Month: October 2015

Northwood played DHS at DHS on Saturday 24 October. The game was delayed due to a damp pitch and play only started at 10H00.  The game was reduced to 35 overs. DHS won the toss and put Northwood into bat. The Northwood opening batsmen found the going tough during the first 10 overs . After 15 overs Northwood had struggled to 32/3 and at this stage DHS were well on top.

Blade Capell (59) then joined Junaid Syed (32) and between them helped Northwood into a good position with some positive batting. After they departed the rest of Northwood batting line up kept the scoreboard rolling. After 35 overs Northwood reached 181/7. With B de Meilon from DHS the pick of the bowlers taking 3/24.

After lunch DHS never got into their stride and could not get the scoreboard ticking over. Only B de Meilon (40) managed to keep Northwood bowlers at bay but the rest batted too slowly . DHS were eventually bowled out for 142 with the pick of Northwood bowlers P Abraham 2/15 and S Cairem 2/34. Northwood won by 39 runs.

 

We are excited to hand over our Hockey Astro turf pitch to specialist contractors for the upgrade of the playing surface. It is hard to believe that it was 10 years ago since we were one of the first boys high schools in Durban to pioneer the establishment of our own international standard artificial hockey pitch on our own school campus. During these 10 years the top standard playing surface has made a major contribution to Northwood hockey being respected as one of the leading hockey playing schools in South Africa. Not only by the results achieved but also the way Northwood boys have learnt to play the game. The upgrade project is scheduled to be complete by January 2016 with the provision of a FIH approved water based Greenfields synthetic turf on a rubberized elastic layer. The same specification that was supplied to the FIH World Cup in Holland in 2014. Northwood hockey boys are privileged to have the world best facilities available to them at home at Northwood.
As this area is a construction site for the next 3 months please can we all, for our own health and safety , keep away from the site and the construction activities. Thank you for your understanding. We look forward to an exciting project.

Our 2015 Speech Day took place on 16 October 2015.  Thank you to our guest speaker, Mr Smit,  honoured guests from surrounding schools, local community representatives, parents and friends for supporting this event, which recognizes and awards the spirit and academic talent of Northwood.

Amongst many other outstanding awards throughout the class of 2015, we congratulate our top 3 Academic achievers:  Shivek Singh, on achieving Dux, Yash Baijnath on Proxime Accessit, and Kershin Naidoo on placing 3rd in grade for their dedication and excellence in their studies.

We congratulate James Meadows on his appointment as Head Prefect, along with Matthew Hatton, Craig Van Leeuwen and Ngonidzashe Moyo on their roles of Deputy Head Prefects – we are proud to have young men of such caliber leading Northwood into 2016.

A special mention is also made of the appointment of Victor Huurman as Head Prefect of John Bruyns House, along with Sifiso Gininda and Zandre Griffin who will assist him in their role as Deputy Head Prefects of our boarding establishment.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Notice is hereby given in terms of Section 38(2) of the SA School Act 1996, a general meeting of parents be convened on Thursday 12^th November 2015, at 18h00, in the school AV room for consideration and approval of the annual school budget.   Also note that a copy of the draft budget will be available for inspection at the school, 14 days prior to the meeting.

The 2015 Sportsmen’s banquet is always the highlight of our sporting calendar as this event enables Northwood to honour our students who have participated and achieved in their various sporting codes.

The “never-say-die” attitude of our boys has ensured that our 1^st Water Polo team recorded a memorable win over Clifton, our Northwood Surfing team won the KZN Schools Surfing Championship again and our Chess team won both the Durban and District Chess Tournament as well as the KZN Top Schools Tournament. The list continues with the Northwood Cycling team winning the KZN Inter Schools   Eliminator Series and our 1^st Indoor Hockey team won the KZN Indoor Hockey League for the third time in four years.   Many Northwood boys did us proud by being selected for various National Teams, High Performance Camps or Squads.

We take this opportunity to thank the MIC, Coaches, students and parents for their support and commitment to sport at Northwood.

AWARDS AND TROPHIES	RECIPIENT
CULTURAL
AF Berruti Trophy	Junior Chess Champion	Ananta Reddy
AF Berruti Trophy	Senior Chess Champion	Kyran Appanna
Ladies’ Group Silver Bugle	Best Instrumentalist	Sphephile Zungu
Setzkorn Trophy	Most Improved Instrumentalist	Anthony van Veenhuyzen
Van Vianen Trophy	Most Dedicated Bandsman	Sphephile Zungu
Robin Palmer	Most Diligent Section Leader	Jared Gangadaran
Morgan Evens Trophy	Drum Major	Quinn Kakora
Lindsay Lyle Memorial Floating Trophy	Dedication to First Aid	Matthew Ross
SPORT
Cyclist of the Year	Le Roux Trophy	Cayde Muldoon
A.C. Hansen Memorial Trophy	Junior Victor Ludorum (Athletics)	Keane Fourie
Pevsner Trophy	Senior Victor Ludorum (Athletics)	Travis Edmonstone
Lux Gordhan Trophy	Athlete of the Year	Luyanda Mngadi
BBHS Trophy	Squash player of the year	Hugh Cunningham
Northwood Trophy	Junior Basketball Player of the Year	Lwazi Motha
Van Den Berg Trophy	Senior Basketball Players of the Year	Nkanyiso Ntombela
Northwood Surfing Trophy	Junior Surfer	Jarod Hook
Vince King Trophy	Senior Surfer	Bevan Willis
Tommy Schutte BBHS Trophy	Golfer of the Year	Liam McIlroy
BBHS Trophy	Senior Tennis Trophy	Dylan Blair Runner up: Neil Henderson
BBHS Trophy	Junior Tennis Trophy	Jordan Theron Runnerup: Nic Deeb
Wayne Gregory Floating Trophy	Most Improved Tennis Player	Matthew Ross / Keagan Traehaven
Sugen Naidoo Trophy	Senior Volleyball Player of the Year	Aaron Maistry
Northwood School Trophy	Most Dedicated U14 Cricketer	Finn Whittle
Mr N.A.E. Wickenden Trophy	Most Improved Cricketer (U15)	Wondor Mtolo
Northwood Cricket Award	Best Performance (Junior)	Nicholas Wright
BA King Trophy	Most Improved Senior Cricketer	Preston Abrahams
Northwood Cricket Award	Best Performance (Senior)	Shaied Cariem
JA Smith Cricket Trophy	Senior Cricketer of the Year	Blayde Capell
Northwood Trophy	Most Improved Junior Hockey Player	Marco Dalle-Vedove
Northwood Trophy	Junior Hockey Player of the Year	Cade Leaity
De Haas Trophy	Hockey Team of Year	U16A
Neil Todden Trophy	Most Improved Hockey Player	Cole Pretorius
Northwood Trophy	Senior Hockey Player of the Year	Sacha de Marigny
The Gallagher Trophy	Indoor Hockey Player of the Year
Pienaar Trophy	Soccer Team of the Year	1st Team
Jade Pienaar Trophy	Most Improved Soccer Player	Michael Comitis
Tommy Bilson Trophy	Soccer Player of the Year	Ntobeko Sibisi
Kevin Greef Memento	Most Dedicated U15 Rugby Player	Burgerd Hamman
Olufsen Trophy	Rugby Team of the Year	U14B
Correia Trophy	Most Improved Senior Rugby Player	Philup Jansen
RR Commaille Trophy	Rugby Player of the Year (Senior)	Victor Huurman
Bruce Nel Memorial Trophy	Junior Victor Ludorum (Swimming)	Connor Maxwell / James Benskin
BBHS Trophy	Senior Victor Ludorum (Swimming)	Ryan Symington
Northwood Trophy	Most Improved Junior Water Polo Player	Jared Hook
Northwood Trophy	Most Valuable Junior Water Polo Player	Ethan Robert
Northwood Trophy	Water Polo Team of the Year	1st Team
The Shea Family Trophy	Most Enthusiastic Water Polo Player	Craig Van Leeuwen
BBHS Trophy	Most Improved Senior Water Polo Player	Matthew Farren
Le Lievre Trophy	Most Valuable Senior Water Polo Player	Justin Snyman
David Piper Trophy	Senior Cross Country	Alexander Leven
Northwood Tristan Rasmussen Trophy	Junior Cross Country	Ethan Biggar
MIC of the Year		Surfing – Tracey Aliphon
Coach of the Year		Hockey – Michael Wiggett
Beachwood Boys High School Trophy	Sportsman of the Year	Ntobeko Sibisi
Knights Trophy	Outstanding Sporting Achievment by an individual	Bevan Willis