M Mbwadzana U20 LJ; WT Chadyiwa U20 Shot; F Muropa U20 TJ and 4 x 100m and 4 x 400m relay.

Interhouse athletics championships

Congratulations to Grinham on winning this years competition, the results were as follows:

1st Grinham 401
2nd Malvern 370
3rd Ellis 357
4th Paget 315
5th Snell 293
6th Founders 288

Interhouse Athletics G M E P S F
Interhouse Standards G E M S P F
Interhouse Pentathlon M G P E S F
Interhouse Relays E P G M S F

Individual Pentathlon winners:

U20 A Denenga U16 G Querl
U18 G Nyamunda U15 K Mutandiro
U17 T Ndewere U14 A Mapani

Congratulations to D Mama who broke the U14 Discus record by nearly 3 ½ meters!, and to A Mapani who equalled the U14 100m record with a time of 12.6 seconds.

Three boys competed in the USSA SA National Championships in Port Elizabeth : Aaron Denenga, David Madziva and Stuart Murinda. Aaron reached the finals in the long jump.

Mark Sherwood was awarded Athletics Colours. He won the U20 Javelin event at the Provincial Championships.

Rowing

Thanks to Mrs Davis and the efforts of several parents, especially Mr and Mrs Spies, Mr and Mrs Guimbeau and Mrs Bev Richards, our entrants at the South African Rowing Championships distinguished themselves both in and out of the water. In the Open Doubles, Murray Richards and Craig Peebles were 9th/24. In the U16 Singles, Craig was 12th/31 and in the Open Singles, Murray was 8th/33.

Zimbabwe National Championships - Men's and Woman's Entered 18 events, First place in 16 !

Peterhouse Regatta - Thanks to Mrs Davis, Mrs Scott-Elliot, Mr Wilde, Parents and boys, we hosted our Inaugural Regatta at Kushinga Phikelela Dam. It was a great success - and fun! Well done and thank you to Mrs Davis.

Full Colours :Murray Richards
Half Colours : Craig Peebles, Arkell, Mapfumo

Hockey

Captain for 2003 is Ryan Kitcat.

Congratulations to the following boys who were chosen for MCD:

U19 A R Kitcat, E Newton, B Kay, S Jogee and C Hildebrand.
U19 B D Calderwood, I Brooke and Q Sole.
U17 A C Buchanan, T Rensberg, G Chapman, A Loubser and K Borerwe.

Prince Edward Festival P4, W3, L1
St Georges P6, W 5, L1 1st XI W 3 - 2
Prince Edward P8 W6 D2 1st XI D 1 - 1
St John's P13 W6 D6 L1 1st XI D 1 - 1
Watershed P9 W8 L1 1st XI W 2-0
St John's P13 W4 L2 D7 1st XI D 1-1
St George's P12 W10 L1 D1 1st XI L 0-1
Falcon P7 W3 L4 1st XI L 0-1
Churchill P4 W4
Eaglesvale P5, W5 1st XI W 3 - 0

Full Colours : R Kitcat, C Hildebrand, S Jogee.
Half Colours : B Kay, E Newton, D Calderwood.,T Keith, D Knight, D George, C Buchanan and A Loubser .

The First XI took part in an international tournament in Cape Town over the August holidays.

U19 IPT - Zimbabwe B: C Hildebrand, S Jogee and R Kitcat.
U17 IPT - Zimbabwe A: C Buchanan, A Loubser, G Chapman (Reserve)
U17 IPT - Zimbabwe B: T Rensberg.

Thanks to Mr Denman, T Walraven and A Knight for organising the U19 Inter-provincial tournament in Harare. Congratulations to Mr S Scott-Elliot whose U17 side was unbeaten at the Inter-provincial tournament.

Squash

Prince Edward P2 W2
Chisipite P2 W2
St John's B & C Won 2
St Georges P2 W2 A Team W 5 - 0
Eaglesvale P1 W1 B Team W 4 - 0

House Match - Middles: 1st Paget 2nd Founders 3rd Snell 4th Ellis 5th Malvern 6th Grinham

Interhouse: 1st Ellis, 2nd Grinham, 3rd Malvern

Zimbabwe U14 C Tanner , A Peebles (Reserve)

Half Colours : R Jackson, G Querl and TW Rensburg

Waterpolo

Played 17 Won 4 Lost 13

Lomagundi won 9-4
Prince Edward lost 2-17
Lomagundi lost 2-4
St Georges lost 1-10
St Johns lost 6-1
Lomagundi won 6-5
Crusader Shield won 1 lost 6
Bruce Kennedy Trophy won 1 lost 3
Zimbabwe U19B: S.Moan and Zimbabwe
U16: T.Rensburg and J.Raynor.
U16 Accorsi Cup (Byo) P6 W2 L4 4th of 6 schools
T Rensberg and J Raynor selected for Zimbabwe U16.
U19 Bruce Kennedy Trophy P4 W1 L3
Selected Mashonland U19 B - S Moan, L Hanmer, C Rensberg.
S Moan Selected for Zimbabwe U20 B
Mr Snook selected to Coach Zimbabwe U16 side to tour South Africa.

Half Colours : Moan, Hanmer, Miller.

Volleyball

Played 10 Won 5 Lost5

Prince Edward lost 1-3, lost 0-3
St Johns won 3-0
Churchill lost 0-3
Allan Wilson won 3-0
St Georges won 3-1
Churchill Tournament won 2 lost 2

Swimming

Week 3 In the friendly Interschools Gala at St Johns we were placed 3rd.

Timothy Ferris (Founders D Block) was selected to represent Zimbabwe at the SA Championships and competed in the South African Prestige age group gala (level three) in Bloemfontein winning a Gold Medal in the 50m Butterfly, a Silver in the 100m Butterfly and a Bronze in the 50m freestyle. He has been selected to compete for Zimbabwe at the All Africa Junior Swimming Championships in Casablanca.

Junior Sailing

John Raynor was awarded Junior National Sailing Colours for his achievements in an International Competition and as recognition for his contribution to the sport.

Bridge

Played 10 Won 5 Drew 1 Lost 4

Chisipite won 18-14, drew 74-74, lost 45-15
St Johns won 24-15
Convent lost 41-12, won 22-14
PHG won 22-0, lost 67-83, lost 6-14
Prince Edward won 48-27

Hillcrest W81 - 78
Dominican Convent Juniors W 14 - 0 Seniors L 12 - 41
Peterhouse Girls Juniors W 9 - 1 Seniors W 22 - 0
Chisipite Juniors W 48 - 41 Seniors D 74 - 74
Dominican Convent (Seniors) W 22 - 14
Peterhouse Girls L 6 - 14
Dominican Convent (Juniors) D 8 - 8
Peterhouse Girls (Juniors) L 12 - 13

Chess

Played 22 Won 18 Drew 1 Lost 3

Heritage won 5-1, won 5-1
Queen Elizabeth won 6-0, won 6-0
Emerald Hill won 4-2
Marondera won 8-4, lost 4-8, won 7-0
Falcon lost 5-3, won 11-1, won 4-1
Gateway won 6.5-5.5, won 8-4
Mabelreign won 6-2
Zengeza 4 won 4-2, won 4-2
St Dominic's won 6-0
St John's won 8.5-5.5, drew 6-6, lost 6.5-5.5
Chisipite won 12-0
Watershed won12-0

Congratulations to James Biwi (V) who has qualified to compete in the World Amateur Chess Championships in South Africa.

Harare Chess Competition P6, W6

PASTORAL MATTERS

Nick Stott and members of Zambezi Ministries for spending time at the school during the second term. The boys enjoyed their service on Sunday 27 July.

Over 50 boys and girls were confirmed by the Bishop of Harare at the Confirmation Service on 16 October

Sadly Chaplain - Rev George Punshon, retires at the end of this term.

Chims 2003

B Block boys travelled to the Chimanimani Mountains for the annual Chims Expedition in two groups..

Pocket money

Pocket money was increased in the Easter Term from $ 2 500 to $ 10 000 and then to $40 000 in Third Term

Some things never change - only the styles

A message to parents from the Rector : "Our boys are looking very untidy in their "Nos.1." The main problem is that they wear baggy trousers and their shirts inevitably hang out. I am unhappy with this situation! From next term all boys will wear a regulation school belt when wearing their No.1 uniform. I have ordered the belts, so please ensure that your son's black trousers have belt loops fitted. If they are not, they will be charged to your school account. "

'Mass Action'

Peterhouse was not involved in the 'mass action' which took place at the instigation of the MDC in May 2003.The Rector was granted permission by the Ministry of Education for the Africa Day holiday, 26 May, to be transferred to Friday 30 May, our first fixture free weekend. This seemed sensible in the light of fuel shortages and distances involved. Sadly this was seen by some as collusion with the 'mass action'. This was not the case, as permission was granted long before the 'mass action' was even contemplated! The application was made on behalf of the Peterhouse Group of Schools, Ruzawi and Watershed. Mr MacKay, Headmaster of Ruzawi, was handcuffed and taken to Marondera Police station because his school was closed on the 30 May. The Rector was in Nyanga, but Mr French, the Senior Master, was also taken to the Police Station. Luckily he took the correspondence from the Ministry with him and was only inconvenienced for a short time.

Telephones

A fire in the PTC exchange disrupted all Marondera lines and the schools were without telephones from the 16 June to 4 July.

"Flight to quality" : 500 on 2004 waiting lists

As so often happens when times are difficult, Zimbabwe in 2003 is experiencing a "flight to quality." There are over 500 applicants on the Peterhouse waiting lists for 2004 entry. Petreans are urged to enter their children early, but not before birth!

Service Clubs

Four boys represented our Leo Club at the Leo Club Convention in Gaberone. Our club was voted the runner up in the Administration Section - 116 Clubs were represented! Kholisile Dhliwayo was placed in the top 10 for the award of "Leo of the Year".

Our Leo Club and Interact Club are very involved in local charities, both are helping in our Workers Villages.

From the Leo Club of Peterhouse President :

"Despite the many problems in the country the Leo Club has still managed to carry out community service during this term so far. Our main projects have been:

A visit to the Marondera General Hospital - Children's Ward, where we donated medicines and played with the children. A visit to Kukura Neshungu where we donated a fridge, sang and played with the children.
A visit to Nyameni Children's Home where we played with children and donated various clothes, toys, books and blankets.

We continue to seek your support as we try to help our community."

Rotary International Exchange 2004

Anesu Chingono is going to Argentina and Frans Kent to Europe.