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A dedicated group of grade 11 learners from Northwood’s Environmental Club, under the leadership of Dr Pillay, took to the shores of Umhlanga Beach. These enthusiastic environmentalists were engaged in removing litter in the early hours of this past Saturday morning, which coincided with the “International Coastal Clean Up”. Within an hour and over a distance of 20 metres , four bags of litter were collected, ranging from mussels being strangled by fishing gut to numerous cigarette stumps, ice cream sticks, socks and polystyrene cups, amongst others. The debris evidences human activities and more significantly the detrimental effect that it has on aquatic life and food security. With the cheering received from the morning joggers and photographers on the beach, we are hopeful that Northwood made a meaningful contribution to raising  awareness amongst the beach-goers and fishermen about keeping our environment clean.

Congratulations to the following learners who have been appointed Prefects.

Adnan Bassa Taine Bird Bruno Bou-Melhem Luke Bricknell William Buckle Daniel Butcher Nasser Cassim Bayanda Cele Cameron Ciaglia Marco Dalle-Vedove

Nicholas Deeb Lindokuhle Goge Nathan Hill Emile Jonkers Matthew Kershaw Ethan Klebe Connor Leven Cameron Miller Lwazi Motha Marco Mudaly

MacMillian Mudara Tarlin Nair Jarrod Peters Matthew Pietersen Cameron Smith Cameron Souchon Aston Sparks Kiaav Sunderlall Andrew Sutton Ashraf Vahed

John Bruyns House Prefects 2017-2018

 

 

 

 

 

 

Alvin Chiradza

Jernaid Mutendera

Cade Leaity

Khaya Mazibuko

Mtho Mondlane

Macmillan Mudara

Mbasa Zozi

Northwood put a stop to the Michaelhouse unbeaten run when they beat them 2-0 at Northwood on Saturday. Both sides played entertaining football and the game was one of the best played at Northwood.

Northwood took the lead early in the game with a great goal by the hard working Ross Venning-Pridham. Both sides played attacking football and the goalkeepers were kept busy .

Northwood deserved their lead at half time as they had more chances and were enterprising in mid field.

The second half was a ding dong battle, with Michaelhouse pushing for the equaliser and Northwood goalkeeper Taine Bird pulling off some great saves to keep the Knights in the lead.

Jordan Edy was a thorn in the Michaelhouse side with his devastating runs and he kept the Michaelhouse defence busy. With 8 minutes to play Jordan Edy went on another great run and fired a shot into the top left hand corner of the Michaelhouse goal to give the Knights a well deserved 2 goal lead.

For the last 8 minutes Northwood defended with style and hard working  captain Matthew Talbot marshalled his defence to keep Michaelhouse at bay and the Knights coming away with a well deserved victory.

 

Picture Credit:  Tristan Lewis, Northwood Press Club

Northwood 7’s rugby, Saturday 19 August. Venue – Glenwood

The Glenwood 7’s Tournament saw our u14 team in a tough pool full of u15 teams including the heavy weights like DHS and Westville u15A sides.

Unfortunately the boys only managed a single victory vs Transkei from 4 games in their pool.

The u15A side played brilliantly and were the highlight of the weekend winning the final 26-21 vs the home team Glenwood. Strong wins throughout all their pool games led to a brilliant finish.

The 2nd side did well to finish strong and take home the the bowl after a well worked victory over Ladysmith in the final.

The first side played well in the semis but lost out the the eventual winners of the tournament DHS 29-26 in what was one of the most entertaining fight backs of the tournament. Fortunately they played in the plate final vs Glenwood and managed an amazing 46-7 win!

Well done again to all the teams involved and getting 3 trophies in one weekend. Especially the u15 stamping their mark as the best side in their age group over the weekend.

Northwood played traditional rivals DHS on Saturday. Whenever these two sides play it is always won by the odd goal. Once again the defence from both sides dominated and there were very few shots on goal. Neither goalkeepers were really tested in the first half, the game being rather subdued with both sides trying to dominate. As the match proceeded everyone felt that the first side to score would win this fixture or it was going to end in a tame draw. With 2 minutes remaining  Ross Venning- Pridham had other ideas and managed to score the vital goal. Northwood had the better of the game and deserved the narrow win vs evenly matched opponents.

 

 

It’s that time of year when Northwood School pulls out all the stops in presenting another top notch professional level musical production.

From the 16^th to 18^th August Durban North will be stepping to an up-beat rock and roll beat as audiences revel in a sea of sound, laughter and emotion as Northwood proudly presents “Radio City”.

A fun filled story of coming of age, loss and friendship all liberally spiced with some of the most iconic music ever written.

The large cast of 60 Durban North singers, dancers, and actors were carefully selected from over 200 auditions and have been hard at work for almost 6 months to ensure the professional standard of Northwood Musicals gets even better!

Featuring a professional team of vocal coaches, sound and lighting engineers, stage managers and choreographers, plus a hot shot live band, you are not going to want to miss out on this 3-night only event!

Friday night is almost already sold out so book now to avoid disappointment!

Tickets are R80 – R150

Call Northwood School on 0315636501 to book now.

We are extremely excited to announce Divan Van Wyk as our new Director of Cricket as he takes over the reins from Andrew Shedlock, who we bid farewell to at the end of August 2017.

Divan matriculated at Grey College in 2003. He played both Craven Week and Coke Week whilst making the SA Schools Team in 2003 and SA Colts in 2002. He also played at the u19 Commonwealth Games for South Africa and during 2004 he captained the SA u19 team at the u19 World Cup.

During his matric year he made his debut for the Free State men’s team and in 2004 played his first, first class game. After numerous matches for Free State and the Eagles / Knights he made his move down to Durban with his wife Gisela.

After making 146 in his first game for the KZN provincial team, Divan played in the next game for the Dolphins and never looked back, establishing himself as part of the opening pair of the Dolphins team with Imran Khan.

During his 7 years at the Dolphins he played over 50 first class matches for the Dolphins and many one day and T20 matches. He also captained the Dolphins. He was part of the squad that won the Ram Slam Trophy and won four provincial trophies with KZN Inland.

During his playing career he won the best 3 day player award at the CSA awards. In total he played 135 first class matches with an overall average of 40.05 with 19 100s and 35 50s.

He has one of the highest batting averages at Kingsmead as an opening batsman.

Since 2010 Divan has been involved in coaching at Kloof High School and running his own cricket academy. In the latter part of his time at Kloof he held the position of Head of Boys Sport.

Divan became a father this year and is a proud dad to Andrew, now 5 months old.

Divan is looking forward to starting at Northwood and is excited to bring his experience and expertise to take our cricket program forward as well as adding value in other sporting codes at the school.

Andile Mokgakane of Northwood School has been selected for the South African U19 side that was announced to take on current Under-19 World Champion West Indies in July. The team, will take on the Caribbean side in a five-match Youth One-Day International series from 9-19 July in Pietermaritzburg and Durban. The top-order batsman and seamer has also been playing club cricket at Hollywoodbets Crusaders and was one of the stand-out players for the Castle Premier League champions at the recent Momentum Club Championships in Pretoria.

(Story courtesy of Shiraz Habbib, Northglen News)

KZN Schools Surfing Results Letter:

The 2017 KZN Schools Tag-team Surfing Championships went down at Dairy Beach in clean 2-3ft contestable surf. Our generous sponsor -O’Neill Clothing’s banners were gently flapping in the westerly that was trickling through, making for the perfect setting for a Final, between the best surfing schools in KZN. 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, R6000 product Hamper from O’Neill for each surfer in the winning team, FANTASTIC! The semi-final got underway with the schools from the repechage heat fighting for a place in the finals. With some fine surfing from Crawford North Coast and Westville 1, they comfortably placed themselves into the finals to join Northwood 1, Clifton and Northwood 2. The battle was on. Crawford North Coast opened up with a bang, with two solid rides from Anthony Pottow, putting them in the lead of the 45 minute heat. Clifton and Northwood responded also posting strong scores. Until Northwood 1st‘s third Surfer Jared Hook posted a huge scoring ride which boosted his team into first place. Clifton’s Karl Steen kept his team in the running; following close behind, as Crawford’s surfers struggled to find the right waves. Brayden Bergset however, sealed the deal for Northwood 1st’s posting the highest scores of the day. Northwood 2nd team showed their consistency and came through strong at the end placing a respectable third to join their first team on the podium. With Westville 1 having a tough heat and just not finding the waves to post the scores that were needed to take the day. It was a fantastic afternoon as parents, coaches and surfers enjoyed the fine display of surfing on offer from all the teams, what a great contest! At the end of the day it was Northwood Boys 1st team who would be taking home the title and bragging rights for their fourth year in a row as undefeated champions amongst the KZN schools!! Once again, a huge thank you goes out to all the parents and coaches who endlessly support the surfers and to O’Neill clothing for supporting KZN Schools surfing, where we stoke the fire for young surfers to keep charging hard. Last but not least, thank you to all you surfers who come down week after week to feel the stoke of just getting in the water and keeping healthy competition alive, this is for you. Till next week where we will be finishing off with the title of KZN Schools Individual Champion, have a great week and keep surfing.

The KZN Schools Surfing Team

 

1ST NORTHWOOD SCHOOL 1

2ND CLIFTON

3RD NORTHWOOD SCHOOL 2

4TH CRAWFORD NORTH COAST

5TH WESTVILLE BOYS HIGH

Almost at the half way mark of 2017 and Northwood continues to be a hub of cultural activity!

Here’s a little highlight of what’s been happening this year so far:

• The newly formed Northwood Choir had great success performing at the Northlands Girls’ Choir Festival
• Julian Gaul (grd 11) & Mitchell Kruger (grd 10), along with Old Boys Sphe Zungu and Chayce Tyne accompanied Mr Scott to perform at Carnegie Hall in New York with the KZN Youth Wind Band – they WON the competition.
• Northwood songster Andrew Sutton has been up and down the country opening for the likes of Gangs of Ballet and Matthew Mole.

Watch out for his solo EP soon!

• Numerous works from the Visual Arts Department are on their way to Shenzhen, China to be part of a huge African art exchange and exhibit.
• The Band Drummers added masses of energy on the final stretch of the ECR Big Walk performing with Drum Majorettes and Cheerleaders.
• Lwazi Motha (grd 11), along with his partner were placed FIRST in the Dolphin Latin and Ballroom Challenge. They won both the Latin AND Ballroom sections!
• Further afield, Old Boy Luke Lovemore continues to succeed as he moves into the final rounds in Team Lira on The Voice SA.
• Gangs of Ballet, made up of Old Boys Josh & Brad Klynsmith and Jono Rich, grow bigger by the day, their latest single Follow, is moving fast up the charts.

Don’t forget the upcoming Northwood Musical 16 – 18 August.

Tickets sales will open soon!

On Saturday the 27^th of May Northwood school hosted Clifton.

The Knights kicked-off playing towards the school. Northwood managed a great start building up some solid phases with outside centre Mac Mudara scoring in the corner within the first 3 minutes.

With a few handling errors from both sides for the next 15 minutes the game was really in limbo as each team waited for another to take charge. It would be Northwood who again set up a nice try to take a 14-0 lead. With another well worked try by experienced winger Mvelo Mlangeni, Northwood were up 21-0. Clifton did well to bounce back with 2 quick tries and reduce the deficit to 21-12. The game was officially alive and the Knights were really feeding off the energy. Another 2 brilliant converted tries by the Knights saw the Northwood home side go into the half time break for a chat holding a confident 35-12 lead.

Looking to build on their 1^st half performance the Knights were humbled by a determined Clifton outfit. Clifton fought hard to score 3 unanswered tries in the second half which saw Northwood being forced into lots of errors which they will be feeling determined to sort out for their upcoming fixture on reunion weekend when they host Michaelhouse.

Special mention to Mvelo Mlangeni for some great work out wide consistently getting the Knights on the front foot and fly-half Robin Weersma with a brilliant kicking display all round.

Final score in favour of Northwood 35-31.

Northwood’s annual Old Boys Day will take place on 3^rd of June this year, and forms part of the “Reunion Weekend” which includes the school and Old Boys golf day, a special Old Boys assembly and breakfast, as well as the traditional Reunion Dinner held the night before match day.   Northwood parents and staff will be hard at work selling boerewors and bacon rolls, burgers, breyani, sweets and chips, as well as refreshments; along with a beer garden which will add to the festivities of the day.  The community are welcome to support their local high school in what is set to be a full day of competitive fixtures vs Michaelhouse.

For further information, please contact:

marketing@nwood.co.za