Dear Parents. Well done and thank you Nicholas Limbert (Grade 10) for designing the header for our new newsletter.

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1 Dear Parents 5 M A R C H There is a great deal of excitement as we near the end of the first term. Our summer sport season ended on a high note with our Inter-house swimming gala in the Preparatory School and the Senior School playing Parel Vallei for the Ashes in this annual cricket fixture. I would like to congratulate all runners, swimmers and players on their achievements this term. The winter season is around the corner and to assist the coaches, both Preparatory and Senior school students will start the winter sport programme next week. Parents must please refer to the special winter sport programme for the Preparatory School for Week 9 (10 to 14 March). We will send out the Preparatory programme for Term 2 during the test week. Students may have a problem with kit, because the clothing shop is closed until 1 April. We will be lenient on students. Please note that students must wear the correct protective gear mouth guards, shin guards, etc. We wish all teams going on tours and attending festivals during the school holidays the very best. We know they will be good ambassadors for Somerset College. First team rugby touring to Ireland Under 16 rugby attending the Hermanus Rugby Festival First team boy s hockey attending the Fairmont Festival and the Independent Schools Festival First team girl s hockey attending the St Mary s Festival Second team girl s hockey attending the DF Malan Festival Second team boy s hockey attending the York Festival Under 16 boys hockey attending the NOMADS Festival at Wynberg Under 16 boy s and girl s hockey attending the York Festival in George Under 14 boy s and girl s hockey attending the DF Malan Festival First netball team attending the St Andrew s Tournament Under 16 netball attending the Stellenbosch High Tournament Well done and thank you Nicholas Limbert (Grade 10) for designing the header for our new newsletter. Thank you to all the players, coaches and parents for a successful summer season; we look forward to ending the season on a high note. Regards Alwyn Brink Deputy Head: Sport Somerset College, PO Box 2440, Somerset West, 7129 Tel: (021) sport@somcol.co.za Head of Prep School: Mr Jan de Waal Head of Senior School: Ms Meg Fargher

2 CRICKET: SOMERSET COLLEGE T20 FESTIVAL The annual Somerset College T20 Cricket Festival played at the College was a great success. The Somerset College team performed brilliantly to beat Paarl Gymnasium in their final match of the day. We chased down 146 runs with some big sixes being hit by William Sendin and Marcus Nel. BIATHLON Chloe Walls was selected for the U19 WP A- squad to travel to Oudtshoorn to compete in the Interprovincial competition. She will attend the SA Champs in Potchefstroom on 4 & 5 April

3 PREP SCHOOL CRICKET Somerset College Prep First XI Cricket team with Bedford Prep (UK touring team) Our Prep First XI cricket team played Bedford from the UK. Bedford made 116/8 after 25 overs; great bowling from Michael Raggett restricted them taking 4 wickets for 13 runs. Somerset College came in to bat and started off slowly, losing early wickets but Michael Raggett (49 not out) had a partnership with Liam Cunningham (15) which took us to victory with 5 wickets in hand. The Prep First XI also played Cornwall from the UK and played some good cricket but couldn t

4 MINI CRICKET Newlands Cricket Ground came alive on Friday 21 February at the KFC-sponsored Western Province Mini-Cricket Festival. Our U8A and U9A teams were amongst 120 other teams playing matches on a packed Newlands. Each team played two matches, with the U9As winning both their encounters and the U8As losing to an U9 team and drawing their last game. The boys enjoyed the outing thoroughly and were able to rub shoulders with some Cobra players at the ground too. Grade 1 boys playing their first mini cricket match against Somerset West.

5 GIRLS TENNIS TOUR TO ST MARY S SCHOOL The tennis players performed remark-ably well on their tour to St Mary s in Johannesburg. They competed with some of the top schools in the country and can be proud of their conduct on the field. Sinead van Eeden (photographed) received the Sportsmanship Award for displaying the best sportsmanship during the tournament. Well done to everyone who participated and thank you to Mrs Engelbrecht for accompanying the players. LOUWTJIE ATHLETICS Well done to Daniel von der Heyden - 1 st place 80m Fara Adio-Moses - 2nd place 60m, 3rd place 80m Kristen Germishuys - 1 st place 60m and 80m

6 SENIOR SCHOOL INTER-HOUSE INDOOR HOCKEY Cloetenberg displayed a dominant performance at the Inter-house indoor hockey. They won the spirit and they took home 1st place with their on-field performances as well. Thank you to all involved for a fantastic event, the spirit in the stands and on the court was commendable. PRINCESS INDOOR HOCKEY CHAMPIONSHIP Indoor Championships 2014: The Grade 6 girls came 4 th The Grade 7 girls drew 5 th The Grade 6 boys came 2 nd The Grade 7 boys came 2 nd

7 SOMERSET COLLEGE PREP GALA Well done to all the Somerset College swimmers who took part in our Annual Relay Gala last Thursday. The gala was a great success and Somerset College ended 3 rd with De Hoop taking top honours and Somerset House coming 2 nd. Congratulations to the U8 Freestyle and Medley swimmers, as well as the U11 Medley swimmers and Ladder swimmers who all came 1 st in their respective events. Not only did the U8 Medley swimmers come 1 st, but they also broke the record for their event! Congratulations to all the swimmers on a superb effort in the pool! ZONAL GALA AT BEAUMONT Well done to all the swimmers who swam in the Zonal Gala at Beaumont on Monday 3 March. We did ourselves proud. We attained 10 gold medals, 8 silver medals and 11 bronze medals. Special mention of Alyssa Pretorius (U8) Logan du Pont (U8) and Nicholas Pretorius (U11) who each received two gold medals. Furthermore, Logan broke the record for both of his individual races (freestyle and backstroke); he was the only record breaker at the gala!

8 PREPARATORY SPORT PROGRAMME FOR TEST WEEK Grade 1 and 2 sport lesson before lunch. Junior swimming squad will continue on Tuesday at 14h00. Time Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday 11h45 to 12h30 11h45 to 12h30 (boys) PE (Girls) (Girls) Grade 1 PE (boys) (Girls) Grade 2 (Girls) (Girls) PE (boys) (Girls) (Girls) (Boys) PE (Girls) Grades 3 to 7 Sport between 13h00 and 14h00. Senior swimming squad on Wednesday between 13h00 and 14h00. Junior Tennis Squad training will continue as normal. There will be no more Senior Tennis Squad this term. 13h00 14h00 13h00 14h00 13h00 14h00 Cross country (girls) Cross country Under 9 (girls) (boys) Under 10 and Under 11 (girls) (boys) Under 12 and Under 13 (boys) Chess Swimming squad Swimming squad Cross country (girls) Swimming squad Cross country (girls) (boys) (girls) (boys) (boys) Chess Coaches will select teams at the end of the week. The school s clothing shop is closed and students will be excused if they do not have the correct sport s kit.

9 SENIOR SCHOOL WINTER SPORT PROGRAMME Time Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday 15h15 to 17h15 Rugby U14 & U15 Rugby U16 & U19 Rugby U14 & U15 Rugby U16 & U19 Rugby Matches Girls U14 & U16 Boys U14 Girls U19 Boys U19 & U16 Girls U14 & U16 Boys U14 Girls U19 Boys U19& U16 Matches Matches U19 U16 & U14 U19 U16 & U14 15h15 to 16h15 Golf Matches Senior Girls Junior Boys Senior Boys Junior Girls Matches Cross Country Social Tennis Cross Country Social Tennis 16h15 to 17h15 Senior Boys Junior Girls Senior Girls Junior Boys SPORTS OFFICE STAFF The staff in the Sports Department are slowly settling into their new office space in the Finance building (opposite the Manor House). The different sport codes are currently looked after by the following staff members. If you have any questions do not hesitate to contact them. Alwyn Brink Deputy Head: Sport and Outdoor Education Quentin Du Toit Indoor (Prep and Senior), Golf (Senior) (Prep) Kirsty De Kock Athletics, Tennis (Prep) (Prep) Hilton Toro Cricket (Prep) Rugby (Prep) James Beswick Equestrian (Senior) Rugby (Senior) Ainsleigh de Kock Water polo (Senior Girls), Carla van der Poll Swimming (Prep) Cross country (Prep) Jacques Grobler Swimming, Tennis (Senior) (Senior Boys), Ben Whitfield Rowing David Hill Cricket (Senior) Sport Office phone numbers: / sport@somcol.co.za