OLD BOYS' ASSOCIATION 2008
OLD BOYS - AN IMPORTANT THOUGHT AT THIS TIME
We have witnessed the amazing results in the College's Matric results for many years now, in the cricket, basketball, and in the rugby this season.
All this really started five years ago when our boys were 13-year-olds in Grade 8. They have been nurtured into talented young men who have brought great credit to themselves and St Charles College.
St Charles College is aware of five deserving boys currently in Grade 7 at other prep schools. These boys have outstanding academic and sporting records - and great potential. St Charles is looking to the Old Boys' community to sponsor these youngsters through scholarships. If we don't get these boys, large schools in and around Pietermaritzburg will. Quite apart from the good that educating them at St Charles will benefit the College, it will do the boys themselves and their communities an enormous service, and will ultimately be for the good of South Africa.
We know that there are Old Boys out there who do not have sons and daughters, and who would love to have a boy of theirs at the College. How about a SCHOLARSHIP IN YOUR NAME for a particular boy and particular purpose?
Direct discussions with the Headmaster in this regard would be appropriate, and he is available on +27 (0)33 386 8235.
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SCC Supporters' gear - show your heart - available from the Blazer Cupboard and the Old Boys' Association
Cap R65.00, Shirt R160.00, Fleecy jacket R280.00
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17:55 - WEDNESDAY 4 APRIL 2007 - WHO'S WHO . . . . . . IN THE OLD BOY SAINTS
The Old Boys' Association Committee: PETER MORTIMER – CHAIRMAN (1988) CRAIG McCORD – VICE CHAIRMAN (1989) SHAUN QUIN – TREASURER (1983) ANDREW DICKASON (1990) ROGER SHEPPARD ADRIAN BOOTE (1999) STEVEN SEARLE (1981) Old Boys' Association Development Officer - Ms Gill Sheppard Telephone / facsimile : +27 (0)33 386 3033 eMail: oldboys@scc.co.za |
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With the Coach House having had its recent facelift, it has become a really nice, versatile venue for all sorts of functions and occasions. We have a few snaps of the interior taken during a function for some 60 people. Click on this link for a series of shots of the interior. The spaces comprising the Coach House are an ENTRANCE HALL, a BAR/LOUNGE, KITCHEN, men's and women's TOILETS, a COVERED DECK and, beyond the deck, the CLOSE LAWN ideal as a braai and outside functions area - large enough to accommodate a large marquee. Children's playground equipment is also on the Close. Gill Sheppard | Pietermaritzburg | 2008 08 15
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What's happened this year. . .
The web site thanks Old Boys for their contributions to their web site
Sunday 23 November 2008 Old Boys' Golf Day SAKABULA GOLF CLUB, HOWICK |
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Roger Sheppard tees off Bruce Lambert's Pelican Systems truck at the 3rd. The Old Boys' Golf Day was held at Sakabula on Sunday 23 November. In cool weather, 60 golfers supported the event, an American Scramble. The Old Boys ranged from 80 to 16 years old - the 16-year-olds were current scholars. Good golf was played and nearest the pin on the 14th was within a metre of the hole. Delicious lunch from Capitol Caterers was provided afterwards and then followed the prize giving. Once again superb prizes were donated by various sponsors. Thank you to all our sponsors and players for their generous support. |
Thursday 14 August 2008 Rabie's first novel LEAVES BEHIND A BLOODY BOSTON LANDSCAPE |
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In exquisitely warm mid-winter's weather in the Capital today, the Old Boys, some three hundred of them, gathered to cheer the teams, rugby and hockey, to the finishing line. They were not disappointed, neither the boys nor their elders, as the boys rose to the occasion and had a great time. The weekend started yesterday, Friday afternoon at Maritzburg Golf Club for the Old Boys' Closed Golf, a four-ball, better-ball competition, won this year by Graham Whysall and Rodney Smith, both of 1973 (photo 3). The Quin Floating Old Boys' Trophy for service to the Old Boys as won by Andrew Dickason (1990) (4). Chairman, Peter Mortimer, spoke about the Coach House Project and that the first phase was complete - the refurbishment of the lounge and bar area, and the covered patio area. Photographs of these areas, as well as of the Old Boys who attended the Dinner, or Old Boys' Day today, are just a click away (html). Thanking numerous people who have assited the Old Boys, he singled out Paulo Baldi and Guy de Charmoy for their generous donation of the superb sound system which was being put to first use at the Dinner. Headmaster, Ronnie Kuhn, spoke about the state of play at the College in the past year emphasising the phenomenal growth at the College and that with 440 boys in the senior school and 260 in the Prep, we were full and were in the enviable position of having some 185 applications (still arriving daily) for just 100 places. He outlined the major capital-development projects for 2008 as being the state-of-the-art fitness centre with a biokinetisist in attandance, a large toilet block (which went into use yesterday evening for the first time) and, before the end of the year, a new dormitory blcok to provide space for an additional 40 boarders. Even the most recent Old Boys were staggered at the massive developments which have taken place at the School. The Guest Speaker, introduced by Jos Robson, was cricketer, Neil Johnson who chatted about the trials and terrors of facing the world's fastest and meanest bowlers. He finished his short talk with a mention of the amazing developments at St Charles College - "it shows what passion can do." The annual "Glass" auction was then run by Roger Sheppard. This year, the glass went for a whopping R20000 - double last year's total and went to the year of Graham O'connor and his band of committed men. (6) Old Boys' Day is covered fully on the Sports News page of this web site. Probably the most awesome moment of the day was the singing of the School song by the boys and some 100 recent Old Boys (2). The passion and noise was substantial, the energy amazing, signalling a new high in Old Boy dedication to their Alma Mater. Amongst the recent Old Boys to stop in front of the Webmaster's camera were Heinrich Eggers, Anthony Guesquin and Dean Teubes all of 2007 (7). After the first XV game against Michaelhouse, the Old Boys headed across Harwin Road to the Coach House and partied the afternoon and night away. SCC Webmaster | Pietermaritzburg | 2008 06 14 |
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These snaps tell the story. Interior refurbishment. Exterior roof. Things are moving at the Old Boys. Gill Sheppard | Pietermaritzburg | 2008 05 07 |
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Peter van Huffel writes: "Some info on JP. Played for UCT Colts at the George festival and made man of the match." Peter van Huffel | Mbabane | 2008 04 29 |
| Peter Paola (1958) writes: |
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"Rick Newhauser who had brought me from RSA in the beginning to work for him in Richland and Kalamazoo, MI had sold his business after I left him and I went on my own. About 13 years went by until the call that fateful Sunday evening in February this year. Deja Vu was happening again and I went for it immediately. The trip on 26th February was a journey from hell!! 5 hours to LA with a wait of 3 hours then 12 hours straight to Auckland. Apart from horrible swollen ankles, the whole body was like being in a straight jacket. The pain was mitigated when I was driven through Auckland to catch the ferry to this remarkable island, Waiheke. If you look at a map o NZ and find Auckland, this island is directly east from the city. It has a population of 8000 with sheep farming, vineyards, a 60's hippie community, laid back Kiwis (mainly white, not Maoris although some do live there) and with such a liberal attitude as to put the Democrats to shame. They deny everything including the war on terror, no nuclear fuel, are madly 'green' and, get this, into raw food diets - but more of this later! Rick was there to meet me after a 35 minute unbelievable ride with water everywhere, deep azure blue, with islands all over the place and about 10 dormant volcano remnants all around - there are about 47 in the area! The drive from the Ferry to his house was on a windy tar road which morphed into a gravel one as we had to drive from the west side ferry depot to the extreme east side. Every bend opened a vista of wonderful coves with sandy beaches, wonderful vegetation. The place is sparsely populated and the township quaint and very English. Still in the straight jacket mode we arrived at this house. Perched on a hillside, overlooking a panorama of coves, sea, islands as far as the eye can see awoke me from my pain. I can not say anything else but refer you to the picture which confronted me as I walked in. The lounge doors were open wide, the temperature a cool 70 degrees F and this long infinity pool stretching out towards the horizon of the sea and islands from which you are unable to see where the pool ends the sea begins. Absolutely breathtaking! Rick and Sue are wonderful hosts. Nothing is too much for them and in this minimalist house, raw concrete walls, floor and ceiling, exquisitely furnished with only the essentials I was led to my bedroom at the other end of this semi circle of a frontage revealing an en suite room with a view of a cove with yachts and vegetation - to die for! My thought processes at that time were very simple. I could get used to this very quickly, I could work here easily, I could, I could, I could! At this point in my semi stupor, I was invited to dinner. What was put before me was a meal of raw vegetables, fruits and fruit juices. Theresa, a friend, who is Indian, was the chef for about 5 days and I proceeded to be purged of all the toxins I had lived on all my life. Grass juice with apple juice, raw oats and the like. I got very used to it and I must say felt better each day although hunger pangs were never far away. The next day and every day, including Sundays were caught up with the project. What was this project? Very simple. Rick and Sue were building a Super yacht of 90 foot. This is no ordinary yacht. It would take me a separate essay to describe the standards he has built into it. It is a top of the class version and no other super yacht of this type exists in the world. It is specially designed by a prominent yacht designer and it is appointed with no sparing of cost. I estimate that it will finish at about US$15 million!!! It has two and sometimes three systems of everything with state of the art communications, engines, water systems and has a security system which rivals the navy. It has the QE2's navigation system etc.etc.etc. My task is to assist in training a crew of 4 people out of a selection of 18. We are developing a state of the art crew training school which is badly needed. In fact we attended a seminar which stated that the greatest danger to the yachting world is the lack of trained crew. This is a market waiting to be tapped. I will be giving a presentation to yacht owners on 28th May - will be traveling to NZ end of April - boat yard owners and others and this will be my entre in establishing the training process. (I am also presenting to a group from India who are desperate for quality training in their factories and will be training two of their delegated in May. The people he has gathered to assist him in this are two ex SAS commandos. These two people are remarkable. Allan is world known for his security training and Bryan, a Maori, is engaged in absolutely state of the art security training in Saudi Arabia and Iraq. The Saudis are building a new port in Jeddah and he has the contract which is approx 3/4 billion, yes, $!! They have set up a six month training course for what will eventually be a crew of 4 for this yacht. The pre training will select 18 from the top SAS/Navy personnel available in NZ My involvement is to present my training at the pre training sessions to select the 4. The remaining 14 will be made available to the market place for hire. We will repeat this in January, 2009. This niche market will be extended to the maritime industry in NZ. I will be posting another set of slides on the gallery which will show the extent of boating in NZ. All manner of craft are as numerous as the number of motor vehicles on our roads and everywhere you go you see marinas filled with all manner of craft. There is 3 year waiting list for new yachts of any size and shape and, of course, very few trained crew. It is our intention to develop the QCD System in NZ for the maritime industry and when this takes off it will involve revolutionizing the way they build craft and train crews. So, hold thumbs. I cannot say enough about NZ. On the one hand insular, on the other very up to date. They simply love their country and of course the sea and everything is focussed in that way. It reminded me a great deal of England, similar shops, road designs, town layouts - in fact parts of Auckland were laid out according to the London grid. On my next trip will be traveling to Wellington - 8 hrs by car south of Auckland to visit with a good friend who has promised to take me on a tour of that area. I will have to leave the South Island for another trip as it needs a number of days to do it justice. My return trip resulted in a slipped disc for me. Why? Have no idea and am healing. This time I went via Tahiti. 4 hours to Papeete, 8 hours to LA and 5 hrs to Chicago!!!! Check this out:http://www.tahiti-tourisme.com/ This sums up my first visit to this remarkably beautiful place called New Zealand." Peter Paola | Chicago | 2008 03 31 |
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Old Boys' Newsletters can be obtained from info@sccoldboys.co.za.
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