St Dominic`s College, Welkom DIALOGUE

St Dominic’s College, Welkom
DIALOGUE
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www.dominic.co.za
St Dominic’s
College, Welkom
Primary School
PO Box 378
Welkom 9460
Tel 057 352 2686
Fax 057 357 1021
High School
PO Box 574
Welkom 9450
Tel 057 352 3905
Fax 057 353 4631
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Acting Head’s Message
Dear Parents
This has been an extremely busy term so far and we are now approaching the close of all sporting activities for this season.
Congratulations to all our swimmers who have done exceptionally well this season. The Primary school girls and boys won the
Primary School NFS Gala and the High School swimmers achieved a 3 rd place in their NFS Gala. The Primary School and
High School girls won their section of the Inter CBC Gala with the boys achieving second place . This resulted in St Dominic’s College being the overall winners of the gala. Many of our swimmers also participated at the Bloemfontein Free State championships
and went on to swim in several finals. Eleven of our swimmers participated in the Midmar Mile and did very well.
We would like to thank Mr Shane Gaffney, our new Headmaster as of 01 April this year, for his presence at the Inter CBC Gala.
The children and staff members present were very excited to meet him and much appreciated the time and effort he made to come
and watch them swim. We look forward to Mr and Mrs Gaffney’s visit to the school on Friday 04 March where they will meet all the
staff and pupils and spend some time in each area of the school.
Both the Primary School and High School athletes have performed well at the various Athletics meetings and achieved good
results. Well done.
Our Primary School tennis and cricket players participated in the Summer Games in Boksburg and our swimmers at the St Conrad’s Gala in Klerksdorp.
Our U/15A cricket team are unbeaten so far this season and the 1st team has done very well in the league. Some outstanding results have been achieved.
Our grateful thanks must go to all the coaches, timekeepers, umpires and staff who assisted with these very busy sporting schedules. We would also like to thank all our parents for their loyal and unwaivering support.
One can read more about these sporting achievements in the pages that follow.
I would like to ask that all pupils now knuckle down to some hard studying. Focus on obtaining good academic results from the outset and this will assist in setting the tone for the rest of the year. Our matrics start their mini exams on Monday 29 February and we
wish them all the best.
I will be travelling to Cape Town to attend the CBC Headmaster’s Conference taking place from 02 – 05 March in Stellenbosch.
This is a get together of the Heads and Christian Brothers and takes place on an annual basis. It is an opportunity for all of us who
have the same mission and vision for our schools to interact and share ideas in the best interest of the children in our care.
Veritas et Justitia
Louis Klopper
ACTING HEADMASTER
TERM 1
ISSUE 3
26 February 2016
Primary School News …..
GREEN CARDS
Helpfullnes: Tshepo Kubheka, Janu Luyt, Thando Somhlahlo, Neo Ntshangase
Honesty: Alessio Salvado, Hlalefo Mofokeng, Allison Karpakis
SPORTING PROWESS
HOCKEY
CONGRATULATIONS to:
Kayleigh McArdle, Basetsana Matsela, Zeno Smith, Nikki Elisseou
And Lethabo Mazui
They will be representing the Lejweleputswa U/13 Team during the Northern
Free State trials in April.
CHESS
Each player played five games at the Chess matches played at Brandwag on 13 February.
Regan Mansill
Nicolas van der Walt
Jean Marais
Cristiano de Abreu
Nathan Hoare
Giuliana Haji-Varnavas
Daksh Bhagwandeen
Marco Kamenos
Giovanni del Percio
4
3.5
3
3
2
2
2
2
3
SWIMMING
Grade 1’s that made a length:
Ashley Seymour, John Tonks, Danique Schiffer, Ashleigh Lombard, Tristan Henderson, Tayler Ririe,
Eloise Jansen, Declan Mansill, Abigail Cullen, Blade Tilley, Daniella de Sousa, Leonardo de Oliviera,
Max O’ Hagan, Cassandra Van Der Merwe, Telayla Benghiat
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Primary School News …..
SPORTING PROWESS
SWIMMING
PRIMARY SCHOOL INTER-REGIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP GALA
Herewith the results of the gala held on 05 February in Kroonstad.
Eleven schools participated. Final results as follows:
GIRLS 1st ; BOYS 1st ; OVERALL 1st
ST DOMINIC’S COLLEGE:
OUSTANDING ACHIEVMENTS:
Junior Section — Best swimmers: Girls: 3rd Kyla Schiffer Boys: 2nd Tristan Davies
Medals won:
Cullen Mortlock
Edrich Cronje
Dillon Prinsloo
Gemma Mansill
Cayley Karpakis
Kyla Schiffer
Guiliana Haji-Varnavas
Kacey Stumke
Caleb Waugh
Tristan Davies
Kensany Khosana
Josiah Serrao
Warona Tlali
Seth Vieira
Samantha More
Clarice Rothman
Abigail Rosendorff
Kiana Belotti
Carla Cronje
Tayla Lombard
Ayden De Beer
2nd Freestyle
2nd Backstroke; 3rd Breaststroke
1st Backstroke, Breaststroke; 3rd Freestyle
2nd Backstroke; 3rd Freestyle
3rd 50 Backstroke
3rd Butterfly
3rd 50 Breaststroke
3rd Backstroke
3rd Butterfly
2nd Freestyle; 1st Backstroke
2nd 100 Breaststroke
3rd 100 Breaststroke
3rd 100 Freestyle; 2nd Breaststroke, Freestyle; 1st Butterfly
3rd Backstroke
2nd Breaststroke and Backstroke
2nd 200 IM, 100 Freestyle, Butterfly; 1st 100 Breaststroke
1st Freestyle; 100 Freestyle
3rd 100 Breaststroke, 100 Backstroke; 200 Freestyle
2nd 200 Backstroke
2nd 100 Breaststroke
3rd 50 Backstroke, 100 Backstroke; 2nd 200 Backstroke
Ladder Relay Results:
Girls Ladder relay A
Boys ladder A
Boys Ladder B
3rd
1st
2nd
Medley Relay Results:
Girls U9
Boys U9
Girls U10
Boys U10
Girls U11
Boys U11
Girls U12
Boys U12
Girls U13
Boys U13
1st
1st
2nd
2nd
2nd
1st
1st
3rd
1st
2nd
QUOTE OF THE WEEK
CONGRATULATIONS SWIMMERS!
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Primary School News …..
SPORTING PROWESS
SWIMMING
Primary School Free State Swimming Championship held on the 16 and 17 February in
Bloemfontein.
Congratulations to Dillon Prinsloo who received the trophy for the ‘Best 9 and under swimmer’
trophy at this event.
Top Ten place Results:
Dillon Prinsloo
Edrich Cronje
Cullen Mortlock
Gemma Mansill
Cayley Karpakis
Tristan Davies
Josiah Serrao
Marco Salvado
Warona Tlali
Clarice Rothman
Kiana Belotti
Tayla Lombard
Zeno Smith
Carla Cronje
Aydan de Beer
9yrs – 5th Breaststroke; 2nd Backstroke; 1st Freestyle
9 yrs 3rd Backstroke; 6th Freestyle
9 yrs 3rd Freestyle; 4th Backstroke
9 yrs 6th Freestyle
9 yrs 8th Backstroke
10 yrs 8th Backstroke; 8th Butterfly; 9th Freestyle; 9th Breaststroke
11 yrs 5th Breaststroke; 5th Backstroke; 6th Freestyle; 7th 100m Backstroke;
6th 100m Breaststroke
11 yrs 8th 100m Backstroke; 8th 100m Freestyle; 8th Freestyle; 8th Butterfly;
10th Backstroke
11 yrs 6th Butterfly; 6th 100m Freestyle
12 yrs 10th 100m Breaststroke
13 yrs 5th 200m Freestyle; 8th 100m Freestyle; 5th Medley Relay; 5th Freestyle Relay
13 yrs 6th 200m Breaststroke; 7th 100m Breaststroke; 5th Medley Relay;
5th Freestyle Relay
13 yrs 6th Backstroke; 5th Medley Relay; 5th Freestyle Relay
13 yrs 9th Backstroke; 5th Medley Relay; 5th Freestyle Relay
13 yrs 6th 100m Butterfly; 7th Backstroke; 8th Butterfly
WELL DONE!!
THOUGHT FOR THE WEEK
QUOTE OF THE WEEK
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Primary School News …..
SPORTING PROWESS
ATHLETICS
St Dominic’s College athletes participated in the Goldfields Inner Circle Athletics held on Thursday
04 February. They all did very well and we are very proud of their sportsmanship and excellent behaviour.
GOLDFIELDS INNER CIRCLE:
1st
2nd
2nd
2nd
3rd
3rd
4th
Mvula Chabalala
Koketso Femele
Marco Salvado
Kyla Schiffer
Mosa Modimoeng
Kacey Stumke
Angela Ncube
200m, U/13 Long Jump
U/12 High Jump
U/11 Shot Put
Shot Put
U/11 High Jump
U/10 High Jump
Shot Put
Mvula Chabalale broke two records in the boys under 13 long jump and 200m at this event.
GOLDFIELDS CHAMPIONSHIPS:
Six of our athletes qualified to compete again at the Goldfields Athletic Championships held on
Friday 12 February at St Helena:
Mvula Chabalala, Kacey Stumke, Kyla Schiffer, Mosa Modimoeng, Marco Salvado, Koketso Femele
Results
1st
1st
2nd
Kacey Stumke
Mvula Chabalala
Mvula Chabalala
High Jump
200m, Long Jump
100m
Mvula Chabalale broke the record in the long jump t these championships.
NORTHERN FREE STATE CHAMPIONSHIPS:
Two of our pupils participated in the Northern Free State Championships in Sasolburg on
1st
Kacey Stumke
NEW RECORDS:
Mvula Chabalala
High Jump
100m, 200m and Long Jump
Congratulation to both Kacey and Mvula who receive Northern Free State Colours.
QUOTE OF THE WEEK
WELL DONE TO OUR ATHLETES — WE ARE VERY PROUD OF YOU
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Primary School Shrove Tuesday …..
Tuesday
09 February
2016
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Primary School Shrove Tuesday …..
We Will
Rock U
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Primary School Shrove Tuesday …..
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Primary & High School News …..
INTER CBC GALA
Our Primary School and High School swimming teams participated in the Inter CBC Swimming Gala
which took place at the Boksburg Indoor swimming pool on 18 February.
All our swimmers swam extremely well and made St Dominic’s very proud.
Congratulations to our girls who won the their section and to our boys who came second.
St Dominic’s College were the overall winners of the gala achieving 690 points to the second place
school with 501 points.
A big thank you to Mr Shane Gaffney, who takes up his post as our new Headmaster at the beginning of
Term 2, for taking the time to travel to Boksburg to spend the day with our staff and pupils. It meant a lot
and was much appreciated by all.
Our grateful thanks to our coaches for all their hard work and to members of staff who have supported
our swimmers during the season either timekeeping or transporting pupils to galas.
Thank you to Mr Klopper who has attended all galas this season.
Our grateful thanks to all the parents who came from Welkom to support their children and the school.
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High School News …..
PUPIL OF THE WEEK:
Pupil of the week is Pheko Moletsane for scoring 2 consecutive hundreds for the school in two
matches. The last time this happened was when Dean Elgar scored consecutive hundreds in
2005. Pheko scored a 129 against Witteberg U/15 and 124 against Hentie Cilliers 1st team.
Well done Pheko this is a fantastic achievement!
SPORTING PROWESS
ATHLETICS:
LEJWELEPUTSWA ATHLETICS CIRCLE:
St Dominic’s athletes took part in various disciplines.
Liyema Matsha managed a 2nd place in the preliminary heats on Tuesday 16 February. On the 18 th February, Liyema managed a 3rd place in his heat and finished 8th overall in the boys U/15 100m.
Natalia Van Antwerpen had a good high jump competition and managed a 6 th place with tough competition.
CLOVER ATHLETICS:
A number of our athletes participated in the Clover Athletics held in Bethlehem on Monday 22 February.
St Dominic’s College ended 4th in their division. JP Prinsloo won a bronze medal for the 1500m event.
Girls
Danielle Kleynhans
Mpho Moleele
Bontle Sesana
Kego Maloka
Event
U/15 long jump
U/15 long jump
U/15 400m
U/19 shotput
Place
7th
8th
8th
9th
Boys
Ayanda Brown
J P Prinsloo
J P Prinsloo
Khotso Letsela
Kainga Malinga
Dietrich Claassen
Joshua Potgieter
Joshua Potgieter
U/19 100m
U/15 long jump
U/15 1500m
U/17 long jump
U/17 Discus
U/17 800m
U/17 1500m
U/17 800m
7th
6th
3rd
9th
8th
6th
5th
5th
CONGRATULATIONS
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High School News …..
SPORTING PROWESS
CRICKET:
1st Team Cricket
SDC 1st cricket team played against Henties Cilliers on 01 and 02 February.
St Dominic’s went in to bat and scored 275 runs all out with Pheko Moletsane scoring 124, Andrea
Kamenos 33 and Keanu de Freitas 33. St Dominic’s bowled Henties for 59 runs all out with Keagan
Waugh taking 4 wickets, Pheko Moletsane 2 wickets and Joshua Tuck 2 wickets.
St Dominic’s won the match by 216 runs. This was a very good batting performance by St Dominic’s first
team as the boys were seeking to bat well in this match.
T20
1st Team Cricketers beat Welkom High by 106 runs in a T20 match held on Friday 12 February. George
Joannou scored 54 runs. Joshua Tuck took 5 wickets for 6 runs which included a hat-trick.
U/15A Cricket
The U/15A cricket team beat Hentie Cilliers by 10 wickets at a match played on 4th and 5th February.
Andile Mbambo 75 not out and Nathan Greyling 58 not out. Henties 150 all out. Nathan Greyling took 4
wickets for 36 runs, Marno Smith 3 for 16 and Pheko Moletsane 1 for 21.
U/15A cricket team played against Rooiskool on Saturday 13 February. SDC batted first and scored 257
runs with Nathan Greyling scoring 89 and Andile Mbambo scoring 73. SDC bowled Rooiskool out for 87
runs with Mvula Chabalala taking 6 wickets for 20 runs. SDC won by 170 runs.
Our U/15A cricketers played against Voortrekker on 15 February. Voortrekker batted first and scored 257
runs for 7 wickets with Mvula Chabalala taking 3 wickets for 35 runs. St Dominic’s chased down the score
with the loss of only 3 wickets with Pheko Moletsane scoring 134 runs not out and Emile van der Walt
scoring 49 runs not out. St Dominic’s won by 7 wickets.
U/15B Cricket
St Dominic’s U/15B cricket team batted first against Goudveld on 2nd February and made 128 runs all
out. We bowled Goudveld out for 82, winning the match by 46 runs.
HOUSE POINTS:
The house points as of 22 February have been calculated and are as follows:
TUSCANY
225
KILKENNY
150
CASTILE
150
SWIMMING:
Tyla Loubser and Jarrett van den Berg participated in the High School
Free State Swimming Championship held on the 18th and 19th February in
Bloemfontein.
They both qualified for the finals in each of their disciplines.
WELL DONE!
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High School News …..
SPORTING PROWESS
OPEN WATER SWIMMING
Midmar Mile
A number of our swimmers swam the Midmar Mile on Sunday 14 February.
Times for swimming the Mile are as follows:
Boys
Andrea Joannou
Blake Regal
Mario Joannou
Jarrett van den Berg
Elmar van Eeden
Greg Abatzoglou
Jarryd Green
24.52
25.46
27.45
30.21
33.35
35.16
35.41
Girls
Tyla Loubser
Dominique Graaff
Hannah Fry
Kristen Squire
25.23
31.20
37.19
43.09
A big thank you to Miss Cindy Rosendorff (coach) and Mr Ronnie Dlamini for transporting the
Swimmers to KZN.
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High School Valentines Ball …..
HIGH SCHOOL VALENTINES BALL
Friday 05 February 2016—High School Hall
The guys looked very handsome in their smart attire and the girls extremely glamorous in their pretty
outfits. The evening was a lot of fun and enjoyed by all who attended.
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