This year’s fashion show will take place on Wednesday 20 May and is sure to be a crowd pleaser with hot new fashions being modelled by our Northwood seniors, with the lovely ladies from surrounding schools adding to the glamour! Bookings are open and tickets can be bought from the school’s Back Office, R60 per person, or R50 if you are wearing your school uniform to the event.
The Northwood 1st Hockey Team came out 4 – 2 victors in what was an extremely tough fixture against Jeppe on Saturday.
An inspirational first half performance saw Northwood take a dominant lead which was always going to be tough for the home team to pull back.
The opening exchanges saw Jeppe dominate the first ten minutes and Northwood goal keeper Garick Goldman was in inspirational form keeping the home team at bay. The highlight was when he saved a penalty corner drag flick and the two resulting rebounds with unbelievable mobility and commitment.
Northwood managed to work through the first ten minutes of dominance from the home team and the next fifteen minutes saw the visitors take the game away from Jeppe. The first goal came from a swift counter attack from the Northwood forwards which was finished when Blayde Capell smashed a reverse stick shot into the bottom corner.
Northwood continued to pile on the pressure and were rewarded with a goal by debutant Kyle Rawling when he calmly slotted the ball passed the advancing Jeppe goal keeper.
Shortly afterward an outstanding ball from right centre back Ighsaan Manuel found left forward Ntobeko Sibisi unmarked in acres of space in the circle. Sibisi showed a turn speed and composure when he went around the keeper and finished to give the visitors a 3 – 0 lead.
Northwood capped off an outstanding half of hockey when a well worked penalty corner variation was deflected home by Cody van Breeman.
Jeppe created a number of scoring chances through field play and penalty corners but the Northwood defense and keeper were up to the challenge.
The visitors took the 4 – 0 lead into the break.
The second half saw Jeppe increase their tempo in an attempt to rein in the visitors and played long periods of outstanding, dominant hockey. They managed to pull one back five minutes into the second half when an individual piece of brilliance resulted in a forward scoring a simple tap in goal.
Jeppe continued to apply pressure as Northwood went into defensive mode. The visitors defended with passion and commitment making it hard for Jeppe to get back into the game. Jeppe found a bit of hope when they managed to score their second after a goal mouth scramble. The home team threw everything into attack but were racing against the clock and the visitors eventually triumphed 4 – 2 in what was a tough encounter.
It was a great team victory against a well coached, high quality Jeppe team.
| Team | Result | Goal Scorer |
| 1st | Won 4 – 2 | B. Capell 1, K. Rawling 1, N. Sibisi 1, C. van Breemen 1 |
| 2nd | Won 3 – 2 | N. Mchunu 1, M. Hammond 1, M. Hatton 1 |
| 3rd | Lost 0 – 3 | |
| U16A | Drew 2 – 2 | S. Capell 1, R. Pridham 1 |
| U16B | Drew 1 – 1 | N. Cassim 1 |
| U16C | Won 2 – 1 | K. Naidoo 1, M. Vlotman 1 |
| U16D | Won 2 – 0 | T. Lewis 2 |
| U16E | Lost 2 – 3 | J. Uys 1, A. Liu 1 |
| U14A | Won 2 – 0 | D. McIlroy 1, T. Laaks 1 |
| U14B | Lost 0 – 1 | |
| U14C | Lost 0 – 2 | |
| U14D | Lost 0 – 2 | |
| U14D vs Jeppe U14E | Drew 1 – 1 | S. Kunene 1 |
This year’s 1st XV fixture vs Kearsney will be aired live on SuperSport as part of the FNB Classic Clash series. The day promises to be the highlight of our school calendar and is a wonderful opportunity to catch up with friends, old and new. There will be food vendors, tea gardens, music and entertainment for the kids as a full day of hockey, rugby, tennis and chess take place. We look forward to welcoming our community to support their local boys high school.
Northwood’s Ananta Reddy of grade 8BN recently became the SA U14 National Chess Champion. He was the outright winner of the U14 South African Junior Closed Chess Championships which was held in Tswane from the 3rd to 11th of April 2015. Ananta was undefeated in this 11 round tournament which featured SA’s top U14 chess players. Ananta also previously won the SA U12 National championship and once again receives his SA colours for Chess. He will represent SA in various international tournaments this year, including the World Youth that takes place in Greece . Congratulations on your outstanding achievement!
Northwood’s James Benskin recently swam in the SA Level 1 Championship Gala at Kings Park Pool . He swam in 5 events and made the final for all five events. He won gold for 100m breast stroke, silver for 50m backstroke, bronze for 50m breast stroke and 50m butterfly. Well done James on your excellent achievement!
