17 February 2017
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SPORT King Edward High news
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Sisonke and South Coast tennis players (from left) Tristan Phizacklea, Eathan Phizacklea and Neo Khoatane.
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HE management, staff and pupils of King Edward High School would like to commend the Matatiele Municipality as there has been a marked improvement in the upkeep of the municipal pool and major infrastructural improvements. We now have a public facility to make us proud. Furthermore, we are grateful to the municipality for their generosity in the matric awards ceremony - it certainly motivates our pupils and staff to perform even better. KEHS pupils selected for district teams Congratulations to the following girls who made the Sisonke U14 girls’ hockey team - Rebecca de Burgh, Amandla Kulu, Sibusisiwe Madikizela and Paballo Thabana.
Tristan Phizacklea and Eathan Phizacklea were selected for the U13 Sisonke tennis team. Tristan and Neo Khoatane were selected for the South Coast tennis team while Eathan Phizacklea is the nontravelling reserve. Well done, boys. KEHS at State of the Province Address On February 9, Michael Jacobs and Lelethu Nontwana competed in the local round of the State of the Province Address public speaking competition. Michael, competing in the English First Additional Language section, spoke confidently and fluently, but was unable to take a top three position. Lelethu’s speech was well researched and she easily outclassed her competitors, taking first place in
her category. She will advance to the Eastern Cape provincial finals in Bisho in March. KEHS tennis at Kokstad College On February 9, the King Edward High School tennis team competed against Kokstad College at the Kokstad Tennis Club. KEHS started well, winning three of their four matches in the first two rounds. They didn’t stop there and won all their matches in the last two rounds, resulting in a 74-37 win for King Edward. KEHS first cricket victory King Edward’s first cricket team played at King Edward Park against Suid-Natal High on February 11. After losing the toss, KEHS went in to bat, scoring 201 runs for the loss of six
wickets in the allotted 40 overs. Kaden Duminy, Yusuf Surti and Arnoldo Terblanche were the batsman to note, scoring 42, 38 and 35 runs respectively. Suid-Natal scored 75 runs all out. KEHS therefore won the match by a resounding 126 runs. The KEHS bowlers were outstanding, with Jonty van der Merwe taking three wickets and Kaden Duminy and Arnoldo Terblanche taking two wickets each. KEHS swimmers shine at Sisonke and St Patricks The King Edward High swimming team took part in the high schools swimming gala at St Patricks on February 10 where they did very well. Carla de Wet was the U15 girls runner-up with Ethan Duminy the run-
ner-up for the U15 boys. Emmanuel van Jaarsveld was the best U16 boy while Stephan Terblanche was runner-up. The King Edward boys won the boys section and the King Edward swimming team took an overall second place at the gala. Congratulations and thank you to St Patricks for hosting a well organised gala. The King Edward Primary swimming team took part in the SP Sisonke swimming gala at Kokstad Junior School on February 11. Caleb Sweetnam (U9) and Zandri Jacobs (U12) were winners in their respective age groups. Thank you to Kokstad Junior for hosting such a great event.
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Water sport in Umtamvuna coming up CANDYCE KRISHNA >>candyce.krishna@media24.com
PUBLIC NOTICE
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F you would like to witness some of the country’s and the world’s best water skat ers perform, get down to Umtamvuna Riv er Lodge on February 25. That is where and when wakeskaters will compete for the title of the 2017 Backyard Sessions Champion. “This year sees current WWA World Champion and Wakeskate Tour Champion Andrew Pastura from the U.S. bringing his ex pertise to the South Coast along with three time IWWF Ladies World Champion, Zuzana Vrablova,” said organiser Matti Buys. They will not only compete, but will also guide the local ladies in getting in the water and ultimately on a wakeskate. International wakeskaters such as An drew Roehm and Cole Kraiss and Port Ed ward’s Matti Buys and Kaylib Louw, will fea ture at the event. “This year has an even better twist on it with the introduction of the junior divisions.” Last year the Umtamvuna River Lodge noticed a huge growth in the participation of youngsters in the sports of wakeboarding and wakeskating as well as an impressive de velopment in the level of riding from these children. “One example has been Creston High’s
SPECIAL COUNCIL MEETING I, Mrs Adelaide Nomnandi Dlamini, the Municipal Manager of Harry Gwala District Municipality, hereby give Notice in terms of Section 19(a) of the Local Government: Municipal Systems Act 2000 (Act No. 32 of 2000), that the Special Council Meeting of Harry Gwala District Municipality, will be held on 22 February 2017, at 10h00 at the Harry Gwala District Municipality’s Council Chamber, IXOPO. Members of the public, media and interested parties are, in terms of Section 20 of the aforementioned Act, invited to attend this meeting as observers. Enquires should be directed to: Miss Neziswa Lungwengwe, at Harry Gwala District Municipality, on tel. (039) 834 8700/54 during office hours. MRS A.N. DLAMINI: MUNICIPAL MANAGER
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The 2017 Backyard Sessions Champion takes place on 25 February. Kiera Booker, who in the past seven months of wakeskating, has shown immense growth.” After competing in his first competition in Johannesburg earlier this month he will re turn home to ride in front of friends and fami ly in the junior division. “Hopefully this is a start of more to come
from the talented South Coast riders.” Other entertainment on the day will be children’s slides and a skate ramp. Food and drinks are available at the lodge. The event starts at 9am and will run throughout the day until the start of pro fi nals at 5pm. Entry is R30 for adults and R20 for children at the gate.
Mina, Nkosikazi Adelaide Nomnandi Dlamini, uMenenja kaMasipala wesifunda iHarry Gwala, ngazisa ngokwe Sigaba 19(a) se Local Government: Municipal Systems Act 2000 (Act No. 32 of 2000), ukuthi kuzoba nomhlangano ophuthumayo kaMasipala wesifunda iHarry Gwala, ozohlala ngomhlaka 22 kuNhlolanja 2017, ngeHora leshumi, eXOBHO. Ngokwesigaba 20 somthetho waMasipala ongenhla, umphakathi, abezindaba kanye nabanye abathandayo bayamenywa ukuthi bazothamela lomhlangano. Imibuzo mayiqondiswe ku: Nkosazana Neziswa Lungwengwe, ehhovisini lomkhandlu, iHarry Gwala ngezikhathi zomsebenzi (039) 834 8700/54. UNKK A.N. DLAMINI: UMPHATHI KA MASIPALA www.ayandambanga.co.za 35884KZN