On Saturday, 27th of April, our U13 Hockey Girl’s participated in the Wartburg tournament. They won six of their games, drew one and lost one. Each game was a full half-hour in duration. We are very proud of our girls and their excellent performance.

Our U16 and First Team girls departed, before sunrise, to play against Grace College’s corresponding teams. The U16 girls beat Grace College 2:0. The First Team Girls fared even better, walking off victorious with a score of 6:0.

Our lovely U8 girls played a match against St Monica’s on 25 April. The St Monica’s girls played well, winning two games and KEHS one.

Freedom day was celebrated slightly differently this year for the U13, U14 and U16 rugby boys at KEHS. The U13 Boys trounced New Hanover 46:0 in their tournament. The U14 and U16 teams travelled to the sunny South Coast to play the game we love so dearly, rugby. The weather was perfect for the matches to follow.

The U14’s were confident and prepared for what proved to be a tough fixture against Suid-Natal. Both teams spread the ball very well and showcased fantastic skills in attacking runs. Late in the first half, the score still stood at 0:0. This is testament to the tight competition between the two teams. The deadlock was broken by a dashing run, from his own 22m line, by captain and fly-half, Blessing Chinzette. He drew first blood and converted his own try to put KEHS up 7:0. The final score was 7:5 in KEHS’s favour.

Not to be outdone, the U16 Rugby boys played a tough match as well. It was a game of two halves, and in the end it was a very close affair. Both teams scored 3 tries but KEHS was able to convert more often, finishing with a final score 21-17 to KEHS. The KEHS boys showed that patience and hard work pays off. We are very proud of you. Thanks must also be extended to our host, Suid-Natal. It was a great day.

 

The evening of 17 April found many of our staff, students and aspiring orators in the main hall of King Edward High School. The autumn evening was crisply cool, contrasting starkly with the tense group of learners prepared to speak. First to address the audience was Ondele Ngubo, setting the standard. Thereafter, each of the young ladies who stood to speak held the crowd with their well-crafted words, each trying to outdo the other, each with their individual touch and twist – making the judges’ work that much more difficult. To quote one judge, ‘you did not tell me how good they were!’. The evening ran smoothly, with all twelve speakers being judged both on a prepared as well as an impromptu speech.

Overall, each prepared speech was well executed, but it was those who delivered excellent impromptu speeches which gave each winning speaker their well-deserved win. In the GET Phase, Qaqamba Sipamla and Aviwe Mfungula came second and first, respectively. Our FET Phase had more of a struggle, with Georgia Evangelellis and Rebecca de Burgh, both tying for second place. Lastly, Yolanda Matubatuba took first place in the FET Phase, having executed both speeches with calculated passion. A warm thank you to the English Department for their involvement in the evening’s organisation, hearty congratulations to all who took part, and sincere thanks to our wonderful judges, Hamish McLeod, Khutjo Manganyele and Yvonne Wills.

Yolanda Matubatuba 1st in FET phase

Aviwe Mfungula 1st in GET Phase

Georgia Evangelellis 2nd in FET phase

Qaqamba Sipamla 2nd in GET phase

Rebecca de Burgh 2nd in FET phase