15 February Calling. Barry Richards Pavilion. Friday 16 February

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1 Friday 16 February Barry Richards Pavilion 15 February 2018 Calling

2 Executive Headmaster Dear Clifton Family First of all, Happy Valentine's Day! I trust that your day yesterday was marked with love and appreciation by loved ones, and perhaps even by those unknown to you! Our boys and even some staff enjoyed the chance to come to school in civvies whilst supporting a worthy charitable cause in the process. The staff room was decked out with Valentine's goodies, thanks to our "Mums who Pray" group, and red was certainly the colour of the day amongst the staff. At the same time the senior boys enjoyed receiving (and hopefully sending out) the traditional roses. Last week the College hosted the Open Evening, about which Barry Mezher wrote in last week's Clifton Calling. As it was my first Open Evening, I was certainly impressed by the commitment and passion for Clifton School displayed by boys and staff alike. We hosted over 200 families which was most pleasing, and our grade 11 Clifton Ambassadors did a great job engaging with our visitors and taking them on a circular route around the campus, stopping at various places for talks or demonstrations. They finished off in the Ken Mackenzie Hall where the displays showed some of what the College has to offer. I was proud to be part of the evening, and would like to thank the staff and boys involved for their commitment and hard work. A special thanks to our Marketing Department, Barry Mezher and Carol De Matteis, as well as to Shaun McCabe who trained the ambassadors, planned the tour routes and was responsible for the design and layout of the display cubicles. The Open Day for the Prep School takes place on Saturday 3 March. A reminder to all families and friends with boys entering Grades R-7 next year, to please attend and to spread the word. I have enjoyed watching some excellent sports matches over the last two weeks as the College played against DHS and Northwood Boys High, as well as at the Westville Gala. In particular, some of the Cricket matches and Basketball games against Northwood were incredibly exciting, going down to the wire. Our First XI Cricket team showed great character to win by five runs, and the First Basketball won after two sessions of extra time. The First XI Cricket side won the coastal section of the T20 competition, beating Kearsney and Westville in the knock out matches, but unfortunately lost to Hilton College yesterday in the regional final at the Oval in Pietermaritzburg. Nonetheless they have played some really good cricket this season. What has pleased me in all the matches I have seen, is the grit and determination to keep trying hard, as well as the level of sportsmanship. Whilst a number of teams have displayed these qualities, either on the fields, or in the pool, or on the courts, I mention the U15A Cricket side in particular. Likewise, it was a joy to watch some of the Prep sport, especially the First team Waterpolo match against St Stithains Prep. Congratulations to our First Cricket side on winning the prestigious Proctor/ Richards match against Highbury. This last week we played over 20 Cricket matches, a logistical challenge if ever there was one! Well done to the Prep sports staff, and Messrs Price and Ravenscroft in particular, for ensuring that all our boys have opportunities to play. Please follow our FaceBook, Twitter and Instagram pages to keep up with results, including tour results - and if you have photos to submit, please do so. Finally, on this sporting note, well done to those boys and their families, who took part in the Midmar Mile. With the dam at 92% full, the participants would have covered a little more than a mile, but the weather held and a good day was enjoyed.

3 Of course, Clifton Culture is up and running as well, and it is a pleasure to walk past the Sutcliffe Theatre when the choirs are practicing. I look forward to their upcoming performances. With half term approaching, I wish the Clifton Family an enjoyable weekend of family time and of relaxation - as well as some academic catch up time for the senior boys. A number of our teams will be traveling to competitions around the country, and I wish them safe travels and good fortunes. The term does seem to be rushing past, which is what happens in a busy school like ours. Yours faithfully DAVID KNOWLES EXECUTIVE HEADMASTER Meander Messrs Mezher and White will be in Cape Town with the Prep 1st XI for the Interprep Cricket Festival hosted by Western Province Preparatory School. On Friday Mrs Achmad will be at the U9 cricket match being played on the Whitehead Oval. On Saturday Messrs Knowles, Goedeke and Bresler will be at the College cricket matches being played against Sunfoil. Mrs Achmad will be at the Grades R-1 Dads and Lads session on the Whitehead Oval and Mr Boniaszczuk will be at Durban North College for the Grade 2 cricket matches for selected cricketers. Mr Ravenscroft will be with his team for their cricket match against Glenwood Prep. Results All results are for Clifton against the equivalent age groups or teams unless otherwise stated. Prep results Cricket Results vs Highbury and Glenwood Clifton First XI 203/9 (Rey 57, McElligot 50, Hall-Jones 30) Highbury 143/6 (Rey 3/14, Kennedy 2/31) Match drawn Clifton Second XI 183/8 (Thomas 30, Goodbrand 28, Selikow 24) Highbury 123 all out (Marais 2/10, Gounden 2/18, Curtis 2/21) Won by 60 runs Highbury Third XI 46 all out (Penn 5/4, Mervis 2/10) Clifton 48/3 (Power-Wilson 27) Won by 7 wickets Highbury Fourth XI 107/7 (Hammond 3/35) Clifton Fifth XI 108/6 (Mkhize 30*, Denny 23*) Won by 4 wickets Highbury U11A 221/7 (Ballim 2/13, Soodyall 2/35) Clifton 188/7 (Adams 82, Van Biljon 47*) Lost by 33 runs

4 Highbury U11B 93/8 (Duys 2/14, Potgieter 2/9) Clifton 63/8 Lost by 30 runs Clifton U9A 150/5 (Wilson 55, Malek 25*) Highbury 64/7 (Gorrie 3/5, Penn 2/6) Won by 86 runs Highbury U11C 45 all out (Gangat 4/12, Dembaremba 2/9) Clifton 49/4 Won by 6 wickets Clifton U10A 182/3 (Jones 67, De Jagger 58*, Schnell 23) Highbury 141/9 Won by 41 runs Highbury U10B 72 all out (Rajesh 2/23, Coleman 2/16, Louw 3/11, Leclezio 2/10 Clifton 61 all out Lost by 11 runs Highbury U10C 106/2 Clifton 91/5 Lost by 16 runs Clifton U10D 76/5 Highbury 56/4 (Sibisi 3/8) Won by 20 runs Glenwood Prep U9A 92/9 (Gorrie 3/8,) Clifton 83 all out Lost by 8 runs Clifton U9B 79/6 (Gravett 30* retired) Highbury 74/6 Won by 5 runs Glenwood prep U9B 72 all out (Gaines 3/4) Clifton 73/1 (Wilson 30*) Won by 9 wickets Highbury U9C 65/5 (Osman 2/5) Clifton 66/4 Won by 6 wickets Highbury U9D 100/1 Clifton 102/2 Won by 8 wickets College Results Golf Clifton 1st Beat Glenwood 1st 5-3 at Royal Durban Clifton 2nd Beat Reddam 1st 5-3 at Mount Edgecombe Water Polo vs DHS 2nd vs DHS 1st - Clifton won 7-3 3rd vs DHS 2nd - Clifton won 11-0 U15A won 5-0 U15B lost 1-4 U14A won 10-2 Water Polo vs Northwood 1st won nd won rd won th won A won B lost A won 20-1 Basketball vs Northwood 1st won nd lost U16A won 26-12

5 U16B lost U15A lost U15B lost U15C lost U14A won 19-6 U14B won 13-8 U14C won 6-4 U14D lost 6-21 Cricket vs Westville T20 Bash 1st XI Clifton (Brown 88) Westville 1st XI (Holmes 3/27) Clifton won by 5 runs Clifton vs Northwood Shed- 1st XI Clifton 212 all out (Montgomery 64,Brown 40, lock 3/28) Northwood 207/9 Clifton won by 5 runs 2nd XI Clifton 129 all out Northwood 123 all out (Borrageiro 3/18, Cryer 3/30) Clifton won by 6 runs 3rd XI Clifton 85/10 Northwood 86/3 Clifton lost by 7 wickets U16A Clifton (Jeewa 35, Adams 30) Northwood 164 all out (Jeewa 3/26) Clifton won by 57 runs U15A Clifton 190/10 (Lotter 61) Northwood 241/8 Clifton lost by 51 runs U14A Clifton 199/7 (Anderson 61*, Reddy 47) Northwood 197/10 (Anderson 3/23) Clifton won by 3 wickets U14B Clifton 125/6 (Welbeloved 32, Coleman 31) Northwood 85 all out Clifton won by 40 runs U14C Clifton 139/5 (Loxton 45) Northwood 134/6 Clifton won by 4 wickets Congratulates... The following Clifton Gents for achieving these fantastic overall results from the KZN tennis ranking over the past weekend, with three of our boys playing above their age group: Richard Hartmann 1st U18 (pictured here) Thomas Rey 1st U16 and he is U15! Callum Jestin 3rd U16 and he is U14! Varyani Karan 6th U16 and he is U14!

6 Joshua Balfour on his selection to the Umlazi District Team to represent the District in the Provincial Championship gala. Our newly appointed house leaders! CRUSDADERS: CPT: Thomas Perkins VICE: Aran Soodyall TROJANS: CAPT: Matthew Douglas VICE: Jake Frederic BARBARIANS: CPT: Benjamin Wilson VICE: Jeremiah Edy Matthew Montgomery (right) and Simon Holmes (left) pictured here with Temba Bavuma,for winning a spot in T20 All-Star Team. Good luck at the National Finals, gents. #WhereHeroesAreMade

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8 The International Ambassadors were recently announced. These boys will be representing Clifton by attending various international youth summits and through exchanges this year. Our boys travelling Stateside for the summit at Dominion High will be James Parry, Nabeel Jeewa, Noah Ditz and Joshua Bessick. Travelling to Asia-Pacific Young Leader Summit at Hwa Chong in Singapore will be Michael Bensch, Anthony Traicos and Srihaan Dasarath. Off to France for the summit at St Joseph at Le Havre are Matt Strous, Taygan Moodely and Nikim Rotham and at the end of the year Robert Eddles, Lloyd Geddie, Matt Gourley and Saurav Rajcoomar will be attending the Community and Development Leadership Summit at Modern School in India. On formal exchanges to Australia and Argentina are Ryan Gatonby, Ozwen Chetty, William Pearse and Zac Baitz. We are thrilled that these young men will be representing their school and country across the Cameo s Buenos dias, Olivier and Santiago! We d like to welcome to Clifton our exchange students from Argentina who will be spending time here with us for the first term. Olivier (second from right) and Santiago (second left) are from our partner schools in Buenos Aires Northlands School and St George s College respectively. They are pictured with hosts Byron McDonough (right) and Joshua Holmes (left)

9 Our SP swimming coach, Ms Linda Pearce, with the boys at the Reddam House Gala on Friday. The Clifton boys (and staff!) who took part in the annual Midmar Mile this past weekend. Absent from photo: Owen Field. Dear current and potential Clifton Club Parents, We thank you for all the support last year in creating such a great social event promises to be a bigger and even better year for Clifton Club, with a few changes. The 1st prize has increased to a whopping R15000 and your ticket price will now include soft drinks, wine, beers and selected spirits. As always, should you wish to bring your own, please do so. Ticket prices have stayed the same at R1500 each (per couple per year) and R2500 for 3 balls.(r300 saving). Please reply to cliftonclubzn@gmail.com and indicate what option you will be taking. For our new families, we look forward to welcoming you into the Clifton Club this year. Jody Martin

10 One night A mental institution Six patients One murderer... Entangled in a web of lies and sinister mystery, no one is sure of what is good and what is evil. Dirk Whitmore is confronted with a dark visitor from his past and has to fight for his and the other patients innocence and sanity. The age old war between light and darkness continues and the characters and audiences moral compasses are put to the test in this enigmatic play, My Name is Legion written by P.G. du Plessis (translated by P. Jordaan and S. Scott). The curtain rises on March at exactly 19:00.

11 Classifieds The Drama Department is looking for 5 single beds and an extra mattress for the production. They do not have to look the same and we will be using them up to 16 March. Mrs Jordaan can arrange for pick up and drop off. SLEEPER COUCH FOR SALE R2, cm by 95cm similar to a single bed when opened. Contact Faeeza on via Whatsapp Tell us why your teacher is a superhero woolworths-and-myschool-teacher-s-daycompetition DISCLAIMER: Advertisements are placed on behalf of members of the Clifton Family and are intended for private rather than business purposes. Advertisements can be placed by ing your copy (with a maximum of 70 words) to Carol De Matteis at cdematteis@cliftonschool.co.za Advertisements cost R60 per insertion and are accepted in good faith. Clifton accepts no responsibility for non-performance.