News 02

A Comrade of Note!

Paul Venter, H.O.D. Academics at St Henry's, ran his 12th Comrades Marathon this year.

Antipodean Exchange Student

Andrew Gely, a student at St Joseph's College, a Marist school in Sydney, spent the second term at St Henry's as part of the exchange programme the two schools run. During his three months in Durban, Andrew played for the St Henry's 1st XI, enjoyed the African wildlife on several trips into the bush, revelled in the music-making at Splashy Fen and made firm friends among his classmates.

Books Galore!

Once again, St Henry's hosted the Travelling Bookshop in the LRC, where literally thousands of books were on sale.

Bridge Building
On the 30th of May two groups of St Henry’s pupils went to the yearly bridge building competition held at the Durban Exhibition Centre. The object of the competition is to place as many weights onto each bridge as possible before it breaks. One of the St Henry’s groups was nearly disqualified for not meeting the requirements. They made some adjustments to their bridge and then braced themselves for some tough competition. Group 1’s bridge held 350N or 35Kgs before snapping in half. Group 2’s entry managed a 90N or 9Kgs before breaking. The competitors learnt a lot from the competition and hope to use that knowledge in next year’s competition.

Shrivaan Raju, Aman Baboolal, Matthew Docherty.

Gareth Potts, Ryan Hen-Boisen, Matthew Kimble

Hockey News

Grade 8 pupil, Jemima Samuels, has been selected for the U14B KZN Provincial Hockey Team.

Intermediate Phase Players, Cayley Nossiter, Lisa Moore and Nicole van der Merwe, have been selected for the U13 Durban Central Girls’ Hockey Squad.

Swapping Schools

St Henry’s Marist Brothers’ College has an annual exchange programme with Marist Sunninghill, in Ascot, Berkshire in England. This year, Durban schoolgirl, Candice Rommers, spent the first part of the second term, tackling new subjects like French and Spanish and exploring exciting places like Windsor Castle. Her English counterpart, Marie Schulte-Bockums, has just spent time at St Henry’s in Durban, staying in Candice’s family’s home next to a game park, where she has seen wildlife close at hand. Marie has enjoyed getting a taste of the bush and traditional Zulu life at Simunye Lodge and seeing the Big 5 at Hluhluwe.

Academic Accolade
Michael Brooks, Dux, Head Prefect and Class of 1989, has been awarded a Fulbright Scholarship to further his doctoral studies in the United States. Michael is at present a lecturer in the Department of Mechanical Engineering, UKZN.

Rugby Newsflash
Congratulations to Siqalo Hlongwane, our 1st XV fly half, on being chosen for the Natal Selectors XV to play in the main Natal U18 trials.

Musical Discovery
The KZN Philharmonic Orchestra demonstrated some of the intricacies of music-making to the Intermediate Phase on Thursday 10th May in the Marist Association Hall. The children learnt about the ways the various instruments produce their distinctive sounds and were treated to wonderfully spirited playing by individual players and by the whole orchestra.

Baseball Newsflash
The South African Baseball Association has announced that Thomas Simpkins (Grade 8) has been selected to represent South Africa in the Under 14 squad.

World Cup Player
Eoin Morgan, a right arm seam bowler and left hand bat in the Irish squad at the recent World Cup Cricket in the West Indies , spent time at St Henry’s on the College’s exchange programme. Eoin was noted as an important part of the Irish team’s batting line-up.