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Felixton Weekly - Issue 05/2010

ISSUE 05/2010

THOUGHT FOR THE WEEK: I am one, but still I am one. I cannot do everything, but I can do something. I will not refuse to do something I can do. Helen Keller

SOMETHING FISHY? NO, SHEER BRAINPOWER!
The recent Maths Quiz for Grade 8 and 9 learners was a great success and above all, a lot of fun. The Fish Team, comprising the Fish Family and Grade 9 learner, Este Louw, emerged the winners.

THE WINNING TEAM - Jessica Fish, Este Louw, Karen, Derek and Tammy Fish

THANK YOU LETTER FROM A PARENT
On January 27th Toni and I were involved in an accident on our way to Felixton College during very wet weather. Our vehicle aqua planed, spun out of control, rolled several times and ended up facing back towards Empangeni.
Thankfully neither of us was obviously physically injured beyond whiplash and mild concussion. Of course Toni was in deep shock and continues to receive post trauma treatment.
What amazed me at the time was that three people immediately stopped to assist us. All were parents from Felixton College. Their kindness, sympathy and general help was overwhelming. One parent called a tow truck, one called the school and one simply held us and prayed with us.
Once again it was brought home to me how amazingly supportive and strong the Felixton family is. The magic of Felixton College has always been the personal touch.

Heartfelt thanks from Toni and I to those parents who gave so freely of their time and resources to ensure that we were cared for at a time of extreme trauma. I cannot over emphasise how comforting it was to have them around and in control at that time. I never got their numbers and would appreciate it if you would thank them on our behalf through the Felixton Weekly Newsletter.

Yvette and Toni Canham.

TOUCH RUGBY COMPETITION
Please join us for a fun evening THIS Friday night at 17h00 at the Dickson Oval. The 1st rugby, netball and hockey teams are organising this event as a fundraiser for a tour they are undertaking in April.

All teams must comprise 10 players (Grades 4 - 7 are allowed 4 adults per team), girls' teams are welcome and High School teams need at least 1 Grade 8 and 1 Grade 9 learner in the team.

Please send in R10.00 per player, your team list, team name and team colour to be worn on the night by Wednesday 17 February.

Food will be on sale and every effort will be made to show the Sharks game in the Clubhouse.

This weekend is a sports-free weekend for the College, so please support this fun and worthy cause! Fun prizes to be won!!!!!!!

For more information, contact Mr Bennett or Mrs Lane on 035 7911267.

INTER-SCHOOLS 2010 BASS-FISHING COMPETITION INFORMATION:
Felixton College won both the fishing trophies last year and we would LOVE to bring the trophies home again this year, but we need all the support from you that we can get!

Date : Saturday 20 March 2010

Entry Fees will be as follows:
Scholars- R50.00
Parents- R100.00
Boats- R200.00 (needs to be compliant; will be limited to 60 boats on the dam)

Format:-
Fishing from 6am
-Weigh-in closes at 12am
-Prize giving at 1pm
-Anglers will be limited to 500 pre-entries on a first come first serve basis. Only pre-paid entrants will be permitted to participate. These must be in by 15 March 2010.
-Parents and their children registered as anglers, fish for their school in a combined format.
-The winning school is determined by heaviest combined weight of all fish caught by their school.

Bass Fishing clinics with the Richards Bay Bass Angling Club and ESA Bass will be arranged leading up to the event to provide advice on tackle and tactics to ensure everyone gets the most enjoyment out of the event. Further information will be provided to schools.

Contact Lyn Kok on 082 4856525 or Scholem Pillay on 082 5329271 for more information.

SPORT RESULTS

CRICKET VS GRANTLEIGH – SATURDAY 6 FEBRUARY
U15A Boys
Felixton College batted first and reached 194/8 in 40 overs. Best batsmen were Ismail Mahomed 61, Henre Nel 37 and Calvin Reed 33.
Grantleigh was bowled out for 149 runs. Best bowlers were Devon Cameron 4/7 and Wiehan Prinsloo 4/10. Felixton College won by 45 runs!

MATCHES vs HEUWELLAND – 9 FEBRUARY
U7 Boys
A win for Felixton College – 37 runs. Heuwelland 8.
Nathan Scherzer scored 15 runs, and Alex Tedder got a wicket on his first ball! All played well as a team.

U8 Boys
Felixton scored 61 for 1, and Heuwelland 28 for 2. Top runs – Basil v.d. Spuy. Wicket taken by Matthew Henderson.

U11B Boys
Felixton batted first and scored 86 runs in 20 overs. Top batsman was Keegan Poustie – 20 runs. Top bowlers were Jason Loosemore 3 wickets, and Abdullah Mahomed and Keegan Poustie 2 each. Heuwelland scored 91 in 20 overs, winning the match by 5 runs.

U13 Girls
Heuwelland batted first and scored 120 runs in 20 overs. The pick of the bowlers was Hannah Bevis with 4/17. Felixton replied with 121 in 17 overs. Best batsmen were Kelly Motzouris 28 and Kirsty Motzouris 13.

Junior Open Boys
Heuwelland batted first and scored 59/8 in 20 overs. Sheldon Getkate 31 not out. Ruben Kok 23 not out. Top bowlers were Ruben Kok with 3 wickets and Tristan Blades and Sheldon Getkate 2 wickets each. Felixton replied with 64/0 in 8 overs, winning the match. The boys bowled and batted very well in extreme heat, to win convincingly by 10 wickets. Well done.

MATCHES vs HILLCREST PRIMARY 13 February 2010

Junior Open Boys
Hillcrest batted first and scored 173 all out in 27 overs. Top batsmen were Jordan Graven 59 not out and Sheldon Getkate 37. Felixton replied with 174/2 in 27 overs. Top Bowlers were Bradley McNally 1/7 and Ruben Kok 1/20. Felixton won the match by 8 wickets.
Hillcrest was dismissed for 173 due mainly to tight bowling and brilliant fielding (4 run outs). An opening stand of 53 between Ruben and Sheldon set the platform for Jordan to play a brilliant innings of 59 not out off 63 balls with 5 fours and 5 sixes. Well done, boys.

U11A
Hillcrest batted first and scored 266 runs in 29 overs. Bryant Reed took 4 wickets.
Felixton replied with 35 runs in 10 overs. Top batsmen was Tristan Fernandes with 9 runs.
Felixton College lost the match by 231 runs.
A tough game – well tried, boys. A BIG thank you to Tristan Fernandes to making himself available at the last minute to replace a sick player.

CRICKET vs RICHARDS BAY HIGH SCHOOL 13 FEBRUARY 2010

U19A
Felixton batted first and were bowled out for 92 runs.
Best batsmen were Dagan Nell 19 not out, and Trevor Kietzmann 19.
RBHS replied with 72 runs. Best bowlers were Trevor Kietzmann 6/14 and Jason Pennefather 1/12.
Felixton College won by 20 runs.

U19B
RBHS batted first and reached 189 runs. Felixton was bowled out for 58 runs. RBHS won by 131 runs.

U15A
RBHS batted first and were bowled out for 54 runs. Best bowlers were Ryan Smith 5/18 and Sashen Moodley 3/15. Felixton reached the target in 12 overs. Best batsmen - Wiehan Prinsloo 14 not out and Henre Nel 21 not out. Felixton won by 9 wickets.

U14A
Felixton batted first and was bowled out for 35 runs. RBHS got the runs with the loss of 1 wicket. RBHS won by 9 wickets.

RESULTS OF THE INTER-HOUSE SWIMMING GALA – FRIDAY 12 FEBRUARY

Two very successful galas were held last Friday at the Empangeni Municipal Pool.
Results of the 2010 Inter-House Galas were:

JUNIOR SCHOOL
Winning house: Apollo

Spirit Trophy: Vulcan

Primary Victrix Ludorum : Emma Henderson R/up: Sarah McIlrath
Primary Victor Ludorum : Tristan Fernandes R/up: Jason Loosemore

Senior Primary Victrix Ludorum: Jade Dicks R/up Hannah Bevis
Senior Primary Victor Ludorum: Ruben Kok R/up: Bradley McNally/Jordan Graven

New records:

Emma Henderson – Junior Girls 4 x 25m Individual Medley New time: 1.47.81

HIGH SCHOOL
Winning house: Vulcan

Spirit Trophy: Vulcan

Junior High Victrix Ludorum: Emma Pennefather R/up: Genevieve Elliott
Junior High Victor Ludorum: Wiehan Prinsloo R/up: Shawn MacIntosh

Senior High Victrix Ludorum: Megan Mittermayer R/up Clarissa Prinsloo
Senior High Victor Ludorum: Jason Pennefather R/up: Clinton Steenkamp

New records:

Megan Mittermayer - Senior Open Girls 4 x 25m New time: 1.02.07
- U16 Girls Freestyle New time: 30.19

Emma Pennefather - U15 Girls Butterfly New time: 36.81

Clarissa Prinsloo - Open Girls Butterfly New time: 37.13
- Open Girls Freestyle New time: 32.22

WEEKLY DIARY : TUESDAY FEBRUARY 2010 – TUESDAY FEBRUARY 2010

Tuesday 16 February

Wednesday 17 February
Man up a Tree Grade 1 – 7 08:00
Cricket vs HCC - U9, U11 Jnr 1st Boys(H) and U9, U11 and Jnr 1st Girls (A)

Inter High Social Gala @ Empangeni Town Pool

Friday 19 February
Grade 7 Cake Sale
U11 and U13 Cricket Trials at Grantleigh 07:30
Touch Rugby Tournament – Dickson Oval 17:00

Saturday 20 February
Sport free weekend

Sunday 21 February
KZN SWIMMING TRIALS

Monday 22 February
Cricket vs Mtunzini - Jnr 1st Girls (A)

Tuesday 23 February
Cricket vs Mtunzini – U9, U11 (H), Jnr 1st Boys (A)

Felixton Weekly - Issue 04/2010

ISSUE 04/2010

THOUGHT FOR THE WEEK: Sandwich every bit of criticism between two thick layers

of praise - Mary Kay Ash

HEADMASTER PRAISES CRICKETERS

Mr Krige praised the cricketers who represented the College at cricket against Grantleigh last week. Not only did we win 7 out of 9 A-side matches (see the results below), our learners displayed wonderful sportmanship, spirit and manners on and off the field. Thank you to our parents who ensured that their children were properly kitted out and were good advertisements for our school.

Felixton College is fast establishing itself as one of, if not THE, cricketing school in Zululand.

TOUCH RUGBY TOURNAMENT
It's the start of the rugby season, with the 6 Nations kicking off and the Super 14 soon to follow. With this exciting flow of rugby in mind, we have decided to host our own TOUCH RUGBY TOURNAMENT on Friday 19 February at the Dickson Oval. The proceeds of this tournament will go towards the High School netball, hockey and rugby teams who will be travelling to Treverton for a week of sport in April.

This epic clash needs your support! Delicious food will be on sale and you can be a part of the Fun Felixton Vibe.

Each team needs: a name, a captain, 10 players (including 1 Grade 8, 1 Grade 9 and at least 1 adult), a t-shirt colour and a fee of R10.00 per player to enter. Junior School teams are most welcome to enter

Each game will last 10 minutes and there is a good chance that the winners may face the Colossal Felixton College Staff Team as well.

Entry forms are available from the Sports Office and can be handed in (together with your money) to the Marketing Department before Tuesday 16 March.

DAVID RAPHAEL

1st XV

SUPPORTIVE PARENTS

Pictured below is the noisy, but supportive gallery of our wonderful Felixton College parents. If you would like to purchase a Supporters' shirt, please contact Mrs de Jager before Friday 12 February with your order.

CRICKET RESULTS

Tuesday 2 February - Junior Open ‘B’ vs Grantleigh
Grantleigh batted first and scored 75/8 in 20 overs. Top bowlers were Kriveshan Nair 3/15 and Jamie Kok 2/15. Felixton replied with 62/10. Grantleigh won the match by 13 runs. Well done to the boys for playing the game in the right spirit, under difficult circumstances.

Friday 5th February – Grantleigh Cricket Festival
U7B Boys
vs Grantleigh 2     lost by 2 runs     Top Batsman Bongumusa Mngoma (6 runs)
                                                    Top bowler Olwethu Dlamini

vs Grantleigh 1     drew                 Top Batsman Hrithik Moodley (6 runs)
                                                    Top bowler Olwethu Dlamini
                                                     Excellent run out fielded by Trivan Pillay

Thank you to all the parents who supported our young players on Friday at the festival. It was wonderful to be able to field 4 full teams. The boys looked smart and played good cricket. It was a wonderful opportunity for our boys to put their skills to the test. Thank you for your patience and understanding in trying to purchase the correct match clothes. There are a few of our boys who are still wearing the incorrect socks; the boys need to please wear the green and red sports socks.

U8 Boys
vs Grantleigh – won
vs Ricardia – won
Top bowler : Owethu Mbele 4 wickets
Top batsmen : Niel van Schalkwyk and Basil v.d. Spuy

U9 Boys
Grantleigh batted first and scored 33 runs. Top bowler was Jason Rottcher. Felixton replied with 59 runs. Top batsmen were Gordon Leslie, Reece Williamson and Tristan Chetty. Felixton won the match by 26 runs.

Ricardia batted first and scored 20 runs. Top bowler was Tumi Ntheledi. Felixton replied with 40 runs, top batsmen were Gordon Leslie and Tumi Ntheledi. Felixton won the match by 20 runs.

CRICKET VS GRANTLEIGH – SATURDAY 6 FEBRUARY

U19A Boys
Felixton batted first and scored 184/4 in 40 overs. Best batsmen were Ryan Dinkelmann (51) and Trevor Kietzmann (56). Grantleigh was bowled out for 133. Best bowlers were Dagan Nell 3/14, Jason Pennefather 3/27 and Trevor Kietzmann 2/19. Felixton College won by 51 runs.

U19A Girls
Felixton batted first and scored 45 runs. Best batter was Jodie Lane (22). Grantleigh was bowled out for 34. Jodie Lane 4/9 and Emma Pennefather 3/5. Felixton College won by 11 runs. Pictured below are the victorious girls with their coach, Vee.

U14A Boys
Grantleigh batted first and was bowled out for 94. Best bowlers were Sizwe Mthembu 3/10 and David Barry 3/15. Felixton reached 95/8 in 22 overs. Best batsmen were Wesley Liversage 20 not out, and Langa Masuku 20. Felixton won by 2 wickets.

Junior Open Boys
Grantleigh batted first and scored 97 all out. Top batsmen were Sheldon Getkate – 25 off 47 balls and Michael Dalais 12 off 34 balls. Top bowlers were Tristan Blades 4 for 9 in 8 overs and Ruben Kok 2 for 9 in 8 overs. Felixton College replied with 98/6, winning the match by 4 wickets.

Top bowling by Tristan and Ruben reduced Grantleigh to 10 for 5, dismissing them for 97 in 36 overs. An opening stand of 39 between Sheldon and Ruben effectively won the game for us. Well done to Michael, 12 not out, and Man of the Match Tristan, 10 not out, for taking us to victory with a 20 run unbeaten partnership. Well done to both sides for the spirit in which the game was played. Thanks to our wonderful parents for their support.

14 MAKE IT INTO THE u11 AND u13 ZONAL CRICKET TEAMS
We are so proud of the following boys who made it into the zonal cricket team:

U11 - Keegan Poustie, Cade Leaity, Jason Loosemore, Abdullah Mahomed, Tristan Fernandes, Bryant Reed

U13 - Jordan Graven, Ruben Kok, Sheldon Getkate, Michael Dalais, Mnqobi Ngubane, Tristan Blades, Damon Welsh, Euan Keeley

SWIMMING NEWS
Last week some of our young swimmers participated in the Empangeni District trials that were held at Arboretum Town Pool. Our swimmers swam very well and gave of their best throughout the morning. Congratulations to Bradley McNally and Ruben Kok for achieving top places in their races; we are eagerly awaiting the announcement of the Empangeni District Team.

Reminder: The Junior Interhouse gala is diarised to take place on Friday 12/02/10 at Empangeni Town Pool. It is compulsory for all learners from Grade 4 - 7 to attend. Some Grade 3 learners will also be asked to attend. All learners must be at the pool by 07h30, dressed in their College costume, Green PE shorts, House T-Shirt, slops and College Cap or Hat. The learners must remember to put on sun block and bring along plenty of refreshments. Parents are invited to join us for an enjoyable morning of swimming. The Junior gala is expected to finish at 10:30, the learners may go home at the end of the gala.

WEEKLY DIARY : TUESDAY 9 FEBRUARY 2010 – TUESDAY 16 FEBRUARY

Tuesday 9 February
Cricket vs Heuwelland – U7, U8, U9, U11A, Junior 1st Boys

Wednesday 10 February
Inter Prep Gala @ Heuwelland 14:30

Thursday 11 February
Inter-High Social Gala

Friday 12 February
Valentines Day - Interact
Inter-House Gala - Town Pool
Junior School : 08:00 – 10:00 Parents: Please bring lots of liquid refreshments as we are not allowed to serve tea/coffee at the Town Pool
High School: 10:30 – 12:30 - Town Pool

Saturday 13 February
Cricket vs Hillcrest – U11A (A), Junior 1st (A), Junior 2nd (H) 08:30
Cricket vs RBHS

Sunday 14 February - Happy Valetine's Day

Monday 15 February

Tuesday 16 February

Felixton Weekly - Issue 03/2010

ISSUE 3/2010

THOUGHT FOR THE WEEK: Train up a child in the way he should go - and walk there

yourself once in a while (Josh Billings)

MESSAGE FROM THE HEADMASTER

We all seem to have hit the ground running as 2010 as got off to a flying start. 2009 ended well with our Matric class achieving some of Felixton’s best results yet. On the downside we had out first candidate not qualifying, a candidate who passed all other subjects comfortably but fell 3% short in English after an uncharacteristically bad exam day; a sombre reminder of the importance of each individual exam. On the up-side we had 27 subject ‘A’s’ and 54 B’s, from only 33 candidates. This is a total of 81 results above 70%, up from 64 the previous year. We also had 20 candidates qualify for entrance into a Bachelor’s Degree and a further 11 qualify for entrance into a Diploma. Well done to the Class of 2009 and out best wishes to the Class of 2010 which promises to achieve the best IEB results yet from any school in Zululand.

I need to express my sincere apologies for the terrible state of our pool. I am certainly no pool expert but am learning on a daily basis. After much testing and expenditure of effort and chemicals over the past few weeks we have been advised by a local pool company that the water in the pool is unusable. Apparently this tends to happen in large pools after a number of years. The high level of “Total Dissolved Solids” is rendering any chemical treatment ineffective. Dissolved solids cannot be filtered out so the only solution is to discard the water and refill the pool. This will be done as soon as possible so that swimming lessons can resume. We do apologise for this unacceptable disruption of our sporting programme.

A number of parents have asked why we have compulsory Saturday schooling on our calendar this year. Saturday schooling has never been our policy at Felixton and it is certainly not our intention to introduce it. However, 2010 is a extraordinary year and we all have to break from normal policy and make sacrifices to host the wonderful spectacle which is the World Cup. All schools have been asked to take a 5-week mid-year holiday, also a break from normal policy. When we decided on our calendar for 2010, we did out best with the given constraints to protect as much family time as possible while securing adequate academic time during the year. Two days of Saturday school were the best solution we arrived at. I would like to assure you that this will not be the norm and that 2011 will be business as usual again as far as the calendar is concerned.

K.S. KRIGE
HEADMASTER

WELCOME TO.........Miss Lyndsay Collocott, who joined us as a Senior Primary Intern this term. Lyndsay matriculated from Creston College and has a Batchelor of Social Science Degree from the University of KZN Maritzburg with honours in Psychology.
................Mr Walter van Rooyen is no stranger to most of us as he was in the Felixton College Class of 2009 and has returned as a Gap Student. Walter's main area of focus will be the Computer Centre and he will be coaching sport as well.
SWIMMING
Last week Felixton College hosted a social gala at Empangeni Town Pool. St Catherine's, Holy Childhood, Grantham Park and Mtunzini all joined us in a wonderful afternoon's swimming. Our swimmers swam very well and we were delighted to secure a few first places. The following swimmers all achieved a first place; Bradley McNally, Tristan Fernandes, Damon Welsh and Ruben Kok.

CRICKET RESULTS

The Junior Open boys played against Winterton on Friday afternoon. Winterton batted first and scored 60 for 7 in 20 overs. Felixton College replied with 47 for 7 in 20 overs, and Winterton won the match by 12 runs. Top Batsman was Jordan Graven with 13, and Top Bowler was Tristan Blades who took 4 wickets for 11 runs.

Congratulations to the following U11 Cricket boys who have been selected to represent Empangeni at the Northern Coastal Trials on the 19th and 20th February.

Abdullah Mahomed
Tristan Fernandes
Jason Loosemore
Cade Leaity
Keegan Poustie
Bryant Reed

WEEKLY DIARY : TUESDAY 2 FEBRUARY 2010 – TUESDAY 9 FEBRUARY

Tuesday 2 February
Cricket vs Grantham Park – Jnr 1st Girls (A)
Cricket vs Grantleigh – U11B (A), Jnr 2nd boys (H)
Primary Schools Rugby meeting @ Richardia 15:30

Wednesday 3 February
High School Maths Family Evening – Grade 8 and 9 18:30

Thursday 4 February
Inter-High Gala @ St. Catherine’s 15:00
Primary Schools Empangeni District Swimming Trials @ Arboretum Town Pool 08:30

Friday 5 February
U7, U8, U9 Boys Cricket Festival at Grantleigh 13:30
High Schools’ Empangeni District Swimming Trials at Arboretum Town Pool 08:30

Saturday 6 February
Sailing (Voluntary) Grade 4 – 7 at the Zululand Yacht Club from 09:30 – 12:00.
You are welcome to join us for any part of this time.

Cricket vs Grantleigh – High School, U11A (H) and Jnr 1st
IEB Conferences – Johannesburg (staff depart 12:30)

Sunday 7 February
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Monday 8 February
U13 Empangeni Cricket Trials at Felixton College 14:00

Tuesday 9 February
Cricket vs Heuwelland – U7, U8, U9, U11A, Jnr 1st Boys and Jnr 1st Girls

Felixton Weekly - Issue 02/2010

ISSUE 02/2010

THOUGHT FOR THE WEEK: Tend to your goals. He who aims at nothing is sure to

hit it.

GET-TO-KNOW-YOUR-GRADE CRICKET.....

Thank you to all those who attended the first family event of the year last Friday. Nothing could prevent us from having fun - not the swarm of bees that attacked 2 of our teams or the scary lightening that eventually made us call off the event! Pictured below is Grade 10 learner, David Raphael, who was hailed as the hero of the evening when he shielded Khetan Chetty (Grade 4) from the bees, picked him up and ran with him to safety. He then proceeded to remove all the stings from Khetan, not telling us that he had borne the brunt of the stings himself. On Monday morning, Khetan went in search of his hero and presented him with a "thank you".

Top NOTES TO JUNIOR SCHOOL PARENTS

Dear Parents

Eisteddfod 2010
Felixton College Primary School will continue to support the eisteddfod in 2010. We believe it is a good platform for our learners to perform their talents. Each class will perform a choral verse, choir items may be presented and we will submit individual visual art pieces done in class. Children will be transported to the different venues to perform those items involving the entire class or choir.

However, all individual pieces and small groups will be given time off school to perform but practices and transport will be the responsibility of parents. It is very time consuming and disruptive when teachers are responsible for sourcing, practising and arranging transport for individual items, often at the expense of the children who have chosen not to participate.

We will endeavour to keep you informed of closing dates and performance dates via the newsletter and web page.

Grade 4 – 7 ‘Meet-the-Teachers’ – Thursday 28 January 201
‘Meet-the-Teachers’ on Thursday afternoon from 14:30 – 16:00 will begin in the Hall with a brief address by Mr. Krige, followed by some housekeeping issues from Mrs. Krige. Parents will then have the opportunity to go to their child’s classroom where the class teacher will advise them on her expectations for the year, class routines and answer any general questions that parents may have.

We request all parents attend, not just new parents, as it is an opportunity for new ideas to be addressed as well as plans for the year to be unfolded. The renovated computer centre with 25 new flat screen machines will be open for your interest.

Grade 4 – 7 teachers look forward to meeting you all on Thursday afternoon.

LAST WEEKEND'S CRACKING CRICKET RESULTS

U7 BOYS
vs Heuwelland won 36-14
vs Arboretum won 34-30
vs Veldenvlei won 24-15

U8 BOYS
vs Arboretum 35 for 3 (won)
vs Richardia 33 for 6 (won)
vs Veldenvlei 35 for 3 (won)

Top wickets – Basil v.d. Spuy
Top runs – Cade Wickham

U9 BOYS
vs Arboretum B
Felixton won. Top batsmen were Gordon Leslie and Reece Williamson. Top Bowlers were KK Madide and Jason Rottcher.
vs Richardia
Felixton won. Top batsmen were Kyle Tedder and Gordon Leslie. Top bowlers were KK Madide and Gordon Leslie
vs Veldenvlei
Felixton lost too many wickets to good bowling, causing their runs to be halved.

JUNIOR OPEN vs UMHLALI
Umhlali batted first and scored 144 runs in 20 overs. Top bowlers were Tristan Blades 6/0/28/2, Aiden Maitland 6/0/30/2. Felixton replied with 14 in 13 overs. Umhlali won the match by 130 runs.

U15A vs EMPANGENI HIGH
Felixton batted first and scored 66/5 in 20 overs. Top batsman – Calvin Reed 28.
Empangeni was restricted to 45/9 in 20 overs. Top bowlers – Sphe Khathi 3/8 and Ryan Smith 2/13.
Felixton won the match by 21 runs.

U19A vs EMPANGENI HIGH
Empangeni batted first and was restricted to 68/8 in 25 overs. Top bowlers – Jacob Bijumark 3/4 and Trevor Kietzmann 2/8. Felixton reached the target in the 19th over. Top batsman – Trevor Kietzmann 28.
Felixton won the match by 5 wickets.

CONGRATULATIONS
Clive Hyde, (Grade 10), has been selected as part of a KZN Pony Club Team to ride and tour Ireland from the 25th June until 12th July 2010. The KZN Pony Club has selected 8 riders from all over KZN and Clive is the only rider from the Zululand Pony Club to be selected. He will not be able to take his horse with him so he will be loaned a horse in Ireland, which makes competing a whole lot more difficult as he will only be given 3 days before the 1st event takes place to get to know the horse on which he will be competing. Well done, Clive, this is a huge achievement.

UMHLATUZE CHESS CLUB WELCOMES YOU………….

VENUE: Zululand Multi Sports Club, Alkanstrand, Meerensee
TIME: Every Wednesday from 16:30 – 18:00
Come and learn, compete and win prizes! Players of all skill levels and ages welcome.
A nominal joining and membership fee will be charged.

Contact:
Lisa Griffiths
Tel: 035 7899123 (before 17:00)
Email: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

“Chess is a wonderful way of exercising the brain! It helps people to concentrate for longer periods of time. Chess if often used to improve mathematical skills”.

WEEKLY DIARY : TUESDAY 26 JANUARY 2010 – MONDAY 25 JANUARY 2010

Tuesday 26 January
Blood Clinic
Meet the Teachers – Grade 1 – 3 14:30 – 16:00
Mountain Bike Challenge Meeting in the Staffroom at 18:00

Wednesday 27 January
Inter-prep gala at Empangeni Town Pool 14:30

Thursday 28 January
Meet the Teachers – Grade 4 – 7 14:30 – 16:00
Cricket vs Richardia – U11 and Junior 1st Girls (A) 14:00

Friday 29 January
Cricket vs Winterton – Junior 1st Boys @ Addison Park 11:00
High School Cricket vs Creston College PRO 20 (H)

Saturday 30 January
Cricket vs Maidstone – U11A, Junior 2nd (A)
High School Cricket vs Creston College PRO 20 (H)
U9 Boys Cricket Festival @ Arboretum

Sunday 31 January

Monday 1 February
U11 Empangeni Cricket Trials @ Grantham Park 14:00

Tuesday 2 February

HAVE A GREAT WEEK.............HAVE A GREAT WEEK............HAVE A GREAT WEEK...

Felixton Weekly - Issue 01/2010

ISSUE 01/2010

THOUGHT FOR THE WEEK: Water and words - easy to pour, impossible to recover.

A WARM WELCOME.......
To all the new families who have joined the Felixton College family and to those who returned after the Christmas holiday. We have had an exciting, smooth start to the school year and trust this has set the tone for the rest of 2010.

BEST MATRIC RESULTS EVER!

An ecstatic Mrs Badenhorst couldn't stop thanking Kuvee for his wonderful matric results! The class of 2009 recorded some of the best results in the school's history, with all but 2 qualifying to study a diploma or degree. Kuveshan Padayache topped the class with 6 distinctions. He was also in the top 1% of candidates in the country in Geography and Business Studies. More detailed results will appear in next weeks' newsletter.

NEW DEPUTY HEAD TO CHAMPION THE JUNIOR SCHOOL

Felixton College is extremely excited to announce the appointment of Craig McIlrath into the position of Deputy Headmaster Primary School, with effect from the start of the second term 2010.

Craig is originally a Johannesburg lad, matriculating at Greenside High School. Initially he completed an H.D.E. – Senior Primary at J.C.E. (Johannesburg College of Education) before completing a string of degrees culminating in an M.Ed degree, which included a pass “Cum Laude” in Educational Management.

He has 16 years teaching experience in various primary schools, his last post being Deputy Headmaster at Uplands Preparatory School in the Lowveld.

Craig has also coached, organized and run the entire gambit of school extra-curricular activities.

Craig is married to Vanessa, also an Educator, and they have two children, Kelsi (10) and
Duncan (6).

We look forward to embracing them as part of the Felixton Family.

CRICKET STAR!
Felixton College all-rounder Trevor Kietzmann travelled to Stellenbosch during the holidays for an inter-provincial tournament and has been selected to the SA Under 17 Country Districts Cricket Team. Well done Trevor - we are so proud of you!

DON'T MISS THE "GET TO KNOW YOUR GRADE CRICKET" on Friday

Cricket fever is high in South Africa at the moment with the Proteas having performed so well against England. Join us for a fun, family evening on Friday 22 January at 17:00 at The Dickson Oval for a social Cricket Festival. The prime purpose of this function is to encourage new and existing parents to get to know each other.

Wors rolls, cold drinks and sweets will be on sale and braai fires will also be available should you wish to braai. Please bring your own cutlery, crockery and camping chairs.

Please complete and return the reply slip that has been handed out, to your child’s Tutor Teacher by/on Wednesday 20 January. We remind you that each team must comprise 7 adults and a minimum of 1 pupil. In the case of more interested players, the players will be rotated to give everyone a chance to play. You will receive a slip confirming your team.

We look forward to a wonderful event.

OUR CHOIR MEETS CHARLIZE THERON

The Felixton College High School Choir posed with Charlize Theron after singing at a benifit performance for the Charlize Theron Africa Outreach Project at a school outside Mtubatuba during the 1st week of the holidays. View the photo of this exciting event on our website. http://www.felixtoncollege.co.za/

2010 TERM DATES

PLEASE NOTE :
• NO MID-TERM BREAKS IN 2010
• COMPULSORY ATTENDANCE DAYS IN TERM 2

TERM 1 Monday 18 January – Friday 26 March
Mid-term: NONE

TERM 2 Monday 12 April – Wednesday 9 June
Mid term: NONE
Compulsory school days :
Saturday 29 May 2010
Saturday 5 June 2010

TERM 3 Tuesday 13 July – Thursday 23 Sept
Mid-term: NONE

TERM 4 Monday 4 October – Friday 3 December
Mid-term: NONE

WEEKLY DIARY : TUESDAY 19 JANUARY 2010 – MONDAY 25 JANUARY 2010

Tuesday 19 January
Sport programme commences for Grade 1 - 12

Wednesday 20 January
-

Thursday 21 January
-

Friday 22 January
Grade 12 Geography Camp departs to Twinstreams, Mtunzini
Get to know your Grade Cricket evening @ 17:00 Dickson Oval

Saturday 23 January
Cricket vs Umhlali – U11 and Junior 1st
U7, U8 and U9 Boys and Girls Cricket Festival at Heuwelland
High School Cricket vs Empangeni High School
Grade 12 Geography camp returns

Sunday 24 January
-

Monday 25 January
-

Tuesday 26 January
“Meet the Teachers” Grade 1 – 3 14:30 – 16:00

Blood Clinic in the Hall