Teacher in Charge Chess
Chess Team
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Back row: M. Mungoshi , K. Patel, N. Mahomed, N. Dube, T. Mushonga. Front row: T. Masiyiwa, P. Wamala, S. Raja, Mr. J. Musiwa (Master in Charge), T. Mugova (Captain), A. Patel, A. Mahomed.
Dance Sport It has been a pleasure for me to be a part of the reintroduced Dance Club. With the introduction of new members throughout the year, dance has become an increasingly significant part of the college. The college dance teams have fast become popular, resulting in their participation in the annual Interschools Dance Competition, Battle of the Schools and other regular performances throughout the year. The skills and efforts of our dancers were recognised as several of our senior dancers were selected to take part in a dance tour
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to South Africa with the well known Backstage Dance Group in July. Our dancers have managed to accomplish outstanding results throughout the year and this is testament to their collective creativity and efforts. With the start of a new season, College Dance aims to become even more prominent and successful than before. I wish them all the best in seasons to come.
Nicholas Khaminwa Dance Captain
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St John’s Magazine 2013
Mr. J. Musiwa
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Chess this year has been considerably more active than in previous years as the end of last year saw our team being promoted to the second division. Our players have had to apply themselves in order to cope. There is an unmistakable trend
of growth and development within the team. The St John’s College Annual Chess Festival is always a big event for players across the country. This year the tournament was sponsored generously by CBZ and the Chess team is grateful to Mr Musiwa and the vice captain, Sohil Raja who worked tirelessly to ensure that the event was a success. The College also took part in a tournament at Goldridge School in Kwekwe and went home with silver medals in the Senior section and bronze medals in the Junior section. I am confident that the club will continue to achieve ever greater things in future.
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It is said that Chess is a game of silence, although as far as the St John’s Chess Club is concerned, this might not be entirely true. On a Wednesday afternoon in room 14 you will hear the frantic tapping of clocks, pieces falling, deep, long sighs of both frustration and relief and if you listen very intently you can even hear the self-proclaimed grandmasters thinking! Above all this you will hear Mr Julius Musiwa’s calm, satirical voice asking, ‘Do you intend to castle in this game?’ or exclaiming, ‘End game literature. This is chess made simple!’
St John’s Magazine 2013
St John’s Magazine 2013
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