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Northwood represented the Umlazi district at Top Schools Chess in the U18 division this weekend.  We were placed 1st – out of 12 districts in KZN, beating previous winners, Crawford North Coast and Old Mill School.

The Team

1.  Kyran Appanna

2.  Ananta Reddy

3.  Sachin Reddy

4.  Ukyle Bezuidenhout

5.  James Meadows

6.  Shivan Govender

7.  Charles Lin

The above team will also represent KZN at School’s Nationals in December.  Congratulations on this outstanding achievement!

 

 

 

For the sixth consecutive year, the Dale Carnegie ‘Generation.Next’ course was attended by Grade 11 students from Northwood School, Northlands Girls High and Lady Fatima. This year Northwood hosted two courses and 60 students graduated with the internationally recognized and respected Dale Carnegie Certificate. The ‘Generation.Next’ programme comprises 8 weekly 3 hour sessions. On this world famous EQ course people skills, self-confidence, communication and leadership skills are honed, and public speaking abilities soar. As famous Dale Carnegie graduate, Warren Buffett says : ‘Leadership usually gravitates towards the person who can stand up and say what he means.’

Congratulations to Northwood Grade 11 Students Reece Loeve and Jean-Luc De Rosnay who were both the recipients of the Highest Award for Achievement.

 

Northwood recently hosted a school rugby fundraising breakfast at the Durban Country Club with John Plumtree and Friends. The event was well attended with no room to spare.  John Allen was MC of the event, and kept the rugby banter flowing with many laughs and insights into the beautiful game.  Ex Sharks coach and current Hurricane’s coach, John Plumtree headed up a panel discussion which also included John Mitchell (Former All Blacks Coach and current SuperSport Presenter) and Grant Bashford, current Northwood 1st Team Coach and ex Sharks coaching assistant.  Funds raised from this event will go towards developing rugby at Northwood.  Thank you to all those that supported this fun and informative breakfast.

Pictured left to right:  Paul McAvoy (Headmaster at Northwood School) Jenni-lyn van Niekerk (Marketing Manager at Northwood School), John Plumtree, John Allan, Grant Bashford and John Mitchell

 

Northwood in conjunction with the Domino Foundation hosted boys from Amaoiti yesterday for day of soccer coaching, friendly matches and fellowship. Our grade 9 group showed their support with cheers and encouragement from the stands.  A big thank you to Vopak for sponsoring kit for the boys.

 

The Prefect Tie Ceremony is a Northwood tradition where parents are invited to present their son with their prefect tie, and in doing so, sharing in their son’s achievement and also acknowledging their part in raising their son’s to be leaders and role models at Northwood and within the community.  We look forward to our new 2016 prefects taking up their leadership roles, and wish them all the best for the year ahead.

Northwood took their A game to Kearsney and right from the first whistle they dominated the game. Northwood’s passing game was very accurate and put Kearsney’s defence under pressure. Kearsney tried to play high up in their half and in the beginning they managed to catch Northwood off side on a number of occasions. Kearsney was playing a dangerous game and it was only a matter of time before Northwood caught Kearsney out.

Twice in a matter of minutes Northwood played the ball over the top for captain Nto Sibisi who calmly placed the ball past the stranded Kearsney goal keeper. Northwood did not relax and kept the pressure on and 5 minutes later Sibisi once again was in the clear and completed his hat-trick with another well placed shot.

Towards the end of the 1st half Kearsney were awarded a penalty which their captain put wide of the goal. At half time Northwood held a very comfortable 3-0 after dominating the half. Not much changed in the second half with Northwood continuing to dominate. It wasn’t long before Northwood added a 4th goal after a corner and Nkanyiso Ntombela headed the ball into the top of the net.

It was Kearsney who scored next when they were awarded a second penalty which they managed to score. The rest of the half saw Northwood having a number of shots but did not manage to score again.

The 4-1 score was a true reflection of the game as Northwood played exceptionally well.

Northwood hosted Michaelhouse and going by the results so far this season the game was going to be tight. The first 10 minutes both sides we feeling each other out and finding their feet. Northwood slowly but surely started to take control of the game with the higher percentage of possession. Northwood had numerous chances but just could not score. Northwood defended really well keeping the Michaelhouse forwards very quiet and they hardly got a shot on target. With 5 minutes to go Byron Melville had a great break down the right wing and crossed a beautiful ball across the goal month. Basler Mushangazhike nipped in between the defenders and side footed the ball into the net to give Northwood a well-deserved lead at half time. The second half was full of action but lead to no further goals and Northwood continued to defend high up the field with Michaelhouse only getting one good shot on goal which was brilliantly saved by Weston Roelofsza . Northwood had numerous chances to finish the game off but did not put the Michaelhouse keeper under enough pressure. Northwood came away with a well-deserved victory.

The Durban and District Chess Tournament took place at Northwood School on Saturday 22^nd August 2015. With Northwood School being in the lead from round 1, the team progressively managed to increase the lead by 7 points by round 5 with a total of 37,5 points, leaving Glenwood High School in 2^nd place and DHS in 3^rd place.  This is Northwood’s 4^th consecutive win since 2012, and we look forward to continuing to excel in the sport of chess!

Front Row: From Left to Right: Mr Paul McAvoy (Chess Team Coach and Headmaster), Ananta Reddy, Sachin Reddy, Kyran Appanna, Charles Lin, Jed Govender and Sharon Reddy (MIC of Chess)

Back Row: From Left to Right:  Shivan Govender, Nimal Gajahur, James Meadows, Nihal Goorchuran, Yashil Morar, Ukyle Bezuidenhout

 

Congratulations to grade 10 Northwood students, Kairav Ramdularay and Tuvir Jugganath on placing 1st in the FFS Expo in the Chemistry Category for their scientific project Entitled Milk = Plastic.

Northwood was proud to host the KZN Philharmonic Orchestra today as they performed a concert for school students taking music as a subject.  Their performance was on matric set work music pieces.  Schools in attendance were:  Northlands Girls High School, Danville Girls High School, Pietermaritzburg Girls High, Waldorf School, Crawford North Coast and Eden College.

 

Northwood’s Luyanda Mngadi recently competed in the Youth Nationals Athletics meet in Pretoria where he came 1^st for the Triple Jump, 2^nd for the Long Jump and 6^th in the 100m events.  He has now qualified for the African Youth Championship in December in Mauritius in December.  We look forward to watching Luyanda excel in his chosen sport are very proud of his achievements.

 

Last week saw a very competitive annual inter-house athletics event take place on our fields.  Thank you to those parents who joined us on the day to support their boys. Crusaders were the overall winners, however there were outstanding personal achievements from several of the athletes.

Age Group	Event	First Place	Second Place	Third Place	Distance/ Height/ Time
U/14	100m	Keane Fourie	Lina Majola	Nzelo Chonco	11,35
U/15		Chininga Nataizya	Zayde Hoosain	Michael Sweet	12,63
U/16		Luyanda Mngadi	Tyrique Bartlett	Mikhyle Chettiar	11,28
U/17		Luan Varela	Sifiso Ganinda	Craig van Leewen	11,62
Open		Junaid Syed	Nkanyiso Ntombelo	Quinton Mogale	11,28
U/14	200m	Keane Fourie	Lina Majoli	Sebastian Marshall	25,78
U/15		Nipho Mdlela	Khaya Mazibuko	Michael Sweet	26,72
U/16		Thami Ndlela	Daniel Zvidzai	Tyrique Bartlett	26,28
U/17		Luan Varela	Sifiso Gininda	Craig Van Leeuwen	24,94
Open		Junaid Syed	Quinton Mogale	Ntobeko Sibisi	24,43
U/14	400m	Chris Sarafidis	Samukelo Ndlovu	Ranger Chulumanco	1:01:15
U/15		Nipho Ndlela	Michael Sweet	Ethan Biggar	1:01:97
U/16		Mvelo Mlangeni	Sibusiso Khumalo	Mark Fouche	55:91
U/17		Sifiso Gininda	Luan Varela	Scott Bowman	57:07
Open		Rowan Kader	Jadon Steven	Jaryd Lucioli	1;01:16
U/14	800m	Nyasha Jani	Junior Dlamini	Chris Sarafidis	2:31:70
U/15		Cameron Souchon	Ethan Biggar	Wanda Mtolo	2:30:00
U/16		Mvelo Mlangeni	Robin Weersma	Mark Fouche	2:34:45
U/17		Naseem Domingo	Sihle Mkhize	Scott Bowman	2:23:91
Open		Ntobeko Sibisi	N Ntombela	Cody Agnew	2:39:62
U/14	1 500 m	Nyasha Jani	Ntokozo Makhaza	Chris Sarafidis	5:08:94
U/15		Ethan Biggar	Dane Stander	Luke Stevens	5:18:44
U/16		Jared Campbell	Jelle Veenstra	Jarrod Stewart	5:05:43
U/17		Scott Bowman	Ben Carnie	Wanda Phili	5:02:09
Open		Travis Edmonstone	Viwe Makula	Garick Goldman	5:32:56
U/14	3000m	Nyasha Njani	Ntokozo Makhaza	Chris Sarafidis	11:48,
U/15		Connor Leven	Wanda Mtolo	Cameron Ciaglia	12:21,82
U/16		Jarrod Stewart	Alex Leven	Cayde Muldoon	11:25,72
U/17		Ben Carnie	Wanda Phili	Songezo Rala Rala	11:31,06
Open		Travis Edmonstone	Blayde Capell	Shane Bradbury	15:19,27
U/14	L/Jump	Keane Fourie	Jeremy Martins	Connor Maxwell	5,00m
U/15		Cameron Souchon	Ethan Pretorius	Taine Bird	5,30m
U/16		Duncan Cunningham	Mitchell Harvey	Sihle Mkhize	5,10m
U/17		Luan Varela	Sifiso Gininda	Brandon Jacobs	5,75m
Open		Junaid Syed	Jason Daniels	Blayde Capell	5,40m
U/14	*H/Jump	Keane Fourie	Rohaan McLean	Mongezi Ngomezulu	1,67m
U/15		Khaya Mazibuko	Taine Bird	Quinton Sibisi	1,65m
U/16		Braden Beaumont	Sihle Mkhize	Sinqobile Nzuza	1,60m
U/17		Lars Van der Meijder	Sabelo Shangase	Wanda Philli	1,70m
Open		Pikho Sobahle	Kyle Trollip	Justin Snyman	1,60m
U/15	T/Jump	Cameron Souchon	Ethan Pretorius	Taine Bird	10,87m
U/16		Luyanda Mngadi	Mark Fouche	Revan Poggenpoel	12,96m
U/17		Luan Varela	Scott Bowman	Cole Pretorius	11,19m
Open		Travis Edmonstone	Blayde Capell	Matthew Smith	10,63m
U/14	Shot Put	Ranger Chulumanco	Siyemukela?	Greg Peterson	11,70m
U/15		Burkie Hamman	Zinzan George	Tristan Fincham	12,57m
U/16		Kadin Govender	Ross Pridham	Nkosana Fraser	10,24m
U/17		Damian McCallum	Zandre Griffin	Troy Kircher	11,7m
Open		Nathan Fincham	Caleb Lingwood	Kian Both	11,47m

 

 

Age Group	Event	First Place	Second Place	Third Place	Distance/ Height/ Time
U/14	Javelin	Finn Whittle	Jayden Wessels	Ciaran Bigwood	26,39m
U/15		Zinzan George	Tristan Fincham	Kalin Govender	27,24m
U/16		Ross Pridham	Nathan Wallace	Slater Capell	20,97m
U/17		Alex Wright	Anthony Payne	Joshua Cowell	35,73m
Open		Travis Edmonstone	Ighsaan Manuel	Kian Both	36,27m
U/14	Discus	Quinn McKenzie	Danie Van Huizen	Finn Whittle	24,13m
U/15		Burkie Hamman	Brendan Deyzel	Tristan Fincham	37,45m
U/16		James Meadows	Duncan Cunningham	Mark Fouche	36,71m
U/17		Kyle Jooste	Troy Kirchner	Zandre Griffiths	29,43m
Open		Nathan Fincham	Ryan Symmington	Ntokozo Mthembu	27,58m
U/14	4 x 100m Relay	Crusaders	Kings	Bishops	51,03s
U/15		Crusaders	Bishops	Knights	51,59s
U/16		Crusaders	Bishops	Knights	49,91s
U/17		Crusaders	Kings	Knights	49,53s
Open		Crusaders	Kings	Bishops

 

*New Record

 

TROPHY LIST

 

EVENT	TROPHY	RECIPIENT	HOUSE
3000m Open	G. Latouf	Travis Edmonstone	Kings
Triple Jump Open	Bricknell	Travis Edmonstone	Kings
Shot Put Open	J.A. Smith	Nathan Fincham	Knights
Discus Open	Jimmy McIntosh	Nathan Fincham	Knights
Long Jump Open	D.E. V. Shaw	Junaid Syed	Kings
High Jump Open	Northwood Trophy	Phiko Sobahle	Crusaders
Javelin Open	C. Young	Travis Edmonstone	Kings
1500m Open	A. Tedder	Travis Edmonstone	Kings
100m Open	J. C. Fenton	Junaid Syed	Kings
100m U16	G. Linderman	Luyanda Mngadi (*)	Crusaders
400m Open	J. P. Fourie	Rowan Kader	Bishops
200m Open	H. H. Sulin	Junaid Syed	Kings
800m U14	V. Jacklin	Nyasha Jani	Crusaders
800m U16	J. Hofmeyer	Mvelo Mlangeni	Crusaders
800m Open	J. Evans	Ntobeko Sibisi	Crusaders
4 x 100m U14	P. Hardaker	Crusaders (*)
4 x 100m U15	Northlands Old Boys	Crusaders
4 x 100m U16	T. Olufsen	Crusaders
4 x 100m U17	Northlands Goodwill	Crusaders
4 x 100m Open	Norman Moore	Crusaders
U14 Champion	Beachwood High School	Keane Fourie (*)	Crusaders
U15 Champion	Beachwood High School	Cameron Souchon	Crusaders
U16 Champion	Teddy Jones Memorial	Mark Fourie	Kings
U17 Champion	Northwood	Luan Costa Varela	Crusaders
Open Champion	Northwood	Travis Edmonstone	Kings
Best Performance: Junior	A. C. Hansen	Keane Fourie	Crusaders
Senior	Pevsner	Travis Edmonstone	Kings
Winning House	Banks Trophy	Crusaders
	1st	Crusaders (727)
	2nd	Bishops (538)
	3rd	Knights (410)
	4th	Kings (317)

 

(*) New Record