150th Festival Programme, low res, 27 March

WINTER 

SPORTS 

FESTIVAL 

2013 

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First National Bank – a division of FirstRand Bank Limited. An Authorised Financial Services and Credit Provider (NCRCP20). 

Here’s to 150 

years of being 

Commercial Banking 

Top of the Class. 

FNB would like to congratulate Maritzburg College. 

Since they opened their doors in 1863, they’ve been 

grooming some of South Africa’s best sportsmen, 

artists and businessmen. FNB has supported them 

for the last 74 years, and we look forward to what the 

future will bring. 

To speak to a Commercial Banker, contact our KwaZulu-Natal office 

on (031) 580 6000 or (033) 846 9100 or visit www.fnb.co.za for 

more information. 

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Contents 

Welcome from the Acting Headmaster of Maritzburg College ....................................5 

Spectators’ Code of Conduct .................................................................................7 

About the Maritzburg College 150th Winter Sports Festival .....................................8 

About Maritzburg College – the home of the Red, Black ‘n’ White .............................11 

Maritzburg College 150 years! Upcoming Events ....................................................14 

Maritzburg College “Did You Know?” .....................................................................17 

About the Goldstones Club ...................................................................................20 

Schedule of Events ..............................................................................................21 

What’s on in Maritzburg ........................................................................................24 

Maps ...............................................................................................................26 

First National Bank Maritzburg College 150th Rugby Festival: 

• Fixtures and Venue ....................................................................................29 

• Teams ......................................................................................................30-39 

Nomads Hockey Festival: 

• About the Nomads Festival .........................................................................41 

• Maritzburg College Hockey “Did You Know?” ................................................43 

• Fixtures and Venues ...................................................................................46 

• Teams ......................................................................................................47-58 

Husqvarna Skonk Nicholson Rugby Festival: 

• Skonk – College’s beloved “Mr Chips” .........................................................60 

• Fixtures and Venues ...................................................................................63 

• Teams ......................................................................................................64-74 

Acknowledgements ..............................................................................................75 

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Acting Headmaster’s Message 

Over the next eight days Maritzburg College 

will be a hive of activity as we celebrate 

and enjoy a feast of both hockey and 

rugby at first-team level, as well U14 and U16 

rugby. There are a number of well-established 

school festivals in the country over this holiday 

season and we are indeed fortunate that we have 

been able to attract so many top-class schools to 

Pietermaritzburg. 

The participating schools have a mutual respect for 

each other because they are all very similar in ethos 

and culture, and our relationships go back many 

generations. We are thus confident that the rugby 

and hockey will be played without compromise. 

Games will be competitive and passionate but will 

be played in true schoolboy fashion. 

The six days are not only about rugby and hockey, 

but also about renewing and creating friendships. 

There is a genuine camaraderie amongst both 

the boys and the coaches, and it is wonderful to 

watch how they share in each other’s sporting 

K Guise-Brown 

Acting Headmaster 

tribulations and 

celebrations. 

the Red, Black and White 

On behalf of 

the Maritzburg 

College 

community I 

extend a very 

warm welcome 

to the visiting 

parents. If 

this is your 

first visit to 

our school 

I sincerely hope that you will be well 

hosted and that you leave with positive memories of 

this small part of KwaZulu-Natal. 

I also take this opportunity to pay tribute to those 

Maritzburg College members of staff who spent hours 

of preparation behind the scenes to ensure that the 

Festivals run smoothly. Their dedication to the school 

is truly amazing and we are indebted to you all.

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Spectators’ Code of Conduct 

Schoolboy rugby has been in the news in the last couple of years – especially the poor behaviour of 

spectators on the sides of rugby fields. We at Maritzburg College appreciate your enthusiastic support 

of the players, but in the light of the above, we wish to draw your attention to our Spectators’ Code of 

Conduct: 

Please – 

• encourage the players to play by the rules 

• encourage and applaud good play from both 

teams competing in the match 

• support the referee in every respect 

• stay off the field of play at all times 

• assist the players (off the field) with positive 

coaching 

Please don’t – 


• promote cheating or the bending of the laws of 

the game 

• reprimand players for mistakes 

• publicly question the referee’s decisions 

• promote “winning at all costs” 

• abuse referees/players/fellow spectators 

Maritzburg College promotes sport for the enjoyment derived therefrom, and for the contribution it makes towards 

the total development of the boy.

About the Festival 

1. Introduction 

The year 2013 marks the 150th celebrations of 

Maritzburg College, KwaZulu-Natal’s oldest boys’ 

school. In a busy year, the school’s primary sporting 

focus will be the Maritzburg College 150th Winter Sports 

Festival (30 March to 6 April) and the elite Wildeklawer 

Rugby Festival (2 to 4 May). We are delighted to be 

able to welcome you to our school during the Easter 

holidays. 

2. Maritzburg College 150th Winter Sports Festival 

The main 150th Winter Sports Festival is made up of 

three tournaments, namely – 

• the First National Bank 150th Rugby Festival (30 

March to 3 April), at which 10 First XVs from leading 

rugby-playing schools will be playing; 

• the Nomads Festival (30 March to 1 April), which is a 

long-established annual hockey festival for 12 of South 

Africa’s leading First XIs; and 

• the annual Husqvarna Skonk Nicholson Rugby 

Festival (“SNRF”) (5 and 6 April), at which eight U14 

and eight U16 teams will be participating. 

3. Participating Schools 

The following schools will be participating in the three 

tournaments that make up the main 150th Winter 

Sports Festival: 

FNB 150th Rugby Festival 

(30 March to 3 April) 

(First XVs only): Afrikaans Hoër Seunskool (Affies), Dale 

College, Durban High School, Grey High School, Jeppe 

High School for Boys, Maritzburg College, Hoërskool 

Monument, Hoërskool Noord-Kaap, Queen’s College, 

Rondebosch Boys’ High School 

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About the Maritzburg College 150th Winter Sports Festival 

Nomads Festival 

(30 March to 1 April) 

(First XIs only): Grey High School, Hilton College, 

Jeppe High School for Boys, King Edward VII School 

(KES), Maritzburg College, Michaelhouse, Millfield 

(UK), Pretoria Boys High School, Selborne College, St 

Andrew’s (Bloemfontein), St John’s College, Wynberg 

Boys’ High School 

Husqvarna SNRF 

(5 and 6 April): 

U16: Hilton College, Hudson Park High School (EL), 

Kearsney College, KZN Development, Hoërskool 

Marais Viljoen, Maritzburg College, Midlands Rugby 

Development, Trinityhouse School, Westville Boys’ High 

School 

U14: Hudson Park High School, Jeppe High School for 

Boys, Hoërskool Marais Viljoen, Maritzburg College, 

Hoërskool Menlopark, Trinityhouse High School, 

Hoërskool Voortrekker, Westville Boys’ High School 

4. Access to School Grounds 

On the playing days of the FNB 150th Rugby Festival (ie 

on Saturday 30 March, Monday 1 April and Wednesday 

3 April), access to the Maritzburg College grounds will 

be controlled, and an admission fee of R10 per person 

(excluding all festival participants) will be payable at the 

school’s Centenary Gate, on College Road. Participants 

will when necessary be able to access the grounds via 

the NUC gate near the bus park. 

5. Admission and Parking 

Spectators’ admission to the festival on match days 

will ONLY be allowed via the school’s Centenary Gate 

on College Road (see map), and the admission fee for 

general spectators will be R10 per person. Extensive 

parking will be available to the general public on the 

school’s sports grounds off College Road (see map)

opposite the Centenary Gate and on the 

Terraces overlooking College Road – the cost 

is R10 per car. Access to the former will be 

via the gates off McAllister Avenue and to the 

latter via the Centenary Gate. 

6. First Aid 

First aid will be formally provided from the 

first aid room on Goldstone’s for the duration 

of the Winter Sports Festival. 

7. Change-rooms and Toilets 

Rugby players will change in the change-rooms next 

door to the first aid room, on the ground floor of the 

Kent Pavilion, overlooking Goldstone’s. Public toilets 

for ladies and gents are contained within the Kent 

Pavilion itself, overlooking Goldstone’s. There are 

numerous additional showers and toilets in the large 

change-rooms overlooking Barns field (see map). 

These may be especially useful on the day of departure 

for teams that had stayed at GHS. 

8. Disciplinary Matters 

Any player who receives a red card during a match, 

and any other participant in the festival who breaches 

its code of conduct summarised above, will be 

required to appear before a disciplinary committee. 

Where it is for a match-related offence, the hearing will 

take place within 30 minutes of the conclusion of the 

game concerned. Where an individual is found to have 

committed a serious offence, such an individual may 

be expelled from a hostel and/or sent home. 

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9. Action Photos 

Action photos will be taken throughout the festival 

by photographers contracted by Smugshots (www. 

smugshots.co.za), and interested players will be able to 

order any photos for R25 each directly off the relevant 

website. 

10. Media and TV coverage 

TV coverage has been secured for both the FNB 150th 

Rugby Festival and the Husqvarna SNRF, which will 

feature in a 26-minute documentary sponsored by 

Maritzburg College and flighted on SuperSport. Times 

and dates will be confirmed on Facebook and Twitter. 

11. Facebook / Twitter 

Follow the progress of the festival, as well as all news 

updates, fixtures, scores etc. on Facebook and Twitter 

on – 

Facebook: via the “Maritzburg College” page 

Twitter: #MC150thFest 

12. Lost & Found 

This will be administered in the Kent Pavilion (pictured 

left) and occasional announcements will be made over 

the public announcement system. 

13. ATMs / Local café 

There is an Absa ATM at the OK Mini Mart in College 

Road. This is located 600m beyond the Centenary 

Gate, in the direction of GHS.

About us 

The Home of the 

Red, Black ‘n White 

About Maritzburg College 

On 2 March 1863, the first headmaster of the 

Pietermaritzburg High School (as the school 

was then called), Mr W Calder, opened the 

doors of the school to “a group of thirty colonial 

ruffians”, in a humble carpenter’s shop in Longmarket 

Street. The said headmaster was later most memorably 

described as “a punishing ogre who lurked ominously 

in the Upper Schoolroom”, which certainly did not 

augur well for the fledgling school! Amongst these 30 

boys were E and H Buchanan, possibly the sons of 

the feisty David Dale Buchanan, the founding editor of 

The Natal Witness; Robert Erskine, who was the son 

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The first 

home of the 

Pietermaritzburg 

High School - the 

old Perks Arcade 

building. 

of the Colonial Secretary; George Shepstone, of that 

well-known Natal family (whose direct descendent is 

currently in Form 4 at the school); Kenneth Hathorn, 

who was later to become a judge; and Ignatius 

Ferreira, the son of the first chairman of the Collegiate 

Institution, which had provided funds for the foundation 

of the school. Sadly, four members of that foundation 

class were to lose their lives in battle – Erskine at 

Bushman’s Pass in 1873, Shepstone and Durrant Scott 

at Isandlwana in 1879, and Ferreira at Kambula, also 

in 1879.

About us 

From those humble beginnings amidst the town’s 

muddy “sloots” (see photo right), the school has evolved 

into an institution that boasts sprawling grounds 

that cater for the academic, sporting and cultural 

needs of the 21st Century teenager. Over the years, 

whilst maintaining its famous red-brick architecture, 

College has built further classrooms, incorporating the 

latest teaching technology, a Cultural Centre, a High 

Performance Centre, a Pupil Development Centre and 

a state-of-the-art Media Centre, together with sports 

facilities that are the envy of many. 

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But what is a school without people? The staff 

perpetuate the principles that their more hirsute, 

academic-gown-clad predecessors would have done 

many years prior – but these days armed only with a 

memory stick rather than a cane! Five generations later, 

the offspring of those British farmers, Boers and Zulus 

around whom the school’s assegai and rifle insignia 

was formed, grace the grounds as one, to embrace 

the history and create the new legends that will be 

recorded in the headmaster’s musty logbook.

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Maritzburg College 150th Celebrations 

Upcoming Events 

In a very busy year that has already seen a number of commemorative activities and functions take place, the 

following still lie ahead of us, as we celebrate the sesquicentennial of Maritzburg College: 

30 March – 6 April Maritzburg College 150th Winter Sports Festival 

27 April Maritzburg College Old Boys’ Association: Veterans’ Lunch 

2 – 4 May Wildeklawer Rugby Festival 

23 May Reunion Week: Casual sports, campus tours, Goldstone’s social 

24 May Reunion Week: Golf, bowls etc. 

Reunion Dinner in the Alan Paton Memorial Hall 

25 May Reunion Day: rugby and hockey vs Glenwood 

Chapel Service, wreath-laying ceremony, OCs’ Luncheon, 150th book launch, 

Memorial rugby match vs Hermannsburg 

Scenes from the 150th year: above – led by the prefects, the 1 200 College boys begin their march from 

the City Hall to the school, 1 March; above right: the College boys salute the beautiful new addition to the 

Forder Oval, the statue “Jimeloyo!”, donated by the Gauteng branch of the MCOBA; right: the specially-built 

three-man canoe in the College colours (manned by OC Hugh Raw, Head Prefect Seko Buthelezi and current 

staff member Gerhard Erasmus) proudly leads the College batch of canoeists down the Ernie Pearce Weir at 

the start of the 2013 Dusi Canoe Marathon. 

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Maritzburg College 150th Celebrations 

2 June Comrades Marathon (College table on Alexandra Road) 

6 August Clark House 125th birthday dinner (with selected scenes from the 150th Tribute 

Production) 

12 – 14 August “Red, Black, White – In the rearview mirror” – 150th Tribute Production 

15 August Art Exhibition 

16 – 18 August Music on Goldstones (Friday - rock concert, Saturday - school musicals, Sunday - 

Philharmonic Orchestra “Concert in the Park”) 

21 – 24 September Michaelmas Cricket Week 

29 – 30 September Annual conference of the SA Society for History Teachers 

18 October Speech Day 

6 December Final assembly and closing dedication 

Shortly after the unveiling of “Jimeloyo!” on 1 March, the entire school posed for this commemorative 

panoramic photograph, following which it was time for tea and birthday cupcakes! 


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Did you know? 

• Amongst its past scholars Maritzburg College 

can count 11 Senators, six Generals, two Admirals, a 

Commissioner of Police, eight Officers Commanding 

of the Natal Carbineers alone, arguably South Africa’s 

pre-eminent English author, two Chancellors of the 

University of Natal, three Directors of Education, two 

Bishops, a Chief Justice, 10 judges, three Attorneys- 

General and 23 Rhodes scholars. 

• College has produced a tally of nearly 240 

international sportsmen to date – possibly the most 

produced by a South African school. Amongst that 

number are 26 SA captains, nine captains of polo alone, 

12 Olympians since 2004 (including Gold and Bronze 

medalists), and the “man who won the 2005 Ashes” for 

England, Kevin Pietersen. 

• Bill Payn (photo right), who finished at College in 

1910, played rugby for the Springboks, turned out for 

Natal at five sports, earned lasting fame as the ‘Man 

who ran the 1922 Comrades Marathon in his rugby 

boots’, and, to end off, won the Military Medal for 

gallantry in World War 2! 

• The Maritzburg College Roll of Honour lists the 

names of 261 former scholars who have given their lives 

in wars since the first Old Collegian casualty fell in 1873. 

• Maritzburg College has produced both South 

Africa’s World Cup-winning Springbok flyhalves in 

Joel Stransky and Butch James. Not for nothing is the 

school known as KZN’s “flyhalf factory” – fellow Bok 

no 10s Keith Oxlee and Peter Grant also attended the 

school, as did well-known Natal flyhalves from the 

“Banana Boy” days like Henry Coxwell, Gudgie Dixon, 

Wally Sharratt and Tony Egner. 

• Alan Paton finished at College in 1918. His book, 

Cry, the Beloved Country, has sold more than 15 million 

copies! 

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Bill Payn during his 

service in World War 2 


Alan Paton’s poem, “Old Walls”

Did you know? 

• The unique “Boere Haka” that was performed 

by the Springboks at Kingsmead in 1928 

immediately before kick-off to the first test against 

the touring All Blacks was composed by Umvoti 

farmer and former Maritzburg College Head 

Prefect, Philip Nel, and is based on the school’s 

famous war-cry of “Jimeloyo-Ji!” 

• In 1970, in the old Rhodesia, the chief of police 

(Brig Sydney Bristow), chief of the army (Lt-Gen 

Keith Coster) and attorney-general (EAT “Tony” 

Smith) were all educated at College. The Prime 

Minister, Ian Smith, was jokingly warned that his 

government had been swamped by Old Collegian 

imports! 

• In the Boer War, English and Afrikaans boys 

fought against each other. They made a pact to 

wear their College ties around their hats (or belts 

depending on who you believe). If you saw a 

College tie/belt … you aimed somewhere else! 

• In 1870, the first cricket and rugby matches 

were played against Hermannsburg – still nine 

years before Isandlwana. 

• The Maritzburg College Old Boys’ Association 

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Philip Nel’s “Boere Haka” 

formed an informal branch in a Prisoner of War 

(PoW) camp during the Second World War. 

• Seven Old Collegians were killed in action 

on three occasions: at the famous battle of 

Isandlwana during the Anglo-Zulu War of 1879, 

during the Battle of Delville Wood, which was 

fought on 14–20 July 1916, and at Gelib in Italian 

Somaliland in 1941, during the infamous “White 

Flag Incident”. 

Notice the belts worn by the members of the triumphant 1900 First XV (above), 

which uniquely won the Murray Cup for clubs in Natal. During the Boer War 

(1899-1902), they were worn by College Old Boy soldiers to prevent “friendly 

fire”!

About the Goldstones Club 

The Goldstones 

Club is the 

supporters’ club 

of Maritzburg College. 

Membership of the club is 

open to the entire College 

community, whether one 

is an Old Boy, a staff 

member, a former staff 

member, a present parent, or a past parent. The home 

of the club is its sleek clubhouse attached to the Kent 

Pavilion, overlooking the famous sports field after 

which the club is named. The clubhouse itself, with 

its splendid bar, honours boards, photographs and 

impressive collection of sporting memorabilia, offers a 

truly world-class venue that has been the site of many 

an uproarious after-match celebration, as well as the 

occasional rather melancholic post mortem. It also is 

used by the school for various functions, and can be 

hired out – for a modest fee – by club members for 

birthday parties, engagement parties, weddings, and 

the like. 

The clubhouse will 

be open for business 

every night of the 

150th Winter Sports 

Festival, including on 

the rugby rest days. 

Please spread the 

word about this facility, 

which already is a 

popular meeting place 

for Old Collegians and 

other supporters of the 

school. 

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The club will also be running a large beer tent throughout 

the festival. Access will be only for adults only – no 

players or other under-aged children will be allowed 

into the beer garden, which will include an upstairs 

viewing area. The consumption of alcohol outside of 

the designated area will be strictly prohibited. Curryand-rice 

will be on sale, and braai fires and limited 

braai packs will available throughout the festival. 

Should you wish to join the club, please enquire within 

– ask for Dennis Brand (see photo below right).

150th Rugby Festival and Nomads Festival 

DATE TIME DETAILS 


Fri, 29 March 14h00-16h00 arrival and registration (Victoria Hall) 

access to the hostels only after registration 

17h00-18h30 supper for all players and drivers in their respective dining halls 

(bring meal tickets) 

18h00-18h30 rugby (The Hearth) and hockey (hockey pavilion) debriefings 

from 18h30 supper served for all managers and coaches in The Hearth 

22h30 stooges’ duty ends: control of the hostels revert to the managers 

and coaches 

Sat, 30 March 06h00-07h30 breakfast for all players and drivers (dining halls) and managers 

and coaches (Victoria Hall) 

07h30 matches commence 

11h00-14h00 lunch for all players and drivers (Maritzburg College BE dining 

hall only) and managers and coaches (Victoria Hall) 



18h00 for 19h00 formal dinner for all managers, coaches, match officials and 

guests in the Victoria Hall (dress: jacket and tie) - predrinks in 

The Hearth 

22h30 stooges’ duty ends: control of the hostels revert to the managers 

and coaches

150th Rugby Festival and Nomads Festival 

DATE TIME DETAILS 

Sun, 31 March 06h00-07h30 breakfast for all players and drivers (dining halls) and managers 


06h30 captains’ photo (in front of Clark House) 






from 17h30 informal supper for managers and coaches in The Hearth 

Mon, 1 April 06h00-07h30 breakfast for all players and drivers (dining halls) and managers 







from 17h30 informal curry evening for managers and coaches in The Hearth 

Tues, 2 April 

(rest day) 

Wed, 3 April 

06h00-07h30 breakfast for all players and drivers (dining halls) and managers 






from 17h30 informal supper for managers and coaches in The Hearth 

06h00-07h30 breakfast for all players and drivers (dining halls) and managers 



15h30 final match ends 

Note: Lunch on the final day of the 150th Rugby Festival will only be provided on request. Should you 

require lunch, you are to kindly advise the Festival Secretary on registration on the Friday. No packed 

lunches will be served. 

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What’s on in Maritzburg 

Are What’s you visiting On In Maritzburg Maritzburg? for the first time? Perhaps 

you are the parent of one of the participants in the 

Winter Sports Festival? Whoever you are, and whatever 

your interests, we are sure that you will find something 

of interest to do here in Maritzburg and in the scenic 

Midlands – a mere hour away from the ‘Berg and the 

sea. 

A number of options avail themselves, like – 

• Karkloof Canopy Tours: this is a very popular 

tourist destination on the Midlands Meander, on the 

Karkloof road beyond Howick, about 40 km from 

Maritzburg College. Breeze along the treetops of the 

Karkloof forest on a zip-line 100m above ground! 

The normal price of a canopy tour is R450 per 

NO SPEED LIMITS 

Pop into Epic Karting and drive their GX160 Honda-motored go carts. Epic Karting offers go karting for all 

children between the ages of 10 years old and 101 years old. However all participants need to also be over 

1.4m tall. You will find Epic Karting at 23 Bulman Road, Mkondeni, Pietermaritzburg. For more information 

or an idea on prices please visit www.epickarting.co.za. To book for your group to race please email: pmb@ 

epickarting.co.za. We look forward to seeing you soon racing on our track with no speed limit.’ 

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person, but the special offer for the duration of the 

College Festival is R300 per person – see advert. 

• Pietermaritzburg Epic Karting: situated only 5 km 

from Maritzburg College, Epic Karting provides great 

fun for all ages. 

• The popular Liberty Midlands Mall is only about 10 

km away from Maritzburg College and offers shops, 

restaurants and movies. 

• Maritzburg College Museum: Lastly, for the more 

inquisitive, the school’s newly-opened museum will be 

open on all match days during the 150th Rugby Festival 

from 09h00 to 12h00 Entrance is free and visitors are 

welcome.

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150th Rugby Festival 

(30 March to 3 April 2013) 

To speak to a Commercial Banker, contact our KwaZulu-Natal office 

Venue: 

on (031) 580 6000 or (033) 846 9100 or visit www.fnb.co.za for 

more information. 

All matches are to be played on Goldstone’s. 

Fixtures: 

Day 1: Saturday, 30 March 

10h10 Match 1 Hoërskool Noord Kaap vs Jeppe High School for Boys 

11h30 Match 2 Durban High School vs Rondebosch Boys’ High School 

12h50 Match 3 Queen’s College vs Afrikaanse Hoër Seunskool (Affies) 

14h10 Match 4 Dale College Boys’ High School vs Hoërskool Monument 

15h30 Match 5 Maritzburg College vs Grey High School 

Day 2: Monday, 1 April 

10h10 Match 1 Hoërskool Monument vs Rondebosch Boys’ High School 

11h30 Match 2 Durban High School vs Dale College Boys’ High School 

12h50 Match 3 Queen’s College vs Jeppe High School for Boys 

14h10 Match 4 Maritzburg College vs Hoërskool Noord Kaap 

15h30 Match 5 Afrikaanse Hoër Seunskool (Affies) vs Grey High School 

Day 3: Wednesday, 3 April 

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FNB 150th Rugby Festival: Fixtures & Venue 

09h00 Match 1 Dale College Boys’ High School vs Afrikaanse Hoër Seunskool (Affies) 

10h20 Match 2 Grey High School vs Durban High School 

11h40 Match 3 Rondebosch Boys’ High School vs Jeppe High School for Boys 

13h00 Match 4 Hoërskool Monument vs Hoërskool Noord Kaap 

14h20 Match 5 Queen’s College vs Maritzburg College 

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Team Lists: 150th Rugby Festival 

Affies is famed as one of the elite rugby 

schools in South Africa. It has produced many 

Springboks in the past and continues to supply 

talent to the SA Schools’ and SA Academy sides. Affies 

have a huge talent pool and is rich in depth. There are 

more than 10 senior teams each year, and at all ages 

teams as far as G-teams are filled up. Affies has not 

played in the Beeldtrofee rugby tournament since 

2006, as its B to G teams would struggle to all play on 

a Saturday. 

Each year Affies challenges the country’s leading 

rugby schools such as Grey College (Bloemfontein), 

Maritzburg College (Pietermaritzburg), Glenwood 

High School, Hoërskool Noord-Kaap and many more. 

At these derby matches each and every team gets 

a chance to take the field against the Rooi, Geel en 

Groen. 

Affies has produced top players such as Louis Schmidt, 

Wynand Olivier, Fourie du Preez and current Blue Bulls’ 

captain Pierre Spies (also an Affie choir boy!) to name 

but a few. Perhaps Affies’ most unknown star was 

Francois Swart who played flyhalf for Die Witbulle (the 

school’s first team) alongside scrum-half Fourie du 

Preez. The formidable duo later played for the Blue 

Bulls and were strong contenders to become the next 

Springbok halfback pairing. Tragically, Francois Swart 

died in 2004, and since then Affies hosts an U15 rugby 

tournament during the Easter holidays bearing his 

name. 

Afrikaanse Hoër Seunskool 

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TEAM LIST 

1. WP Eloff 

2. F Steyn 

3. W Barnard 

4. H Vreken 

5. RG Snyman 

6. S van Huyssteen 

7. D Bezuidenhout 

8. J Slabbert 

9. I van Zyl 

10. D Hendricks 

11. T Schmulian 

12. P Orffer 

13. J Linde 

14. T van Wyk 

15. E Keyter 

16. L Venter 

17. DP du Plessis 

18. T Meintjies 

19. G Roets 

20. M van den Heever 

21. A Langridge 

22. M van Staden 

Coaches/Manager: 

P Joynt 

H van Jaarsveld 

J Koch


Dale College is located in King William’s Town in 

the Eastern Cape. The school was established 

in 1861, when it was known as the Public 

Undenominational School for Boys. In 1877 a new 

school building was opened and the school took on the 

name “Dale College” after the then-Superintendent- 

General of Education in the Cape Colony, Sir Langham 

Dale. The school also adopted the Dale family crest as 

its emblem – the famous red heron. Dale celebrated its 

sesquicentenary in 2011. 

Rugby was first played at Dale in 1880, but at that 

time the sport was not as popular as soccer. In 1891 

and 1892, Dale played its first rugby matches against 

Queen’s College and Selborne College respectively. 

Both those matches were won by Dale. Rugby was 

eventually firmly established at the school in 1911 and 

the famous red and black colours were adopted and 

have been worn ever since. Numerous Old Dalians 

have played Springbok rugby over the years. The most 

recent Old Dalians to don the Green and Gold include 

Bjorn Basson, Keegan Daniel and Bandise Maku. 

Dale College Boys’ High 

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1. Z Ngqongqwaqna 

2. S George 

3. K Mokhaobone 

4. L Njokwe 

5. P Zita 

6. A Tsengiwe (captain) 

7. Q Mvimbi 

8. M Nchukana 

9. S Ncokovane 

10. S Mgubo 

11. B Mvolontshi 

12. S Maxwane 

13. A Nompandana 

14. L Mudzvova 

15. A Mavuso 

16. M Mtongana 

17. S Mtotywa 

18. S Makhwenkwe 

19. B Ponono 

20. L Mase 

21. B Skenjana 

22. L Kenene 

TEAM LIST 

Coach: S Turner 

Assistant Coach: L Smith 

Manager: N Wiggett


The history of rugby at DHS 

dates back to 1910 when 

the energetic and famously 

fierce AS “Bull” Langley arrived 

at DHS from Maritzburg College 

to become its fourth headmaster. 

The “round ball game”, which 

was scorned by the arch-Victorian 

Langley, was immediately ousted 

at “School” – as DHS is popularly 

known – and the game of rugby 

was introduced. On 16 April 1910, 

DHS rugby played its first match 

against Berea Rovers’ FC and lost 

6-14. The first school game was 

against Maritzburg College and 

DHS lost the match 0-5. By 1914, 

DHS rugby had strengthened and 

improved. They recorded only 

one loss that year and won all 

their Walker Cup second division 

matches against adult club sides 

in Durban. This side has the best 

record in DHS rugby history to 

date. 

The teams coached by “Big 

Van“ (CFS van Reenen 1939- 

1945) and “Little Van” (Izak van 

Heerden 1946-1950) stand out 

as making up the golden age of 

DHS rugby, when winning both 

games against Maritzburg College 

became the norm rather than the 

exception. However, when the 

Durban High School 

1935 DHS First XV captain and 

Head Prefect, James Mervyn 

“Skonk” Nicholson took over as 

College coach in 1948, College 

reasserted its superiority amongst 

Natal schools. The years 1950- 

1960 were not outstanding years 

for DHS rugby, but in the 1970s 

the standards improved under 

the guidance of Mr IT Bennison. 

In the 1980s, team coached by 

Messrs Bennison, D Joubert and N 

Lamprecht had mixed results, with 

a resurgence in the 1990s when 

Messrs DA Magner, WA Norton 

and D McDermott were in charge. 

In 1978, M Barker was DHS’s first 

player to be selected to represent 

the SA Schools’ team, and in 1983 

the first overseas tour took place. 

Many First XV representatives have 

gone on to achieve higher honours 

in rugby, but only 3 have thus far 

gone on to play for SA, namely 

NS Tod, AD Aitken and BJ Botha. 

Alastair Hargreaves, who had 

been the head prefect of School 

in 2004, captained the SA U19 

team to victory at the 2005 World 

Cup in Durban. A unique event 

in world rugby occurred in 2006, 

when two DHS old boys played 

in a test match - BJ Botha for the 

Springboks and Greg Rawlinson 

for the All Blacks. 

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1. A Xoshombe 

2. Z Mazibuko 

3. K Philaretou 

4. W Kotze 

5. D Mare 

6. A Thshutsha 

7. P Sithole 

8. R Thomas 

9. R Killian 

10. K Webster 

11. S Biyela 

12. LR van Zyl 

13. B Buthelezi 

14. S Khumalo 

15. M Peter 

16. D Roberts 

17. M Mvambo 

18. M Drew 

19. D Kriedemann 

20. K Ngidi 

21. N Mabaso 

TEAM LIST 

22. N Hlongwa 

Coach: C Wilkinson 

Assistant Coach: B Adam 

Manager: B Green


While founded in 1856, the 

school’s first formal rugby 

match only took place in 1893 

against the Muir Academy. 

Grey presently has 870 boys in the high 

school, of which 140 are boarders. The 

school fields an average of 22 teams on 

each Saturday in winter. Traditional rivals 

include brother school Grey College, Dale 

College, Selborne College and Queen’s 

College. Further afield, annual derby 

fixtures are played against Paul Roos 

Gymnasium and Wynberg Boys’ High. 

The school boasts a dozen Springbok 

representatives, the most recent being JJ 

Engelbrecht (2012). Michael Catt won a 

World Cup winner’s medal with England in 

2003. Steven Hunt is a current member of 

the SA Sevens rugby squad. 

Grey High School 

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TEAM LIST 

1. CJ Velleman (captain) 

2. M Alborough 

3. N Beswick 

4. V Moss 

5. T Ngugudo 

6. C Momberg 

7. L Dalla-Vecchia 

8. D Vermaak 

9. A van Niekerk 

10. K Vers 

11. M Lombard 

12. K Branford 

13. L Oosthuizen 

14. R Stevens 

15. S Ebersohn 

16. G Huisamen 

17. S Pokomela 

18. M Groenewald 

19. B Cafu 

20. L Bower 

21. JP Jamieson 

22. H Minnaar 

Coaches: R Duncan 

T Fraser 

Manager: F Barnard


When the school opened in 1921 ML Brink 

held a meeting of boys to find out what 

games they wanted to play. They all opted 

for soccer, as was the custom on the bare fields of 

the Highveld at the time, upon which Brink promptly 

decided that they would all play rugby! The school 

played its first match on 1 April 1921 and drew 3-3 

with Krugersdorp High School. Since then, the school 

has had many great sides – as in 1924, 1953, 1979, 

1980, 1984, 1993 (when the team scored 143 tries 

in 28 matches) and 2004. Monument first won the 

Administrator’s Cup in 1953. It won again in 2005, 

2009 and then again in 2010. In 2003 they were 

Media24 National Schools’ Champions. These are all 

huge achievements given the number and quality of the 

competing schools. 

In 2003 Monnas won the Media 24 Trophy – an attempt 

to get the top schools in South Africa to compete 

against each other which did not take off. In 2005 

they beat Waterkloof in the final to win the Beeld 

Trophy. That year they scored 145 tries in 24 matches, 

roughly six tries a match. All Monnas teams (except 

the Seconds) play in white jerseys, and so they are 

the “Wit Bulle”. The Second XV has a special jersey 

and are called the “Kwaggas”. As one would expect 

from a school which achieves so much, Monnas has 

the largest representation of any school north of the 

Vaal River at Craven Week and in SA Schools. Seven 

Old Boys have played for South Africa, and the biggest 

recent achievement was when three of them – Willem 

Alberts, Jaco Taute and Heinke van der Merwe – played 

against Ireland on the end-of-year tour in 2012. 

Hoërskool Monument 

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TEAM LIST 

1. F van Wyk 

2. CJ Conradie 

3. G Janse van Vuuren 

4. R Herbst 

5. J Mocke 

6. D Pienaar 

7. D Vlok 

8. W Jacobs 

9. J Esterhuizen (captain) 

10. R Conradie 

11. W Cloete 

12. G van der Walt 

13. R de Clerck 

14. A Grobler 

15. A Reynolds 

16. J Hennings 

17. CJ Greeff 

18. N Swartz 

19. G Delport 

20. S Fitzgerald 

21. E Fourie 

22. D Rabie 

Coaches: H Coetzee 

J van Staden 

Team Doctor: J de Beer


From 1943 to 1975, the school was known as 

Noord-Kaapland Technical College. It had 

existed with the Noord-Kaapland Commercial 

High School as a combined careers school. In 1976 it 

changed its name to the Commercial High School, and 

in 1987 settled on Hoërskool Noord-Kaap. 

Today Hoërskool Noord Kaap has grown into a 

prominent school in the Northern Cape and beyond. 

Pupil numbers at the school have steadily grown, from 

402 pupils in 1987 to over 1 000. The school’s colours 

are olive green, white and grey. The school has had its 

share of national representatives: in 2001 flyhalf Corrie 

Avenant was selected for SA U21, in 2002 Barnie du 

Plessis played for the SA U19 side at eighthman, and 

Deon Koen was selected for the U18 SA Academy at 

hooker. PJ Vermeulen played for the SA U19 team in 

2004 and captained the side when they won the World 

Cup in Durban. Jacques de Kock also played at outside 

centre for the U18 SA Academy in 2005, the year that 

yet another no.13 – Ronnie Cooke – was selected for 

the SA U21 side. 

Hoërskool Noord Kaap 

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1. J Steyn 

2. L Khoza 

3. D Booysen 

4. T Njenje 

5. L Muller 

6. N Graaff 

7. L Dowie 

8. G Holtshauzen 

9. G Bruwer 

10. G Minnie 

11. H Clarke 

12. L Mason 

13. D Tieties 

14. L Becker 

15. R de Wee 

16. W van Aswegen 

17. G Davel 

18. B Leijdekkers 

19. P Oosthuizen 

20. B de Mellem 

21. H van Zyl 

22. D Walsh 

TEAM LIST 

Coach: H Brand 

Assistant Coach: E Olivier 

Manager: D Cloete


Jeppe High is nearly as old as 

Johannesburg. The school 

was founded by the Church of 

England and in particular the church 

of St Mary’s the Less in Jeppestown. 

Jeppe and Johannesburg grew up 

together and the school had a great 

effect on the city over the years. 

The school opened with 25 boys 

between the ages of 7 and 13. The 

school was renamed Jeppestown 

Grammar School, taking its name 

from Sir Julius Jeppe, a wealthy 

man of philanthropic bent who 

was the dominant personality in 

the Witwatersrand Council for 

Education. The Boer War closed 

the school, as the Uitlanders fled 

Johannesburg, but Lord Milner, 

in his zeal for education, had it 

opened again as Jeppe High 

School for Boys & Girls, the pupil 

numbers soon topping 100. In 

1906 the school adopted its 

present crest and colours. Jeppe 

has marched on through the 

decades under a succession of 

long-serving headmasters. It has 

survived rebellion, war, government 

restrictions and the area’s decline. 

Although it has an illustrious history, 

Jeppe has never been an elitist 

school. It has always enjoyed 

representation from a diverse crosssection 

of the community, and 

it has continued to turn ordinary 

boys into outstanding young men 

Jeppe High School for Boys 

who have gone on to make a major 

contribution to the development of 

Johannesburg and South Africa, 

whether it be through education, 

law, medicine, commerce and 

industry, politics, the arts or sport. 


has had a proud rugby tradition. 

Sportsmanship was stressed and 

results throughout the divisions 

were good. An unbeaten junior team 

is a common occurrence but the 

Jeppe 1st XV’s have only had three 

unbeaten teams – 1n 1954, 1959 

and 1967, although in many years 

they have lost only one match. The 

First XV field is named the Collard 

Field after Mr Jack Collard, who 

coached the First XV from 1942 to 

1960, but without a doubt the most 

famous Jeppe coach has been Jake 

White, his fame going far beyond the 

Collard Field to the great grounds 

of the world. He coached Jeppe to 

successful years from 1989 to 1994. 

A total of four Jeppe Old Boys have 

played for South Africa, namely 

Des Sinclair and Wilf Rosenberg, 

both centres and contemporaries 

in the Springbok team, and James 

Dalton and Brent Moyle, who were 

contemporaries in the Jeppe front 

row. 

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1. A Acton (captain) 

2. E Marowane 

3. B van Waardhuizen 

4. A le Roux 

5. A Ngobo 

6. J de Lange 

7. R Grobbelaar 

8. D Hill 

9. D White-Sharpley 

10. B Faulds 

11. V Dlamini 

12. T Thulo 

13. S Mngomezulu 

14. S Nkosi 

15. S Sibande 

16. D Serfontein 

17. S Oliveira 

18. C de Jager 

19. M Tloubatla 

20. I Monyatsi 

21. R Doubell 

TEAM LIST 

22. K Somdjiala 

Coaches: E Scheepers 

R Hammond 

T Peters


Maritzburg College 

As befits the school’s status 

as the oldest boys’ school in 

KZN, Maritzburg College (or 

simply “College”, as it is invariably 

known) enjoys the distinct honour of 

having played in the province’s very 

first schools’ rugby match – against 

Hermannsburg School, in the Market 

Square in Maritzburg on 6 October 

1870. The match was won by the 

old Pietermaritzburg High School 

– as College was then known – by 

two goals to nil, and thus began a 

long tradition of success in the ovalball 

game at the school. Indeed, the 

success of College’s rugby teams 

and players over nearly 145 years 

remains unrivalled in KZN, and 

amongst its nearly 240 international 

sportsmen it can count the captain 

of the “Greatest Springboks” of 

1937 (Philip Nel), 15 Springboks, 

10 ‘other’ internationals, about 

120 Natal/Sharks players, 22 SA 

Schools’ caps (including three 

captains), and 335 KZN Schools’ 

caps during the 20th Century alone. 

But it is not just the success of its 

First XV and many notable Old Boys 

(known as Old Collegians) that is a 

source of enormous pride to the 

school and its broader community – 

it is the school’s long-instilled rugby 

culture, passed down through the 

generations, that sees all 28 of its 

rugby teams play with fire, passion 


and skill. 

One of the ways to measure a 

school’s success at rugby is to look 

at the record of its old boys, and 

besides the Old Collegians already 

mentioned, Maritzburg College can 

boast some of the most notable 

personalities in the history of rugby 

in KZN – including the likes of Bill 

Payn (1910), who played flank for the 

Springboks against the 1924 British 

Lions, but earned lasting fame as 

“The Man who Ran the Comrades 

Marathon in his Rugger Boots”; 

former Junior Springboks’ skipper 

and president of the Natal Rugby 

Union, Brian Irvine; the incomparably 

stylish Keith Oxlee, who led Natal in 

its first heyday in the early 1960s 

and became the first player to reach 

100 provincial caps; Craig Jamieson, 

who captained the “Banana Boys” 

to victory in the famous 1990 

Currie Cup Final; and well-known 

international referees Ian Rogers 

and Craig Joubert. Amongst Old 

Collegians who have recently played 

first class rugby on fields around the 

world can be found Butch James 

(Sharks and Springboks), Peter 

Grant (Stormers & Springboks), 

Don Armand (Stormers) and Craig 

Burden (who, although uncapped, 

became Springbok #832 last year). 

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1. T Steyn 

2. V Khathide 

3. N Gumede 

4. W Jacobs 

5. S Buthelezi (captain) 

6. J Conradie 

7. R le Roux 

8. D Goodsen 

9. L Booysen 

10. J Koekemoer 

11. B Ngwenya 

12. S Culverwell 

13. M Coetzee 

14. L Ngcobo 

15. K Elder 

16. S Sithole 

17. M Mazi 

18. S Johnston 

19. H Tharrat 

20. T Rattray 

21. B Holder 

TEAM LIST 

22. K Edwards 

Coaches: R Strudwick 

K Smith


Having been established in Queenstown in 1858, 

Queen’s College Boys’ High School celebrated 

its 150th anniversary in April 2008. Queenstown 

is situated in the Eastern Cape, some 200 kilometres 

from East London. Queen’s currently has 550 boys, 

including 110 boarders. There is a strong parental 

and Old Boys’ support system, both countrywide and 

overseas. At present there are 14 active Old Boys’ 

branches. 

In 1924 Rugby became the official football game and 

the first official match was played against Gill College 

in Somerset East during the Easter holidays of 1924. 

Gill beat Queen’s 12-3. In 1926 the Queen’s team 

desired to try its metal against other Border schools 

and being granted “out-matches” they beat Selborne 

in East London 6-5, and Dale in King William’s Town 

6-0, thus winning the Border Schools’ Championship 

in their first year. The 1984 1st XV coached by Louis 

Prinsloo is regarded by the “critics” as being possibly 

the finest team produced by the school – it finished 

the season unbeaten, including away games against 

Maritzburg College and Grey College. In 1988, Queen’s 

were chosen as one of the four schools in South Africa 

to complete for the National Volkskas Topsport Trophy 

– they were defeated in the final by Grey College. It 

is interesting to note that the Queen’s 1st XV plays 

without the #13 jersey – this was a decision made after 

the tragic death of Victor Maitland in 1951 (he wore the 

#13 jersey in the 1st team). 

Queen’s College Boys 

High School 

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TEAM LIST 

1. S Mlwayo 

2. T Bartman 

3. D Mureguzi 

4. L Ntsila 

5. S Tyebileyo 

6. J Hollis 

7. S Murape 

8. A Rautenbach 

9. K Gibb 

10. S Bolze (captain) 

11. J Danquah 

12. K Brown 

16. L Jonas 

14. A Jubase 

15. S Zaula 

17. T Sam 

18. U Vanda 

19. T Rumbu 

20. J Roberts 

21. D De Wet 

22. K Nocanda 

23. L Kuyler 

Coach: M Basset 

Assistant Coach: D Bolze 

Manager: C Loëst 

Biokineticist: Alet Malan


Rondebosch started off as a soccer playing 

school. By 1904, rugby was being played 

on an unofficial basis. In 1906 soccer was 

dropped and the bold step was taken to enter a 

rugby team in the U16 competition, where it had to 

compete, among others, with those schools with 

colleges attached to them, namely Diocesan College, 

SACS and Stellenbosch. By 1913, the school won the 

U15 and U13 competitions. From that time onwards, 

Rondebosch became a force in WP schools’ rugby, 

although it was 1922 before the school could win the 

U17 Shield for the first time, as well as the U15 and 

U13 competitions. The golden years of Rondebosch 

rugby were undoubtedly the 1960s, when three teams 

went through unbeaten (1960, 1964 and 1967). Mr 

Evan Martin, coached the first team for three decades, 

and was one of the school’s most famous coaches. 

Old Boys currently playing rugby include Anton van 

Zyl (Stade Francais), Justin Melck (Saracens), Marcel 

Brache (WP), Nic Groom (WP) and Raÿn Smïd (WP). 

Rondebosch Boys’ High 

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TEAM LIST 

1. K Whyte 

2. P Jankielsohn 

3. B Paulse 

4. S Bouwer 

5. L Stringer 

6. G Geldenhuys 

7. R Jankielsohn 

8. R Melck (captain) 

9. L Houba 

10. T Lee 

11. N le Roux 

12. S De Gouveia 

13. M Steel 

14. D van Rensburg 

15. K Ngcukana 

16. A Eaby 

17. A Cassar 

18. L Doman 

19. J Stevens 

20. H Gibson 

21. R Blake 

22. C Martch 

Coaches: C van Rensburg 

R Labuschagne 

Manager: G Pienaar

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Nomads Hockey Festival 

About the Nomads Festival 

In 2013, and in the school’s sesquicentennial year, 

Maritzburg College is proud to host the sixth Nomads 

Hockey Festival, which features top-tier schoolboy 

first teams from around the country. The participating 

first hockey teams at the festival this year are eight of 

the nine core Nomads schools plus four invited guest 

schools. We are delighted to host our old friends from 

Michaelhouse, St John’s College and St Andrew’s 

(Bloemfontein), and especially pleased to be able to 

welcome the UK’s Millfield, with whom Maritzburg 

College has enjoyed a healthy – and very keen! – rivalry 

in hockey and cricket over a number of years. For the 

record, the nine core Nomads hockey schools are 

Maritzburg College, Grey College, Grey High School, 

Hilton College, Jeppe High School for Boys, King 

Edward VII School (KES), Selborne College, Pretoria 

Boys High School (PBHS) and Wynberg Boys’ High 

School, with only Grey College not attending this year. 

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The Nomads movement arose out of the desire of 

schools which had participated in the old Ascension 

Festivals (North and South) to create a new festival of 

a more national character. It was felt by some that the 

existing events had lost some of their lustre and needed 

a boost and re-structuring. The catalyst for change was 

a period during which a number of one-off festivals 

were hosted by schools celebrating anniversaries: Grey 

College in 2005, Grey High School in 2006, and Selborne 

College in 2007. These events were attended by most 

of the top hockey schools in the country and produced 

competition at a higher level than was being seen at 

Ascension festivals. During the 2007 festival at Selborne, 

eight of these schools took a decision to form a new 

event – Nomads – to be held not only at first team level 

(U18), but for U16 and U14 age-groups as well. Each 

year, three member schools would host one of the three 

Nomads festivals. All Nomads festivals consist of either 

10 or 12 teams, depending on the facilities available, 

and the host school has the right to invite schools of 

their choice as guests to make up the full complement of 

teams. Previous U18 Nomads festivals have been held 

at KES in 2008, PBHS in 2009, Grey College in 2010, 

Grey High School in 2011 and Selborne in 2012.

Did you know? 

The school’s best 1st XIs simply must include the 1998 

1st XI, captained by I Evans. Made up of 12 Midlands 

U18A players, the domestic season saw them win 14 

and draw one of the 15 games played, in the process 

scoring 91 goals and conceding only 2! Two boys, 

Evans and C Maud, were selected for the SA U21 

team while still at school and R Stewart was named 

as a non-travelling reserve. The 1998 Midlands XI, 

captained by Evans, went on to win the SA U18 IPT 

and at its conclusion a record six College boys gained 

selection to the SA U18 team and two other boys 

gaining national recognition. 

The unbeaten 1998 1st XI were invited at the conclusion 

of its season to attend the Millfield Astroturf Challenge 

Tournament, hosted by Millfield School (whom we are 

so pleased to be able to host in Maritzburg in 2013). 

The trip was extended to a whole week to include 

some sightseeing, but the hockey itself provided just 

the challenge the College XI needed. In winning the 

tournament, the College XI swept aside the best that 

British schoolboy hockey had to offer at the time, 

including some composite district teams. 

The 1999 1st XI continued where the 1998 XI left off 

and extended the unbeaten run for the duration of the 

season, ending up with 26 wins and two draws out of 

28 starts. In scoring 134 goals, they set a new record 

for a domestic season. It was during this period that 

the College 1st XI was establishing itself as a dominant 

force in SA Schools’ hockey, with the 1999 team 

producing nine Midlands U18 players and a further six 

SA U18 caps. The Midlands XI won the SA U18 IPT 

for the second year in succession, with College boys 

playing a major role in the success of this team. 

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The following are some interesting facts about Maritzburg 

College’s hockey achievements in the last 15 seasons: 

The 2000 1st XI started off the season under enormous 

pressure to continue the unbeaten run of success that 

its predecessors had established before them, and 63 

games without defeat came to an end midway through 

the season! 

In 2003, a top bunch of boys represented the 

College 1st XI and after a magnificent domestic and 

international season conspired to lose their last fixture 

of the season, this against the might of Pretoria Boys’ 

High School. Twenty one wins and a single loss whilst 

only conceding 8 goals was a fine record to add to the 

illustrious College hockey history. 

The 2003 team also undertook a maiden Australasian 

tour, visiting both New Zealand and Australia and in so 

doing registered College’s fourth successful unbeaten 

sojourn out of the country! A record 13 College boys 

represented the Midlands U18A team at the Inter 

Provincial Tournament with five of these boys gaining 

SA U18 caps and a further two being selected for the 

SA U17 team. 

The 2013 captain of the Maritzburg College First XI, J Wikstrom, fires a shot 

at the Clifton goal, in his team’s recent 3-0 win over the Durban side.

Did you know? 

In 2005, College across the board had its most 

successful representative year, when they supplied 

49% of the players selected for the Midlands provincial 

teams. Also, in that year the U14 age group at College 

enjoyed unprecedented success: only 3 games were 

lost out of a total of 77, played with the U14A winning 

19 out of 19, the U14B 12 out of 12 and the U14D 

11 out of 11, and the U14C and U14E teams also 

unbeaten! 

Playing for the unbeaten 2011 First XI, Grant Glutz 

scored 51 goals in 23 outings for the 1st XI! 

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In 2012, the KZN Inland U18A team was coached by 

College U14A coach Brandon Swart, whilst the KZN 

Inland U16A team was coached by current Maritzburg 

College 1st XI coach, Guy Elliott, and the KZN Inland 

U14B team was coached by College U16B coach, Kyle 

Emerson. An interesting fact is that College supplied 

37% of all of the KZN Inland teams selected at U18, 

U16 and U14 levels. 

In its short hockey history, College has produced some 

28 internationals (including 3 captains), whilst 77 SA 

Schools’ / SA U18 caps have been earned by College 

boys, including 8 captains. 

Wham! Grant Glutz finds the back of 

the net against Michaelhouse, during 

his prolific 2011 season in the First XI.

CONGRATULATIONS 

Maritzburg College on 

your 150 year 

Anniversary

Nomad’s Hockey Festival: Fixtures & Venues 

TIME PAPE’S ASTROTURF AB JACKSON ASTROTURF 

Day 1: Saturday, 30 March 

07h30 Grey High School vs Michaelhouse No Game 

08h40 Maritzburg College vs Millfield (UK) Selborne College vs King Edward VII School 

09h50 St John’s College vs St Andrew’s (Bloemfontein) Jeppe High School for Boys vs Hilton College 

11h00 Pretoria Boys High School vs Wynberg Boys’ High School No Game 

12h30 Michaelhouse vs King Edward VII School No Game 

13h40 Maritzburg College vs Grey High School No Game 

14h50 Hilton College vs St Andrew’s (Bloemfontein) No Game 

16h00 Jeppe High School for Boys vs Millfield Selborne College vs Pretoria Boys High School 

17h10 No Game Wynberg Boys’ High School vs St John’s College 

Day 2: Sunday, 31 March 

07h30 Millfield vs Wynberg Boys’ High School No Game 

08h40 King Edward VII School vs Grey High School Hilton College vs St John’s College 

09h50 Maritzburg College vs Selborne College Michaelhouse vs Pretoria Boys High School 

11h00 Jeppe High School for Boys vs St Andrew’s No Game 

12h30 Wynberg Boys’ High School vs King Edward VII School No Game 

13h40 Grey High School vs Hilton College No Game 

14h50 Maritzburg College vs St John’s College No Game 

16h00 Millfield vs Selborne College St Andrew’s vs Pretoria Boys High School 

17h10 No Game Jeppe High School for Boys vs Michaelhouse 

Day 3: Monday, 1 April 

07h30 St John’s College vs Selborne College St Andrew’s vs Michaelhouse 

08h40 Jeppe High School for Boys vs Grey High School King Edward VII School vs Hilton College 

09h50 Maritzburg College vs Wynberg Boys’ High School 

11h00 Millfield vs Pretoria Boys High School 

Nomads Hockey Festival 

(30 March to 1 April 2013) 

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Nomad’s Hockey Festival: Team Lists 

Grey Hockey was born in 

1961, when a team of keen 

juniors, captained by Colin 

Hilder and coached by Roy Sutcliffe 

and Bruce Allen, was entered in the 

Men’s Leagues under the banner of 

the Old Grey Club. The game’s HQ 

moved to the Pollock Field at the 

school a few years later and, surely 

and steadily, hockey began its climb 

to the position of prominence that 

it enjoys today as one of Grey’s 

most popular and most successful 

sports. 

Brian Hibbert’s reign as coach, not 

by chance, coincided with Grey’s 

rise in the national rankings and the 

selection of Grey’s first Springbok, 

David Reid-Ross. Thirteen other Old 

Greys, including Wayne Graham 

and Chris Hibbert (both of whom 

captained the national side), also 

played for SA, while Brian Hibbert 

had a spell as national coach and 

Dan Thysse umpired many a test 

match both overseas and at home. 

Peter Bailey is the most recent 

SA senior representative and it is 

noteworthy that four Old Greys 

represented the SA hockey side at 

the Beijing Olympics – Chris Hibbert, 

Clyde Abrahams, Paul Blake and 

Ian Symons. No less than 53 Grey 

players have represented SA 

Grey High School 

Schools’ or SA U18 teams over the 

years and, regularly, Grey supplies 

the majority of the Eastern Province 

teams at national tournaments. 

A state-of-the-art water-based 

artificial surface was laid and 

inaugurated in 2006, Grey’s 

sesquicentennial year, thus bringing 

to an end the need to travel to 

practices at far-flung astroturfs 

in the city and also finishing the 

school’s involvement with “The 

House of Pain”, the now-defunct 

abrasive sand-based turf at Old 

Grey. Currently, the school runs 15 

teams and, as well as attending 

important festivals in various agegroups, 

enjoys derby encounters 

with Grey College, Wynberg BHS, 

Paul Roos Gymnasium, Selborne 

College, St Andrew’s College, 

Queen’s College, Dale College and 

York High School, as well as fulfilling 

a full list of local fixtures. Overseas 

tours to Europe were undertaken in 

1982, 1993, 2000 and 2005, and an 

interesting trip to Zimbabwe took 

place in 1996. 

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TEAM LIST 

1. R Nesbit 

2. R Anderson 

3. B Fickling 

4. D Clarke (captain) 

5. J James 

6. M Fish 

7. O Peter 

8. C van Wyk 

9. B James 

10. J Venter 

11. T Mtshixa 

12. K Wicht 

15. D Schwulst 

16. M Moir 

Coach: A Hibbert 

Manager: G Symons

Nomad’s Festival: Team Lists 

Hilton College 

Hockey at Hilton has a rich history, starting 

with its introduction into the sports curriculum 

during the headship of Terrence Mansergh in 

the 1940s. He was himself an England international 

and often played with and represented the 1st XI in 

those early years. Hilton has produced nine senior 

national players, the latest of whom is Tim Drummond. 

We typically run 10 teams and are competitive against 

schools of far greater numbers during our regular 

season. The 1st XI and Colts group have just returned 

from a tour to Europe and the UK. Our derby fixture, 

against long-standing traditional rivals Michaelhouse, 

is played on a home and away basis annually. 

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1. K Sinclair 

3. J Yeats 

4. R Spriestersbach 

5. M Llobell 

6. M Greig 

7. J Dunbar 

8. C Caley 

9. M Salgado (captain) 

10. L Pannell 

11. G Obery 

12. D Cole 

13. S Campbell-Gillies 

15. M Holding 

16. N Colley 

Coaches: 

J Coombes 

M Green 

TEAM LIST

Jeppe is Johannesburg’s 

oldest boys’ school and has 

a very proud academic and 

sporting tradition, particularly from 

a hockey perspective, where we 

have been arguably Johannesburg’s 

strongest school over the past 30 

years. Jeppe have won the Aitken 

trophy a record 13 times (including 

reaching the final in the last 5 of 9 

years). 

Jeppe has produced 15 SA hockey 

international players, including two 

of the national team’s most recent 

captains (Craig Jackson and Ryan 

Ravenscroft). Its latest SA hockey 

players are Owen Mvimbi and 

Jethro Eustace. In 2012, 13 boys 

were selected in the various U14, 

U16 and U18 Southern Gauteng 

provincial teams. 

Jeppe currently has one the best 

coaching structures of any school in 

South Africa. In 2013, its coaching 

structure will include the following: 

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The U14 division is headed by Dale 

Jackson, a deputy headmaster 

and former SA Schools and men’s 

provincial player who is currently 

the convenor of selectors for the 

Southern Gauteng U14 age group. 

Sean Wilson heads the U15A 

division and is also a former national 

player, represented SA Schools for 

3 years and is currently an U16 

Southern Gauteng selector as well 

as a deputy headmaster at Jeppe. 

Our U16A coach, Dean Symons, 

is in the current Southern Gauteng 

men’s team, played SA Schools 

and is on the verge of potentially 

breaking into the national team. 

In addition, Ryan Ravenscroft, a 

previous national men’s hockey 

captain who has been teaching and 

playing professionally in Europe, 

also rejoins Jeppe as from January 

2013 as its Director of Sport and will 

also coach the 1st XI. 

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TEAM LIST 

1. S Gumede 

2. J Pinto Vilelas 

3. J Casaleiro 

4. C Bekker (captain) 

5. K Mogotsi 

6. K Ramburuth-Hurt 

7. T Matsaba 

8. M da Costa 

9. S Green 

10. S Mathenjwa 

11. K Klassen 

12. W Sleep 

13. T Livingstone 

14. L Phillips 

Coach: R Ravenscroft 

Manager: S McGeer


Hockey was first played at King Edward VII School 

in 1959 and from those humble beginnings in King 

Edward’s has grown into one of the formidable 

hockey schools in South Africa, with a proud hockey 

history and tradition. Over the years, King Edward’s 

has produced a total of 16 players who have achieved 

national colours at senior level including Gregg Clark, 

who, at the culmination of the 2004 Olympic Games, 

became SA’s most capped hockey international with 

250 appearances. He was later appointed as the SA 

men’s national coach and he also coached the Ranchi 

Rhinos to victory in the inaugural Indian Hockey League. 

Another Old Boy and ex-national player and SA Indoor 

hockey captain, Steve Jaspan, was a member of the 

Executive Board of the International Hockey Federation 

(FIH) for many years and currently chairs the FIH 

High Performance & Coaching Panel. Steve was also 

Chairman of the School’s Governing Body for many 

years. Recently, Thornton McDade has represented SA 

at World Cups in Germany and as well the Beijing and 

London Olympics. At schoolboy level, King Edward’s 

regularly produces a large portion of the Southerns 

Schools’ provincial teams and regular representatives of 

the SA Schools team. 

King Edward VII School 

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1. B Robertson (captain) 

2. J Sanders 

3. S Biasonni 

4. A Sturmheit 

5. L Jacobs 

6. C Wilkinson 

7. G Cooper 

8. D Wiehe 

9. D Phoshoko 

10. W Benson 

11. A Bowden 

12. T Nhlapo 

13. M da Santos 

14. C van Niekerk 

Coach: 


S Sutherland 

TEAM LIST



Hockey made a brief 

appearance at College in 

1927 before disappearing 

off the scene. Years later in 1961, the 

school gained considerable prestige 

when D Ryder and E Eckstein were 

both selected for Natal and SA 

Schools’, Ryder being chosen as 

the captain of the latter side while 

only in Fifth Form. Prior to 1974, the 

school had produced 10 Springboks 

(and two captains, B Edwards and 

Daryl Bestall) – it was only in that 

year that the sport gained “official” 

status at Maritzburg College. Prior 

to this, boys in the school had in a 

clandestine way arranged games 

for themselves against local school 

and club opposition, with the game 

being frowned upon from within the 

school! 

The 1980s saw College hockey 

grow into a formidable force, not 


only in Natal but in South Africa 

as well. A total of 28 boys were to 

gain Natal Schools A colours, with 

a further eight being chosen for the 

SA Schools’ team. Mike Béchet, 

who arrived at College in July 1981 

to teach Physical Education and 

was a current Natal player at the 

time, took over the reigns as 1st 

XI coach in July of the following 

year, and held the post until March 

2013. During his long reign of over 

660 games at the helm, the school 

enjoyed considerable success at 

the sport – six 1st XIs were unbeaten 

(1989, 1995, 1996, 1998, 1999 and 

2011) and many lost only a handful 

of matches, despite year in and year 

out pitting themselves against the 

best sides in the country. In 2009, 

Mike was appointed as convenor of 

the national men’s selection panel, 

in addition to his role as convenor of 

the SA U18 selection panel. 

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1. S Nolutshungu 

2. B Kunene 

3. T Dlungwana 

4. P Zanone 

5. B van der Merwe 

6. T Halle 

7. N Lembethe 

8. J Wikstrom (captain) 

9. A Letuka 

10. T Kok 

11. P Reinstorff 

12. C Brown 

13. D Small 

14. B Tullis 

Coach: 

Guy Elliot 

TEAM LIST


Michaelhouse 

Hockey was started at Michaelhouse in 1929 

and in the first few years boys played on a 

grass pitch fashioned out of previously virgin 

territory down near a stream that is now known as the 

Bog Stream. It started as an inter-house sport and 

as it grew in popularity, further fields were marked 

out on cricket fields. Matches against other schools 

commenced after World War 2 and in the 1970s a 

1st XI grass field named Knights was created in an 

area between the squash courts and Tarpeys field. 

The sport continued to grow in popularity and as the 

demands of the modern game grew a new sandbased 

synthetic grass field was constructed in 2001 

on the old Aitkens cricket field. In 2011 this field was 

converted to a full water-based synthetic turf. Over 

the course of its history, Michaelhouse has produced 

15 national hockey players, with Clinton Panther being 

the latest representative in the national side. The 

current national women’s coach, Giles Bonnet, is also 

a Michaelhouse Old Boy. 

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1. J Coyne 

2. B Bergs 

3. G Tatham (captain) 

4. D Beckley 

5. H Strydom 

6. C Chaplin 

7. L Stevens 

8. D Pretorius 

9. J Marshall 

10. J-L Clackworthy 

11. M McDonald 

12. M Venter 

13. B Kearns 

14. H Weaver 

Coaches: 

A Brown 

P Snyman 


TEAM LIST


Millfield was founded by 

Jack Meyer (“Boss”) in 

1935, following his return 

from India with seven Indian boys, 

six of whom were princes. The 

school was originally based in what 

is now boarding accommodation, 

Millfield House, but then was rented 

from the Clarks family, who owned 

most of Street. The school grew 

steadily and in 1939 became one 

of the first independent schools to 

be co-educational. In 1942, Martin 

Attlee, son of the then Deputy Prime 

Minister, Clem, joined the school 

in the hope of overcoming “wordblindness”. 

The Millfield method 

was so successful that Martin went 

on to university, the school gaining 

fame as the first in the country to 

deal successfully with dyslexic 

pupils. 

Millfield School (UK) 

Although Millfield may be wellknown 

for its sport, pupils have 

gone on to excel in a wide range of 

areas. Successful old Millfieldians 

include former British Lions and 

Wales rugby captain Gareth 

Edwards, Desperate Housewives 

actress and Golden Globe winner 

Nicolette Sheridan, BBC chief 

political correspondent John 

Sergeant, Olympic swimming gold 

medallist Duncan Goodhew, former 

Radio 1 disc jockey Tony Blackburn 

and drummer of legendary rock 

group the Police, Stewart Copeland. 

Today Millfield, along with its 

Preparatory School, has some 1 

700 pupils and over 600 employees, 

but the school’s philosophy remains 

the same: Millfield still aims to help 

every individual child to achieve 

their full potential. 

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1. A Anderson 

2. L Appleton 

3. A Godet 

4. B Gregory 

5. S Gregory 

6. F Henderson 

7. S Hooper 

8. E Horler 

9. L Lakin 

10. M Leigh 

11. C Lewis 

12. W Montgomery 

13. A Pescod 

14. C Seymour 

15. B Stone 

16. J Stratton 

17. C Strutt 

18. O Vartan 

Coaches: 

S Matthews 

D Holmes 

Hockey Dir: 

R Keates 

TEAM LIST


Pretoria Boys High School 

was established as the 

Pretoria College in 1901 

by Mr CD Hope in a small school 

building that had originally housed 

the Staats Model Skool under 

Paul Kruger’s Zuid-Afrikaanse 

Republiek before the Anglo-Boer 

War. In 1908 work was started on 

the new school buildings on the 

current location of the school, 

and once amalgamated with the 

Eendracht School in 1910, the 

name was changed to Pretoria 

Boys High School as it is known 

today. Sport was established as 

a form of exercise at the school 

shortly after its inception in 1901 

and early sporting activities 

included cricket, rugby and 

athletics. This was to only grow 

further with the establishment of 

the sports fields at the new school 

grounds from 1909 onwards. 

Hockey was introduced to the 

school in 1949 when it was 

recognised as an official school 

sport. Facilities include 6 pristine 

Pretoria Boys High School 

grass hockey fields and a waterbased 

artificial astroturf. On any 

given Saturday Boys High will field 

upwards of 20 teams. The school 

is one of the founding members 

of the Ascension Hockey Festival 

that was started in the 1970s 

in a bid to have the inland 

schools play fixtures against the 

coastal schools over the annual 

Ascension Day weekend. This 

has now become the Nomads 

Festival. A number of national and 

provincial hockey players have 

come from PBHS, most notably 

Justin Reid-Ross (SA 2006 - ) and 

Craig Fulton (SA 1994-2000), who 

is also the current assistant coach 

of the SA XI. 

After 100 years of playing sport, 

the passion and commitment has 

not wavered and as a school, 

PBHS looks forward to playing 

another 100 years of sport – 

hopefully against the traditional 

rivals that have made the past so 

successful and will continue to 

make the future just as successful. 

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1. C Welch 

2. K Mokale (Captain) 

3. D Campbell 

4. P Talbot 

5. P Hendry 

6. M Knoetze 

7. A Kemp 

8. R Todd 

9. F Dearling 

10. R Barreiro 

11. T Easton 

12. T da Serra 

13. B Maier 

14. F Le Meme 

Coach: 

C Fielding 

Manager: 

D Wright 

TEAM LIST


Hockey was first played at 

Selborne College in 1960 as 

an internal league within the 

school. Inter-schools matches were 

first played in 1961 and the sport 

has developed into a major winter 

sport at Selborne. The school has 

established a record over the years 

which give it a strong claim to be 

regarded as one of the leading 

hockey schools in South Africa. 

The school laid an artificial turf in 

2000 and this proved to be a great 

impetus for the game at Selborne, 

increasing both participation and 

enthusiasm. About 150 boys play 

the sport and the school can put 

11 teams into the field, ranging 

from the U14 to U18 age groups. 

The coaching staff includes a 

former men’s national coach, an 

ex-national player, and a number of 

others who have played the game 

at a high level. The school has 

produced many players who have 

achieved in the higher echelons of 

hockey, and the list includes recent 

members of the SA men’s team, 

Emile Smith, Reece Basson, Leroy 

Phillips, Geowynne Gamiet and 

Selborne College 

Robin Jones. Numerous others 

have represented junior national 

teams over the years and the school 

regularly supplies a large number of 

players to Border provincial schools 

teams. In 2001, for example, 10 

Selborne boys were selected for the 

Border U18 team which won gold at 

IPT. We are also extremely proud of 

the following Old Selbornians who 

have umpired at the highest level: 

John Wright, Peter Wright, Deon Nel 

and Andrew Dewar. 

The 1st team fixture list includes 

competitive derby days versus Dale 

College, Queens College, Grey 

College and Grey High School, as 

well as participation in prestigious 

festivals (like Nomads), which 

include many of the top hockey 

schools in the country. Overseas 

tours are undertaken every 4 or 

5 years and have proved to be a 

great benefit, both to hockey at 

the school and to the individual 

development of the boys. From 

1994 onward, Selborne teams have 

toured England, Holland, Australia 

and Argentina. 

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1. J Kachoko 

2. J Deere 

3. C Dewar 

4. R Pienaar 

5. A Penhall 

6. T Sims 

7. M de Lacy 

8. D Billingham 

9. D Smal 

10. S Naidoo (captain) 

11. C Morgan 

12. D Savage 

13. D Thompson 

14. T Benn 

Coach: 

S Viviers 

TEAM LIST


Hockey started at St 

Andrews in 1947, when 

playing facilities were 

virtually non-existent and as 

rugby was still very much the 

major sport, only one practice 

per week was permitted. Players 

made use of the Ramblers 

club, Teachers College or Grey 

College fields. Despite the 

early difficulties, St Andrews 

hockey went ahead in leaps and 

bounds, partly because of the 

enthusiasm of some excellent 

coaches and partly because of 

the participation of some superb 

all-round sportsman. 

By 1950 the team was generally 

playing between 15 - 20 matches 

per season, and in 1961 the 

1st XI lost only 7 out of their 39 

games. The late 1970s belonged 

in part to the Fairweather 

brothers, both of whom went on 

to excel in the hockey world as 

players, coaches, managers and 

administrators. Keith captained 

the school team and played for 

the province in 1976, while Kelly 

captained the school in 1978 and 

was selected for the SA Schools 

tour to Rhodesia and Europe. 

St Andrew’s College 

The 1990 hockey XI must surely 

be one of the strongest sides the 

school has produced. Alan Kelly, 

who played for St Andrews for 

many years, maintains this was 

the strongest side during his era. 

They secured an unbeaten record 

at the Ascension Festival, won 

the local league and had three 

players in the Free State schools 

team. 

The 2012 season was particularly 

memorable, with Saints 

performing superbly in the 

Bloemfontein league winning 

all 8 encounters and going on 

to win the 3 games in the Free 

State Cup to become Free 

State U18 champions. A small 

nucleus of players will be part of 

the 2013 squad and our hope is 

that the 150th anniversary year 

will include a successful set of 

hockey results. 

Editor’s note: The Maritzburg 

College community extends 

its hearty good wishes to St 

Andrew’s as it, too, celebrates its 

150th birthday in 2013 – well done 

on a long and illustrious history! 

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1. W Redpath 

2. D Meyers 

3. R Johnson 

4. C Hughes 

5. S Ntshona 

6. R Spies 

7. C Spies 

8. S Benade 

9. S Whitehead 

10. J Keys 

11. M Ramos 

12. S Marais 

13. T Radley 

14. D Corneullisen 

Coach: 

G Mclaren 

Manager: 

B Horwitz 

TEAM LIST


The game of hockey started 

at St John’s in 1931, 

with a total of 76 pupils 

participating. The game was played 

on an ash field and then moved 

onto grass in the early 1940s. 

Hockey continued to be played on 

grass at St John’s until 2001, when 

one of the first synthetic surfaces 

was put down in Johannesburg on 

the old Rugby B field. This facility 

has certainly contributed to the 

increased development of hockey 

at the school, with it becoming one 

of the top hockey playing schools 

in Gauteng. With the removal of the 

old carpet it was replaced with a 

world class blue surface following 

the international trend and has also 

become our national men’s and 

women’s teams’ training ground 

when in the province. Hockey is 

run during the winter season and 

currently St John’s College has 20 

St John’s College 

teams participating in the boys’ 

school league – which equates to 

a number of boys that that exceeds 

those of our rival schools. 

St John’s is regularly one of the 

main contenders for the annual 

Aitken & Boden tournament, which 

is regarded as the largest schoolboy 

tournament in SA. St John’s has 

consistently finished in the top four 

in both these divisions for the past 

10 years. It is fortunate to have an 

outstanding coaching structure and 

has a complement of outstanding 

coaches. All the A teams are 

coached by staff who have either 

played, coached or are currently 

involved in hockey at national 

level. The St John’s 1st XI coach is 

included with the current national 

men’s coaching team and its sports 

analyst is also an accredited FIH 

Coach – development. 

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1. S Bayley 

2. S Slabbert 

3. A Fletcher 

5. N Elliott 

6. JA Deenik 

7. K Lion-Cachet (captain) 

8. W Pfaff 

9. J Agostinetto 

10. A Williamson 

11. K Nair 

12. F Tonello 

13. N Raal 

15. N Mvelase 

17. J Hooper 

Coach: 

R van Ginkel 

TEAM LIST


Hockey started at Wynberg 

in 1968, using the fields 

at the nearby Wynberg 

military camp. In one of those 

early games, a young Roy 

Clark was prevailed upon to 

try his luck at the sport and he 

ended up scoring 10 goals in 

his first game. Not surprisingly, 

he ended up seven years later 

in 1975 becoming Wynberg’s 

first international hockey player. 

It would be another 20 years 

until the next Wynberg Old Boy 

attained international honours, 

when Wayne Denne attained 

the first of his 148 international 

caps. Since then, a further six 

Wynberg players have gone on 

to wear the Green and Gold. In 

1976, Chris Hyland (the current 

patron of Wynberg Hockey) 

became the first Wynberg player 

to be selected for SA Schools – a 

trend which has continued to the 

present day. The latest Wynberg 

boy to attain SA Schools’ hockey 

colours was Jason Smith in 

2012. Without doubt, the single 

most significant factor in the 

Wynberg Boys’ High School 

development of hockey at the 

school was the commissioning 

of an artificial turf, which went 

down in 1998. No longer did 

schoolboy players have to learn 

their craft on the bumpy military 

field or on the school fields. This 

led to an unprecedented growth 

in hockey numbers resulting in 

the “Dream Team” of 2004, which 

saw five Wynberg boys selected 

for the SA Schools’ team. Three 

of this team, Jonty Robinson, 

Rhett Halkett and Lloyd Norris 

Jones, together with Ian Haley, 

represented SA at the London 

Olympics in 2012. Recently, 

Rhett was announced as national 

captain. Wynberg has also played 

a role in national umpiring and 

coaching circles with past SA 

coach, Paul Revington, currently 

coaching Malaysia. 

The 2013 season sees the 

completion of a second artificial 

turf on the campus, ensuring that 

Wynberg retains its place as one 

of the premier hockey schools in 

South Africa. 

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1. R McKinley 

2. D van der Mescht 

3. Q Dreyer 

4. C Gouws 

5. C Botha 

6. R Kriel 

7. G Briton 

8. T Welsh 

9. R Crowe 

10. M Stevens 

11. K Verreyne 

12. B Lourens 

13. M Harebottle 

14. C Ryan 

Coach: 

A Grobler 

Analyst: 

J Kroukamp 

Manager: 

P Hugo 

TEAM LIST

Skonk - College’s beloved ‘Mr Chips” 

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The Late, Great 

‘Skonkwaan’ 

Mr JM Nicholson 

(6 February 1917 – 27 February 2011) 

James Mervyn Nicholson (the Skonk came 

later) was born in Underberg, and grew up on 

the family farm in that district. His father was 

a great friend of the legendary DHS Head Master, Mr 

AS Langley, and so young Mervyn was sent to DHS, 

rather than to Maritzburg College, which was also a 

family school. He enjoyed a remarkably successful 

stint at DHS, and matriculated in 1935 in a blaze of 

glory: he was Head Prefect, captain of the First XV, 

the First XI and the athletics team, captain of the 

Natal Schools’ XV, and Senior Cadet Officer. It was 

as a young standard five (grade 7) boarder at DPHS 

that he earned his famous nickname of ‘Skonk’:

Skonk - College’s beloved ‘Mr Chips” 

the future Head Prefect of ‘School’, MCF Bennett, 

recognised young Nicholson’s spirited nature, referring 

to him as ‘Skonkwaan’, which was the name of a bull 

on the Bennett farm in Mooi River, meaning ‘tent-peg’. 

This was in due course shortened to ‘Skonk’, and so it 

remained. 

Having completed his studies cum laude at the erstwhile 

Natal University College (NUC) in Pietermaritzburg, 

Skonk served as an instructor (sergeant-major) during 

World War II, before being demobilised out of the SA 

Army in 1944 due to injury. Much to the disappointment 

of the redoubtable Head Master of DHS, Col ‘Betsy’ 

Martin MC (himself an Old Collegian), Skonk was in that 

year sent to Maritzburg College, where he for the next 

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two generations taught Geography and coached the 

First XV (1948-1982). Indeed, in 1944 the youthful Skonk 

found himself the subject of a heated dispute between 

Col Martin and the equally pugnacious Headmaster of 

College, the famous Mr JW ‘John-Willie’ Hudson, who 

also wanted to enjoy the services of the talented young 

master. “Boy!” the redoubtable John-Willie boomed at 

the youthful schoolmaster, “you are staying at College.” 

And so it was. Under Skonk’s leadership, College came 

to be one of the rugby powerhouses in SA, producing 

10 unbeaten First XVs and a further 12 that lost only 

one match, and countless Natal and SA Schools’ 

players during his 35 seasons at the helm. Nearby to 

the Kent Pavilion at College, overlooking Goldstone’s, 

stands the Nicholson Arch, which was erected in 1982, 

the year of Skonk’s retirement. It is a cherished tradition 

for each First XV player, as he steams onto the pitch, to 

reach up and touch the apex of the arch, in mute tribute 

to College’s own legendary ‘Mr Rugby’. 

A most beloved of 

gentlemen, Skonk died 

on 27 February 2011, only 

three weeks after his 94th 

birthday. Hamba kahle, 

Skonkwaan. 


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Skonk Nicholson Rugby Festival: Fixtures & Venues 

Husqvarna Skonk Nicholson Rugby Festival 

(5 and 6 April 2013) 

U16 Venue: All matches are to be played on Goldstone’s. 

Day 1: Friday, 5 April 

10h30 Kearsney College vs Trinityhouse 

11h50 Hilton College vs Hoërskool Marais Viljoen 

13h10 Westville Boys’ High School vs KZN Development XV 

14h30 Maritzburg College vs Hudson Park High School 

Day 2: Saturday, 6 April 

08h30 Hudson Park High School vs Westville Boys’ High School 

09h40 Trinityhouse vs Hilton College 

10h50 Kearsney College vs Hoërskool Marais Viljoen 

12h00 KZN Development XV vs Maritzburg College 

U14 Venue: All matches are to be played on Snow’s. 

Day 1: Friday, 5 April 

10h30 Hoërskool Voortrekker vs Trinityhouse 

11h50 Hudson Park High School vs Hoërskool Marais Viljoen 

13h10 Maritzburg College vs Hoërskool Menlo Park 

14h30 Westville Boys’ High School vs Jeppe High School for Boys 

Day 2: Saturday, 6 April 

08h30 Hudson Park High School vs Hoërskool Menlo Park 

09h40 Hoërskool Marais Viljoen vs Hoërskool Voortrekker 

10h50 Trinityhouse vs Westville Boys’ High School 

12h00 Maritzburg College vs Jeppe High School for Boys 

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Skonk Nicholson Rugby Festival Team Lists 

Once described by Alan 

Paton as the most beautiful 

school in South Africa, 

Hilton College is situated on a 1 600 

hectare estate looking out towards 

the Karkloof hills. The Rev William 

Orde Newnham must have been 

equally impressed when he arrived 

at the farm “Upper Hilton” owned 

by his friend, Gould Arthur Lucas, 

to open a “Collegiate Institution” 

on 29 January 1872. He came with 

his wife and three young children, 

Mrs Dore the nurse, some 50 boys 

and •50. The English public school 

system was followed – rugby and 

cricket were played, a mounted 

cadet unit was established and 

Hilton boys became notable for 

learning, gentlemanly behaviour 

and rugby football. 

Hilton College (U16) 

Under successive headmasters, 

Hilton College has developed 

its own personality due to its 

unique heritage and magnificent 

environment. The Fleur-de-Lys and 

the motto “Orando et Labarando” 

(by work and prayer) were adopted 

by the second Headmaster, Henry 

Vaughan Ellis, an old Rugbeian, to 

show the affinity between Hilton 

College and Rugby School in 

England. The Hilton College of today 

is a far cry from that humble school 

of 1872. There are now 550 pupils 

and many special and excellent staff 

at the school makes it one of the 

leading schools in the country. 

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1. A Peverelle 

2. N Lello 

3. A Holdcroft 

4. N Nzimande 

5. J Nel 

6. E Marx 

7. K Hope 

8. S de Marigny 

9. M Dahl 

10. D Hirschowitz 

11. S Hyatt 

12. D Loftus 

13. M Little 

14. G Radesich 

15. K Bottriell 

16. Y Ndizana 

17. L Williams 

18. B Enslin 

19. M Mackenzie 

20. J Jewels 

21. T Mokemane 

22. D McGhee 

Coach: 

P Venter 

Manager: 

J Potgieter 

TEAM LIST


The Hoërskool Menlopark 

was founded in 1963 with 

372 pupils from standards 

6 to 8. Today the school has over 

1 400 learners. By the end of 

the school’s first year, the first 

permanent headmaster, Mr JPL 

van Zyl, took over from the acting 

headmaster, Mr Böhmer. The 

current headmaster is Mr Schalk 

Reynders. 

The school is one of the top 

achieving schools in South 

Africa, both academically, in 

cultural activities and sports 

wise. Menlo has a 100% pass 

rate and attained the second best 

academic results in Gauteng in 

2012. The school has won the 

Swimming A-League Inter High 

for the past 5 consecutive years 

and the Athletics A-League Inter 

High for the past 12 years. The 

school boasts an Olympic-sized 

swimming pool (50m) that was 

opened in 1972. There is also 

a modern boarding house on 

the school grounds. The school 

also features excellent facilities 

such as an auditorium, indoor 

Hoërskool Menlopark (U14) 

cricket practice nets, blue hockey 

astroturf, four squash courts, 

one of the fastest athletics grass 

tracks and a fully equipped 

gymnasium with a pavilion for 6 

000 spectators. 

Hoërskool Menlopark has a proud 

rugby tradition. This relatively 

young school has produced three 

Springbok rugby players, namely 

Johan Marais, Jacques Olivier 

and Rudolph Straueli. Annually, a 

large number of players from the 

school are chosen for the various 

Blue Bull provincial teams. 

A strong passion for rugby, 

dedication to fellow players and 

the rules of the game, a belief 

in structured discipline and an 

unwavering focus characterize 

the determination of each 

Menlopark player. The school 

competes in the Macro section 

of the Beeld Trophy tournament. 

The derbies against Pretoria Boys 

High School and St Alban’s are 

annually the highlights on the 

rugby calendar. 

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TEAM LIST 

1. H Snyman 

2. H Bezuidenhout 

3. B Viljoen 

4. H Janse van Rensburg 

5. J Ackerman 

6. R Meiring 

7. E Grobler 

8. W van der Westhuizen 

9. J-D Kruger 

10. W Nel 

11. Z Potgieter 

12. D Nyscchen 

13. D Thynsma 

14. W Nel 

15. A du Plessis 

16. F Arendse 

17. M Smit 

18. S Steenkamp 

19. W Schulte 

20. S Buter 

21. N Grobelaar 

22. A du Preez 

Coach: 

W Burger 

Assistant Coach: 

D du Busson


The roots of Hudson Park High School take us 

all the way back to 1905, when a Miss Craig 

opened Clifton Primary School in the St Alban’s 

Church Hall. In 1965, the school was granted high 

School status and became Clifton Park High School, 

which 13 years later changed its name to Hudson Park 

High School. Though it is not clear when rugby was 

first played at Clifton Primary School, there is a 1931 

photo of the U13 rugby team. It is interesting to note 

the growth in rugby at Hudson between the years of 

the Springboks’ two World Cup wins. In 1995, there 

were two teams at U14 level, two at U15, and just 

three in the Open division. In 2008, U14 and U15 both 

went down to ‘C’ team, while at Open level numbers 

have doubled since 1995 and a 6th XV is now fielded. 

And, after competing against Selborne’s 4ths back 

in 1965, Hudson has scored two wins against that 

school’s First XV – in 1983 and 2004 – and a win over 

Dale College 1st XV in 2007. The Ndungane twins, 

Odwa and Akona, have brought Hudsonians much 

pride. They played together in the Hudson Park 1st XV 

of 1999, under coach Craig Naylor. In the SA Sevens 

team, Old Hudsonian Dale Heidtmann has excelled, 

and more recently, Vuyo Zangqa of the Hudson 2000 

team has donned the Green ‘n’ Gold. 

Hudson Park High School 

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1. J Els 

2. C Freeman 

3. M Magagamela 

4. S Qoma 

5. S Gxolo 

6. C de Bruin 

7. U Jafta 

8. A Salman 

9. T Skein 

10. K Mandean 

TEAM LIST U/16 

Coach: K Jonkers 

Manager: R van Onselen 

1. C Haggard 

2. B Danster 

3. L Dywili 

4. Y Mansingh 

5. S Ntsinde 

6. B Hlanganyana 

7. K Rogers 

8. I Gxolo 

9. H Ndudula 

10. L Xala 

Coaches: C Jafta 

D Alers 


11. E Swanepoel 

12. O Hakula 

13. M Boqwana 

14. N Soboyisi 

15. B Sotyelelwa 

16. S Mfazwe 

17. J Mocke 

18. T Opperman 

19. L Mnyute 

20. M Maleza 


11. M Keet 

12. S Qeshile 

13. B Kobokana 

14. L Qubeka 

15. J du Plessis 

16. K Somyo 

17. S Dasnam 

18. K Mavovana 

19. S Giya 

20. R Shava


Jeppe High is nearly as old as 

Johannesburg. The school 

was founded by the Church of 

England and in particular the church 

of St Mary’s the Less in Jeppestown. 

Jeppe and Johannesburg grew up 

together and the school had a great 

effect on the city over the years. 

The school opened with 25 boys 

between the ages of 7 and 13. The 

school was renamed Jeppestown 

Grammar School, taking its name 

from Sir Julius Jeppe, a wealthy 

man of philanthropic bent who 

was the dominant personality in 

the Witwatersrand Council for 

Education. The Boer War closed 

the school, as the Uitlanders fled 

Johannesburg, but Lord Milner, 

in his zeal for education, had it 

opened again as Jeppe High 

School for Boys & Girls, the pupil 

numbers soon topping 100. In 

1906 the school adopted its 

present crest and colours. Jeppe 

has marched on through the 

decades under a succession of 

long-serving headmasters. It has 

survived rebellion, war, government 

restrictions and the area’s decline. 

Although it has an illustrious history, 

Jeppe has never been an elitist 

school. It has always enjoyed 

representation from a diverse crosssection 

of the community, and 

it has continued to turn ordinary 

Jeppe High School for Boys (U14) 

boys into outstanding young men 

who have gone on to make a major 

contribution to the development of 

Johannesburg and South Africa, 

whether it be through education, 

law, medicine, commerce and 

industry, politics, the arts or sport. 


has had a proud rugby tradition. 

Sportsmanship was stressed and 

results throughout the divisions 

were good. An unbeaten junior team 

is a common occurrence but the 

Jeppe 1st XV’s have only had three 

unbeaten teams – 1n 1954, 1959 

and 1967, although in many years 

they have lost only one match. The 

First XV field is named the Collard 

Field after Mr Jack Collard, who 

coached the First XV from 1942 to 

1960, but without a doubt the most 

famous Jeppe coach has been Jake 

White, his fame going far beyond the 

Collard Field to the great grounds 

of the world. He coached Jeppe to 

successful years from 1989 to 1994. 

A total of four Jeppe Old Boys have 

played for South Africa, namely 

Des Sinclair and Wilf Rosenberg, 

both centres and contemporaries 

in the Springbok team, and James 

Dalton and Brent Moyle, who were 

contemporaries in the Jeppe front 

row. 

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TEAM LIST 

1. W Fredericks 

2. K Mangena 

3. K du Preez 

4. L Allan 

5. L Dicks 

6. M Tjamela 

7. F Thamba 

8. C Mc Giddy 

9. C van Tonder 

10. C Ramsden 

11. J Msimango 

12. T O’Connel 

13. D Geldenhuys 

14. N Pereira 

15. D Cutter 

16. T Gouws 

17. R van Wyk 

18. J Ackerman 

19. M Hobgan 

20. W Hernaman 

21. B Green 

Coach: R White 

Assistant Coaches: 

S Moleko 

K Motlogeloa


Kearsney College (U16) 

Kearsney rugby is committed to identifying talented and 

passionate rugby players and developing the boys to 

their full potential. The school believes in equipping 

its players with the skills, knowledge and passion for the game 

that allow them to achieve excellence, whilst fully enjoying their 

participation in the sport. Its coaching philosophy promotes safety 

and holistic wellbeing, and embraces specialist input and the 

latest techniques and approaches. It is important to the school 

that Kearsney boys learn life skills through sport, and exhibiting 

good sportsmanship is crucial for a Kearsney player. The school 

is proud of its achievements and the high standards it maintains, 

establishing Kearsney as one of the country’s recognised rugby 

schools. The school has produced 10 SA Schools’ players, 

with three boys (Sandile Kubeka, Daniel du Preez and Jean- 

Luc du Preez) all enjoying selection last year. It has produced 8 

international rugby players, including three Springboks and current 

England midfielder, Brad Barritt. 

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1. A Nilsen 

2. D Brown 

3. N Luyt 

4. R du Toit 

5. J Wilkes 

6. J Faber 

7. R Polkinghorne 

8. T Dixon 

9. B Vorster 

10. B Scott-Martin 

11. M Carlson 

12. J Tedder 

13. S Pau 

14. J van Vurren 

15. B Hughes 

16. K Rencken 

17. J Morse 

18. D Delange 

19. C O’Reilly 

20. G Sibbald 

21. C Waberski 

22. W Ambrose 

Coach: 

R Scott 

Manager: 

G Mitchell 

TEAM LIST



A detailed summary of the development of rugby at 

Maritzburg College since the sport was first played by the 

school in 1870 can be found elsewhere in this programme. 

As a matter of interest, then, we herewith include the text 

of the news article that appeared in The Natal Witness on 

11 October 1870 and describes the first recorded game of 

rugby football (as compared to any other brand of football 

then in vogue) in the old Colony of Natal: 

The Schools Football Match 

This match, the best out of the three games between the 

boys of the City High School [now Maritzburg College] 

and Hermannsburg School, was played on Saturday 

afternoon, commencing soon after two o’clock. There 

were 15 players on each side. The lower end of the 

Market Square was the ground chosen, the former 

taking the end close to the Dutch Church, and the latter 

and upper end. 

After playing for nearly two hours with varying success, 

the High School players kicked what ought to have 

been a goal, but which the umpire did not give as such, 

the ball striking a bystander in the goal space and 

bouncing off into play before touching the ground. If 

the Hermannsburg players had kept the goal clear, this 

could not have happened, but as it was, it only served 

to make the victory of the High School more complete. 

The play recommenced and in about an hour the High 

School succeeded after many struggles in kicking 

a deciding goal. The wind was much against the 

Hermannsburg players during the last spell, and now 

they hoped on changing their goal to reverse their first 

defeat, on obtaining the advantage in this respect. 

Fortune however, was against them, for in less than an 

hour the second and deciding goal was kicked by the 

High School. 


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1. J Bestbier 

2. A Bhengu 

3. K Bowman 

4. J Colenbrander 

5. L Commons 

6. K de Wet 

7. C Frackers 

8. L Getkate 

9. D Immelman 

10. S Khubeka 

Coach: B Collocott 

1. R Cornelius 

2. F Mbatha 

3. M Mkhonza 

4. K Lovell-Greene 

5. J van der Linde 

6. N Reed 

7. J Labuschagne 

8. D Jones 

9. R Williamson 

10. D Walden 

Coaches: A Leroy 

D Sheriff 

D Hoffman 



11. M Kriel 

12. B Mdutyana 

13. K Munangi 

14. B Olivier 

15. M Potgieter 

16. C Rattray 

17. M Smith 

18. S Swanepoel 

19. G Thamahane 

20. K Thunder 


11. M Squires 

12. N Mjara 

13. C Edwards 

14. D Levin 

15. J Hurd 

16. P Zuma 

17. J Hubbart 

18. J Foxon 

19. K Walsh 

20. M Shabalala


We are delighted to again welcome a team made up 

of Midlands Development players to the Husqvarna 

Skonk Nicholson Festival, and to be able provide topflight 

competition for these rugged young men. The KZN rugby 

development programme started in 1992 with six high schools 

from the so-called coloured community. It has now grown to 

over 700 high and primary schools throughout the province. The 

programme gives boys and girls from previously disadvantaged 

communities, from Umlazi to Woodlands to Ulundi, the opportunity 

to play the game. Some players who have excelled through this 

programme are Aubrey Mbatha (SA U21), Maritzburg College 

Old Boy Cedric Mkhize (Sharks), Jody Jenneker (Sharks) and 

Sizwe Zondo (Sharks). Notably, we are honoured to have Cedric 

back at his alma mater as our guest of honour at the dinner to 

commemorate the Maritzburg College 150th Rugby Festival on 

Saturday night, 30 March. 

Midlands Rugby Development 

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1. M Kunene 

2. W Dladla 

3. S Sikhakhane 

4. H Ndwandwe 

5. N Mkhize 

6. T Khanyayo 

7. M Mkhize 

8. S Mkhize 

9. S Jama 

10. M Madiba 

11. M Ndaba 

12. S Shange 

13. K Wood 

14. A Hlabangane 

15. K Magwaza 

16. S Jiyane 

17. S Lembede 

18. K Molefe 

19. L Sikhakhane 

20. M Shezi 

Coaches: 

K Memela 

A Mnikathi 

Manager: 

S Ngidi 

TEAM LIST


Die skool is verantwoordelik on die leerder nie 

net voor te berei vir ‘n sportsoort nie, maar 

die leerder geestelik en fisies te vorm vir al die 

uitdagings wat die lewe vir hom/haar inhou. Om leerder 

te laat besef dat daar meer in hom/haar steek as wat hul 

glo. Nie net te dien as ‘n afrigter nie, maar as ‘n assessor, 

berader, instrukteur, motiveerder, beplanner, rolmodel, 

ondersteuner en vriend. Die afrigter moet die potensiaal 

raaksien, maar die leerder die geleentheid bied om in 

‘n vriendelikke gedissiplineerde omgewing daaraan te 

skaaf en ontwikkel. Die leerder te laat besef dat harde 

werk altyd sal afbetaal en als wat na sy/haar kant toe 

kom ‘n gawe van ons Hemelse Vader is en dat dit die 

enkele rede is hoekom die leerder net moet streef na 

sukses in al swat hul aanpak. 

Hoërskool Marais Viljoen 

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1. D du Toit 

2. M Alberts 

3. M Herbst 

4. R du Plooy 

5. H de Wet 

6. M Saaiman 

7. G van Heerden 

8. J Steenkamp 

9. M du Plessis 

10. E Koekemoer 

Coaches: 

R Luus 

S Nel 

1. A Mandlbaur 

2. A Kotzé 

3. F du Plessis 

4. S Jacobs 

5. A Barnard 

6. D Steinberg 

7. R Pelzer 

8. T Müller 

9. Q Marais 

10. B Marchbank 

Coaches: 

PA Nel 

D Francis 

Manager: 

DJ Ferreira 



11. R Ochse 

12. R Behr 

13. E van Niekerk 

14. J Duncan 

15. H Strydom 

16. P Viljoen 

17. D Botha 

18. K Klopper 

19. D Vorster 

20. A Camacho 

21. JP Lourens 


11. JC Pitzer 

12. M Kühn 

13. C Deiker 

14. C du Toit 

15. S Cloete 

16. S Oosthuizen 

17. M Hoffman 

18. T Nel 

19. M Botha 

20. E Squires 

21. F Marais


Trinityhouse High School was founded in 1997. 

Situated in Randpark Ridge, it seeks to retain 

traditional values while preparing its pupils to play 

a meaningful role in the future of our wonderful country. 

At Trinityhouse we acknowledge the sovereignty of 

God, the love and sacrifice of Jesus Christ and the 

presence of the Holy Spirit. We also acknowledge that 

the Bible is the inerrant word of God. We offer a holistic 

education with equal emphasis placed on academic, 

cultural, sports and outreach programmes. Under the 

expert guidance of head coach, Jorge’ de Carvalho, 

Trinityhouse rugby has made big strides over the last few 

years. Two more players have been added to our rugby 

honours list: Craig Hume and Jesse Pretorius received 

provincial colours in the U16 age group last year. Our 

1st XV of 2011 were the Lions Beeld Trophy champions 

and at the conclusion of the 2012 season we won the 

U17 Coke Cup Competition. We are firmly of the opinion 

that our participation in the Skonk Nicholson Festival, 

considering the quality of the participating teams, has 

played a big part in our success. 

Trinityhouse High School 

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1. C Pillay 11. L Polly 

2. D Calitz 12. M Craig 

3. D Gudmanz 13. M Karwowski 

4. D Bartman 14. M Metrowich 

5. E White 15. M Thersby 

6. G van der Merwe 16. R Pretorius 

7. J Marais 17. S Kieck 

8. J Fuller 18. T Scott 

9. J Mc Adam 

10. J Keller 

19. T Kingaby 

Coaches: 

I Wright 

R Roodt 

1. A Bruggen 

2. C Humphries 

3. C Rose 

4. C Watt 

5. D Stewart 

6. D Harris 

7. D Magarangoma 

8. D Slooten 

9. J-M de Villiers 

10. J Thompson 

Coaches: 

N Kritzinger 

J van Niekerk 



11. K Coetzee 

12. K Boshoff 

13. K Volek 

14. K van Eyssen 

15. L Fuller 

16. M Cooper 

17. N von Buddenbrock 

18. Q Fuller 

19. R Carstens 

20. S Desemberg 

21. S Lindsay


Voortrekker was established in August 1927 and 

started playing rugby in 1929. The Voortrekker 

school war-cry was introduced in 1941 and 

remains unchanged to this day. In 1946 Voortrekker 

beat Maritzburg College for the first time. Voortrekker’s 

arch rivals are Port Natal and since 1942 the two 

schools have competed against each other in rugby 

and a variety of sports annually. Voortrekker rugby has 

produced a number of Natal/KZN Craven Week players 

through the years, the first being Koos Muller in 1944. 

P du Plessis was the first player to represent Natal 

and SA Schools in the same year (in 1987), and Willie 

Odendaal captained the Natal (senior) side in 1952 

and Lood Muller played for the Springboks in 1992. In 

1957 I Ferreira was appointed to the referees’ panel 

to officiate in the Currie Cup. Voortrekker has always 

been a very proud rugby school and this spirit remains. 

The school’s current Headmaster, Mr JA Nel, coached 

the 1st team for 26 years from 1980 until 2006 and is 

still actively involved in coaching rugby at Voortrekker. 

It is a great privilege and honour for Voortrekker to be 

playing in the 2013 Husqvarna Skonk Nicholson Rugby 

Festival and we wish Maritzburg College all the best 

with their 150th anniversary celebrations. 

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Voortrekker Hoërskool 

TEAM LIST 

1. W Fredericks 

2. K Mangena 

3. K du Preez 

4. L Allan 

5. L Dicks 

6. M Tjamela 

7. F Thamba 

8. C Mc Giddy 

9. C van Tonder 

10. C Ramsden 

11. J Msimango 

12. T O’Connel 

13. D Geldenhuys 

14. N Pereira 

15. D Cutter 

16. T Gouws 

17. R van Wyk 

18. J Ackerman 

19. M Hobgan 

20. W Hernaman 

21. B Green 

Coach: N du Plooy


WBHS celebrated its 50th anniversary in 2005 

and is therefore a comparatively young 

school to many of our traditional rivals. It has 

nevertheless established itself in a very short space of 

time as one of the top rugby playing schools in KZN and 

has featured in many Top 20 schools rankings in SA on 

numerous occasions. It has achieved these excellent 

results in spite of not having an established boarding 

house on campus and has relied on boys from Westville 

and the surrounding areas. A key factor in its rapid and 

increased successes was the establishment of the WBHS 

Sports Academy in 1999 and the incorporation of sport 

and rugby into the school’s academic curriculum. The 

employment of more part-time and full-time professional 

coaches to coach skills during the academy periods and 

after school resulted in the school rapidly developing 

a national profile from 2004. Under Guy Coombe, a 

Westville Old Boy and international rugby league player, 

the 1st XV achieved spectacular successes that year, 

losing only one game locally. Hugh Reece-Edwards, 

the ex-Natal and Springbok rugby player and assistant 

coach to the Springboks, followed on from Guy’s 

successes, also having a near perfect season in 2009 

with only one loss. The current 1st XV coaching team is 

made up of head coach and Old Boy, Grant Bell, who 

is also the current KZN Schools’ U16A head coach The 

school fields more than 30 rugby sides and its A teams, 

1st XV and 2nd XV are invited to many of the top rugby 

festivals around the country. 

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Westville Boys’ High School 

1. D Steenkamp 

2. G Lillywhite 

3. T Redgard 

4. T Gallias 

5. M Larsen 

6. D Smith 

7. D Taljaard 

8. S Schoeman 

9. J Phipson 

10. S Gervasoni 

11. P Chidzonga 

12. J Schwartz 

Coaches: 

T Zulu 

O Cash 

1. M Mthabela 

2. D Lee 

3. S Stoltz 

4. D Muller 

5. K Smith 

6. B De Margin Pugin 

7. S Bell 

8. K Nicholson 

9. B Kitching 

10. C Schlemmer 

11. D Graham 

Coaches: 

R Norris 

S Buys 


13. J Lombard 

14. C Jairaj 

15. J Smith 

16. B Brooks 

17. E Roos 

18. T Edwards 

19. S Veldsman 

20. J Golding 

21. C Fourie 

22. D Coombe 

23. A Ndabezitha 

24. J van den Berg 


12. T Strydom 

13. M Shange 

14. J Wheeler 

15. M Couch 

16. P Schwartz 

17. L Dubazane 

18. T Edwards 

19. N Dludla 

20. A Moon 

21. C Hosken 

22. J Gongryp 

23. N Ndabezitha

Acknowledgements 


The members of the organising committee of the Maritzburg College 150th Winter Sports Festival would like 

to record their particular thanks to the following: 

• Mike Honeywell and First National Bank 

• Dylan Lane and Husqvarna SA 

• Kevin Johnson and Varsity College 

• All the other advertisers and vendors who contributed to the festival 

• Ken Hackland (the College Estates Manager) and his staff 

• Heather Lawson from Granny Macs Catering 

• Mary-Ann Akerman (Principal) and Sally Keppler from the Pietermaritzburg Girls High School 

• Monica and her hard-working ladies from Select Cleaning Services 

• Nikki Baker and Sameer Rampersad from Juiced Media 

• Hilton Tredgold and his colleagues from The Witness 

• Ursula Neizel from The Maritzburg Sun 

• Dennis Brand and Arve Arntzen from the Goldstones Club 

• Ailsa Greyling and her team of first aiders from ER24 

• Daphne and Barbara from the Tuck Shop 

• Smugshots Photography, for supplying all the action photos for the festival – including for the festival 

programme, other festival documents, press releases, media articles etc. 

• The many College boys who gave up their holidays to act as first aid assistants, cameramen, programme 

sellers, burger-flippers, parking assistants, admission attendants etc. 

• The many members of the College staff who contributed in some or other way towards the smooth 

functioning of the festival

150th Festival Programme, low res, 27 March

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