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Today Northwood bid farewell to Mr Bobby (Chaithram) Ramjathan as he embarks on his retirement after 47 years of dedication and professionalism as Laboratory Technician.  Mr Ramjathan first started at Beachwood at age 18 in 1969 after finishing his studies at Avoca Secondary.  He credits Mr Raycomaille, who was head of Physical Science at Beachwood at the time, for teaching him what would become his lifelong profession.  Today, after a career that spans almost 5 decades, spanning both Beachwood and the amalgamation with Northlands into Northwood, he is known as one of the top Laboratory Assistants in the province. He will be greatly missed at Northwood by staff and students alike.

Congratulations to the following learners who have been elected as Prefects for 2017.

Kiash Arjun Matthew Bedderson Ethan Biggar Kyle Brooks Slater Capell Joshua Chesterman Luke Coleman Sebastian Dunnington Jordan Edy Mark Fouché

Scott Gibson Damien Govender Ndumiso Hlombe Stratten Kennedy Sibusiso Khumalo Alex Leven Gregory Johnston Luke Macpherson Junior Mbuluyo Mvelo Mlangeni

Kaamil Naicker Kaelin Naidoo Hugo Scholler Tyrone Stanley Matthew Talbot Brandon van Wyk Ross Venning-Pridham Cole Wallace Robin Weersma Daniel Zvidzai

On Saturday the 20^th August, The Northwood Junior Rugby 7’s teams comprised of U14 and U15 players, participated in the Inaugural Voortrekker 7’s Tournament held at Woodburn Stadium in Pietermaritzburg.

Both Northwood A and B sides were placed in Pool D alongside Pionier and Voortrekker.

In the other pool were Westville, Kearsney A and B and PMB Development. The Northwood A side played some fantastic rugby early on with a convincing first round victory against a highly competitive Pionier side who fought hard to the end. Northwood eventually running out victors by 24-12. At the same time our B side were met by a very much improved Voortrekker A side who were just too good on the day, winning their contest 24-19. It is important to note that the Northwood B side were made up mostly of our U14 boys who played with huge heart and showed outstanding character against bigger and older opponents on the day.

In the second pool games Northwood A had an arm wrestle against hosts Voortrekker, winning 21-19 and at the same time our B side had a very tough encounter with a bruised Pionier side who were clearly out to rectify their weaknesses from their earlier loss to our A side, the B side losing that fight 42-7.

In the last Pool game our A side were pitted against our B side, which turned out to be a great spectacle with both teams having a full go at each other. Some great rugby was played and both teams showing excellent skills and tactics. Our A side were just too good though running away with it in the end 30-5. Due to their pool stage loses, our B side were sadly eliminated from the playoff stages but our A side continued the fight and after losing in the Cup final the previous weekend at the College 7’s Tournament to a very tough Kearsney side, they were to meet once again in the Cup Semi—Final.

This time the Northwood side were a different beast. They were still hurting from their loss in the Final and were resolved to set the record straight. Their level of motivation and focus before this game was tangible and the coaches never felt the need to say anything before-hand. The team adopted the motto “Not today” and stood by these words. The semi-final was one sided with Northwood dominating possession and territory throughout. They controlled the game completely and played their best rugby of the season, winning 32-0. Certain players can be commended on their individual performances, such as our captain Sasko Ndlovu, Willa Chininga, Ranger Mfakadolo, Ntokozo Makhaza and Munashe Maisera, but as a team, this game would go down as our best performance of the season. The last game of the day would see us meet Westville in the Cup Final. The Westville side did very well to beat Pionier in the other Cup Semi-Final by 29-7.

The Northwood side gave a poor first half display, possibly finding the occasion a little daunting. The boys needed to settle and find some sort of cohesion and rhythm to their play. They showed too much respect for their opponent and made too many tactical errors which in hindsight, if avoided could have changed the outcome and flow of the game. Westville took their chances and were accurate in their execution going into the halftime break 14-0 up. The second half was a much improved display for Northwood who started to play more accurately and held onto the ball for longer periods. They managed to score 3 great tries to push the Westville side all the way. Westville scoring one try in the second half to end the game 19-21 in their favour. It was sadly too little too late for the Northwood side who showed great character and ability in the second half. A better first half may have given Northwood a much better chance, but this is rugby and the boys learnt some valuable lessons. We’d like to thank Westville for a great game and wish them well for the rest of the season.

We thank the following boys for their outstanding commitment and service on the day:

 

Northwood A

1. Charles Gamhiwa
2. Danie van Huizen
3. Bubz Mpendu
4. Ranger Mfakadolo
5. Sasko Ndlovu (Captain)
6. Luke Cornelius
7. Ntokozo Makhaza
8. Munashe Maisera
9. Willa Chininga
10. JP Du Preez
11. Christopher Sarafidis
12. Sim Mazwi

Northwood B

1. Akapele Mkosana
2. Kyle Niemann
3. Jordan Renney
4. Johann Cronje (Captain)
5. Shayne Dinhidza
6. Salizwa Mlenzana
7. Vernon Matongo
8. Onyi John-Osunkwo
9. Mnqobi Shoba
10. Punashe Maisera
11. Joel Chigonga

Coaches: Mr T. Sorensen and Mr D. Steyn

RESULTS

Age Group	Event	First Place	Second Place	Third Place		Distance/ Height/ Time
U/14	100m	Sali Mlenzana	Oratile Mogale	Kyle Niemann		12:43
U/15		Lina Majola	Sayuran Perumal	Ntokozo Makhaza		11:85
U/16		Zinzan George	Qiniso Khathi	Quinton Sibisi		11:69
U/17		Scott Gibson	Mvelo Mhlengi	Thomas King		11:78
Open		Sifiso Gininda	Damien McCullum	Joshua Cowell		11:33
U/14	200m	Aiden Long	Munashe Maisera	Sanele Dlamini		26:53
U/15		Willa Chininga	Ntokozo Makhaza	Denym Rhodes		25:78
U/16		Tapuwandashe Nyangani	Quinton Sibisi	Khaya Mazibuko		26:82
U/17		Daniel Zvidzai	Thomas King	Jaryd Kritzinger		25:75
Open		Luyanda Mngadi	Luan Costa Verela	Josh Cowell		25:44
U/14	400m	Onyii John-Osunkwo	Salizwa Mlenzama	Christian Swartz
U/15		Denym Rhodes	Rohaan McLean	Mongezi Mngomezulu		59:15
U/16		Andrew Chen	Ntando Gwala	Matthew Kershaw		1:01:13
U/17		Thomas King	Matthew Talbot	Sbu Khumalo		59:53
Open		Sifiso Gininda	Luan Costa Varella	Qhawe Mbulawa		55:75
U/14	800m	Munashe Maisera	Douglas Baldwin	Andre Samujh		2:30:03
U/15		Musa Moyo	Njabulo Shabangu	Braiden Magurno		2:25:84
U/16		Nipho Ndlela	Cameron Souchon	Ethan Biggar		2:35:47
U/17		Alex Leven	Mvelo Mhlengi	Andile Mogakane		2:22:59
Open		Naseem Domingo	Scott Bowman	Matthew Rossiter		2:22:19
U/14	1 500m	Panashe Maisera/ Mnoqobi Shoba		Jordan Maehler		5:30:32
U/15		Nyasha Jani	Musa Moyo	Jeremy Martins		4:59:69
U/16		Andile Mogakane	Dane Stander	Ethan Biggar		5:17:82
U/17		Alex Leven	Stratten Kennedy	Cole Wallace		4:55:91
Open		Naseem Domingo	Ben Carnie	Cayde Muldoon		4:55:91
U/14	3000m	Mnqobi Shoba	Mawande Radebe	Jordan Maehler		12:01,34
U/15		Sim Mazwi	JP du Preez	Josh Gultig		11:18,87
U/16		Ethan Biggar	Connor Leven	Samkelo Gasa		12:07,5
U/17		Alex Leven	Jaryd Kritzinger	Seanago Malatsi		11:09,0
Open		Naseem Domingo	Ben Carnie	Jared Visser		10:49,72
U/14	L/Jump	Sanele Dlamini	Henri van Heerden	Corbin Getkate		5,33m
U/15		Jeremy Martins	Soloman Banda	Tristan Hancock		5,21m
U/16		Qiniso Khathi	Cameron Souchon	Cameron Miller		5,36m
U/17		Scott Sopotela	Duncan Cunningham	Cole Wallace		5,53m
Open		Luyanda Mngadi	Sifiso Gininda	Scott Bowman		6,09m
U/14	*H/Jump	Munashe Maisera	Oratile John-Osunkwo		Douglas Baldwin	1,55m
U/15		Rohaan McLean	Samkelo Ndlovu		Njabulo Shabangu	1,63m
U/16		Cameron Souchon	Khaya Mazibuko		Andrew Sutton	1,65m
U/17		Siyanda Mkhize	Jaryd Kritzinger		Sinqobile Nzuza	1,88m
Open		Sabelo Shangase	Qhawe Mbulawa		Wanda Phili	1,65m
U/15	T/Jump	Soloman Banda	Jeremy Martins		Ngcebo Langa	9,75m
U/16		Cameron Souchon	Nicholas Deeb		Zinzan George	10,30m
U/17		Duncan Cunningham	Mark Fouche		Calvin Knight	9,88m
Open		Luyanda Mngadi	Luan Costa Verela		Cole Pretorius	12,69m
Age Group	Event	First Place	Second Place		Third Place	Distance/ Height/ Time
U/14	Shot Put	Aaqpele Mkosana	Muzi Madela		Christian Williamson	11,05m
U/15		Chulumanco Mfakadolo	Jordan Renney		Gregory Peterson	12,95m
U/16		Burkie Hamman	Tatenda Rwenyu		Zinzan George	11,75m
U/17		Brandon van Wyk	Kaelin Naidoo		Mark Fouche	10,58m
Open		Thomas Affleck	Damian McCullum		Aidan Harmse	11,62m
U/14	Javelin	Ryan Francis	Henri Van Heerden		Christian Williamson	30,96m
U/15		JP Du Preez	Sasko Ndlovu		Jeremy Martins	38,27m
U/16		Luke Bricknell	Connor Leven		Cemeron Ciaglia
U/17		Ross Venning-Pridham	Hugo Scholler		Mark Fouche	43,92m
Open		Anthony Payne	Thomas Affleck		Troy Kircher	39,89m
U/14	Discus	Zack Van Staden	Darshan Deonarain		Christian Swartz	34,05m
U/15		Daniel Van Huizen	Ali Hamid		Gregory Peterson	32,82m
U/16		Burkie Hamman	Mink Scharink		Tyren Kroos	30,94m
U/17		Brandon Van Wyk	Duncan Cunningham		Mark Fouche	34,46m
Open		James Meadows	Kyle Jooste		Troy Kircher	38,05m
U/14	4 x 100m Relay	Crusaders	Bishops		Kings	52,96s
U/15		Crusaders	Kings		Bishops	48,97s
U/16		Crusaders	Knights		Bishops	47,2s
U/17		Crusaders	Knights		Bishops	50,34s
Open		Crusaders	Bishops		Kings	47,5s
*New Record *equaled record

 

TROPHY WINNERS

 

EVENT	TROPHY	RECIPIENT
3000m Open	G. Latouf	Naseem Domingo
Triple Jump Open	Bricknell	Luyanda Mngadi
Shotput Open	J.A. Smith	Thomas Affleck
Discus Open	Jimmy McIntosh	James Meadows
Long Jump Open	D.E.V. Shaw	Luyanda Mngadi
High Jump Open	Northwood Trophy	Sabelo Shangase
Javelin Open	C. Young	Anthony Payne
1500m Open	A. Tedder	Naseem Domingo
100m Open	C.J. Fenton	Sifiso Gininda
100m U16	G.Linderman	Zinzan George
400m Open	P.J. Fourie	Sifiso Gininda
200m Open	H.H. Sulin	Luyanda Mngadi
800m U14	V. Jacklin	Panashe Maisera
800m U16	J. Hofmeyer	Nipho Ndlela
800m Open	J. Evans	Naseem Domingo
4 x 100m U14	P. Hardaker	Crusaders
4 x 100m U15	Northlands Old Boys	Crusaders (new record 48,97s)
4 x 100m U16	T. Olufsen	Crusaders
4 x 100m U17	Northlands Goodwill	Crusaders
4 x 100m Open	Norman Moore	Crusaders (equalled record)
U14 Champion	Beachwood High School	Sanele Dlamini
U15 Champion	Beachwood High School	Jeremy Martins
U16 Champion	Teddy Jones Memorial	Cameron Souchon
U17 Champion	Northwood	Alex Leven
Open Champion	Northwood	Naseem Domingo & Luyanda Mngadi
Spirit Award		Crusaders
Best Performance
Junior	A.C. Hansen	Jeremy Martins
Senior	Pevsner	Cameron Souchon

Winning House        Crusaders       767 points

2^nd                               Bishops           589 pts

3^rd                                Kings               488 pts

4^th                                Knights            471 pts

Northwood continued with their great start to the season with a very good 4-2 victory over Hilton. The early stages of the game were very even with both sides pressing for the opening goal . After 17 minutes Northwood forced a corner which was saved by the Hilton keeper. Sibusiso Khumalo latched onto the rebound and steered the ball into the right hand corner giving Northwood a well deserved 1-0 lead.

Northwood did not relax and were soon back on the attack. Hilton were having to defend as Northwood continued to attack and were rewarded with another goal from the boot of Jordan Edy. Northwood held their 2-0 lead until half time.

Straight after the restart Hilton were on the scoreboard with a well taken goal from their No 10. This spurred Northwood back into action and they were rewarded with another goal from Damian McCallum.  Northwood continued to press on and soon had the ball in the net with a well taken goal by Naseem Domingo. Hilton never gave up and soon had the ball in the Northwood net. With 10 minutes to go and the score line 4-2, both sides played competitive football. Neither side scored again and Northwood won a very entertaining game 4-2.

Northwood continues to produce top class sportsmen with a few of our boys recently selected to represent South Africa in their various sporting disciplines. On the hockey front, after producing 24 KZN Coastal representatives, 2 of our players were selected to represent South Africa. For the second consecutive year Taine Bird was selected to represent the South African u16 Hockey Team as goal keeper while Tyrone Stanley was selected for the South African u17 Hockey Team. In the water, and after helping Northwood secure their third straight KZN Tag Team Surfing Championship, matric learner Bevan Willis was selected to represent South Africa at the ISA World Junior Surfing Championship to be held in Azores, Portugal in September while Matthew Bedderson was selected to represent the South African u17A Water Polo team earlier on in the year. And then following the footsteps of Ngoni Chidoma, our 2014 SA Schools loose head prop, Gugu Nelani was selected to represent the South African Schools “A” Rugby Team in the same position.  We congratulate them on these fine achievements as well as the coaches and staff involved in producing these top class athletes.  Proudly Northwood!!!

Northwood continued on the good form they worked hard for during the DHS 150th Festival ,with a hard fought 1-0 victory over Kearsney.

Play swung from end to end but both defences were outstanding with neither goalkeeper having to do much work. Play was enterprising in the midfield but it broke down when both teams pushed for goal.

The game reached half time with the score at 0-0 in what was a very entertaining game. Score at half time was a true reflection of the game, with neither side able to dominate.

The second half was a very scrappy affair with play deteriorating and no threatening shots coming close to the goal. With 3 minutes remaining Northwood forced a corner and a great header from S Gininda put Northwood into the lead. On the run of play Northwood deserved their victory but credit to Kearsney for putting on such a fighting display.

Congratulations to the U16 boys (Daniel Butcher, Jeremy Martins, Luke Bricknell, Haytham Omar) who won Gold in the Action Cricket IPT! Luke Bricknell was U16 batsman of the tournament as well as making the U16 All Star side along with Jeremy Martins and Haytham Omar which is an accolade for the ten best players (based on stats) in the tournament. Well done boys!

It is almost time for the Northwood Annual Golf Day which will be held on 12 August at Beachwood Golf Course.

Please click on the links below for information and entry forms.

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[prettyfilelink size=”” src=”http://www.northwoodschool.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/Intro-Letter-Golf-Day-2016.pdf” type=”pdf”]Intro Letter Golf Day 2016[/prettyfilelink]

 

Saturday 4th June was a sad, but exciting day for Northwood hockey as it marked the end of the outdoor hockey season for 2016, with the final fixtures vs St Charles.

The 1st team game kicked off at 10:15 with very clear intention of what they had install for St Charles.Josh Cowell got on the score board early, ending up scoring a hat-trick in his last game for Northwood high School.Cody Van Bremen, Slater Capel, Tyrone Stanley and Fuse Ngcobo all scored as well, with some exciting team goals.

A number of Matrics played their last games for the school on Saturday and couldn’t have ended off on a better note, winning 7-2.

All the boys played incredibly well and I’d like to thank them for the season, and good luck for the exams ahead.

Liam Mcilroy (VC), Tristan Baird, Ryan Whitehurst, Bradley Mcnally, Scott Bowmen, Shaheid Carrim, Josh Cowell (VC), Cody Van Bremen (C)

Northwood hosted St Charles on Saturday on a windy afternoon. Northwood won the toss and elected to play into a strong South Westerly wind.

The ball in hand approach soon proved effective, with Northwood dominating the collisions and gain line and scoring 2 nice tries. A few missed opportunities by Northwood kept St Charles in the game before a defensive lapse in the midfield, and an interception just before half time saw St Charles turn at the half, leading 14-12 despite Northwood being the dominant team.

Turning with the wind now at their backs Northwood used the conditions to their advantage and dominated territory.

Some solid defense saw the Northwood team keep St Charles scoreless in the second half while a penalty and a try in the corner saw Northwood home 22-14. Congratulations to the Northwood team!

The 2016 KZN Schools Tag-team Surfing Championships was surfed at Dairy Beach in small but contestable surf. It was a fantastic afternoon as parents, coaches and surfers trickled down to the Dairy Beach contest area, greeted by a cool breeze and gently flapping banners from our generous sponsor – O’Neill Clothing – and one to two foot consistent pulses of surf.

Up for grabs was the annual bragging rights of being KZN’s top surfing school and the awesome floating trophy that comes with it. On top of that, Paul Canning from O’Neill was offering big value prizes of a wetsuit for each surfer in the 1st placed team, long-sleeve wetsuit tops for 2nd and short-sleeve wetsuit tops for 3^rd.

The first heat got underway with the schools fighting for a place in the finals. With some fine surfing Ashton comfortably placed themselves into the finals to join Clifton, Westville Boys, Northwood Boys and Crawford North Coast. The heat was on.

Matt Sills opened up with a bang and posted a huge scoring ride placing them in the drivers seat within the first 5 mins of the 50 min heat. Bevan Willis, not to be out done, followed up with a nine point ride. Clifton and Westville Boys tried to responded, also posting some strong scores. However after exchanges from the two rounds of surfers Northwood was in a strong position. The rest of the team surfed with precision and managed their time wisely securing an easy victory.

Northwood Boys took home the title and bragging rights for their third year in a row as undefeated champions amongst the KZN schools!

Once again, a huge thank you goes out to all the parents who endlessly support the surfers with their time and finances and to O’Neill clothing for supporting surfing at the grassroots level where we stoke the fire for young surfers to keep their boards on the rail and charging hard.

Till next week where we will be finishing off with the new title of KZN Schools Individual Champion, have a great week and keep surfing.

The KZN Schools Surfing Team

Results

1^ST NORTHWOOD SCHOOL

2^ND WESTVILLE BOYS HIGH

3^RD CLIFTON

4^TH ASHTON COLLEGE

5^TH CRAWFORD NORTH COAST