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Handré Pollard 22-year-old rugby star Handré Pollard is the new Bulls captain and has recently led the team to a 28–7 victory over Chiefs in a pre-season match. He started his senior career with the Blue Bulls as a 19-year-old. He made his Springbok debut on 28 June 2014 (against Scotland in the incoming tour series) and has 20 caps for the Springboks. He was a key contributor to South Africa’s resurgence from their shock defeat against Japan at the 2015 Rugby World Cup to reaching the semi-final against the All Blacks. He has scored 188 points in his short international career so far.

Q: Describe the experience to play against Paarl Boys’ High in the biggest Interschools match in the world. What is the exceptional relationship between the schools that makes this clash so special?

A: It is always difficult to describe … it is something one cannot explain to people who were not at one of those schools. It is incredibly competitive, but very good friendships are also formed. The town (Paarl) is divided into two for that week and all academic responsibilities are pushed aside.

Q: What was it like to play in a World Cup tournament?

A: It was truly a dream come true! To play in a test for the Boks is already amazing, but to represent your country in the World Cup is something completely else. Even though we just came short, it was the proudest moment of my life.

I hope I get such an opportunity again.

Q: What is the best part of being a professional rugby player?

A: The friendships and bonds that are formed. Everyone plays for different reasons. I play to provide for my family one day, yes, but also for the friendships and the feeling in the locker room after a win.

Q: What is less pleasant about your career, apart from injuries?

A: We can only play for a limited time and must be able to live after rugby. The number of days away from home – yes, it is wonderful to be on tour and see the world, but time with family and friends is precious.

Q: You were on the sideline for quite some time with injuries. How did you keep yourself busy?

A: The rehab part of an injury takes much more time than people realise. Any rugby player will tell you that it is harder to come back from injury than what it is to play.

But I played a lot of golf and spent time with friends and family.

Q: As the new Super Rugby captain of the Bulls, how do you regard this challenge, especially in light of your relatively young age?

A: I am young, but I’ve been playing senior rugby for quite a while and have a lot of experience. I will do my best to use everything I have learned up to now and that I will still learn this year to lead my team, and also to lead by example.

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Moregrove, Kabega, Lorraine, Verkenner, Westering, Mount Pleasant, Summerwood, Herbert Hurd. High Schools: Theodor Herzl, DF Malherbe, Framesby, Collegiate Girls’, Cillié, Andrew Rabie, Grey, Victoria Park.

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Q: How have you experienced the recent matches in Australia, where you played a Super Rugby warm-up game against Chiefs and also took part in the Brisbane Global Tens?

A: There were many positives and also negatives, at which we will be hard at work to fix before the Stormers game. But on the whole it was a very good tour, and it was also good for the team spirit.

Q: How do you feel about your chances in the upcoming Super Rugby tournament, starting for the Bulls against the Stormers in Cape Town on 25 February?

A: I believe we have a very good chance, just like all the other teams. We participate to win the competition – anything else we will regard as unsuccessful.

Q: How do you handle the fame and attention that come your way as a high profile player?

A: Oh, there are pros and cons. One should always remember that you were young at one time and looked up to the Boks. As long as your support system with family and friends are in place, everything else is minor.

Q: What are the goals that you would like to reach in your rugby career?

A: At the moment, just to be back on the field and to do my best for the Bulls and hopefully to get back into the Bok squad. I will then again look at my goals.

Q: What makes your heart beat faster when you are away from the rugby field?A: My My fiancée, Marise Malherbe!

Q: What are your hobbies? Other sports you enjoy playing?

A: I am crazy for golf – even though I can’t play often, I enjoy it a lot.

PHOTOGRAPH © Steve Haag

Q: You attended Paarl Gymnasium High School. What was the experience like to be at such a prestigious high school? How did it influence your rugby career?

A: It was an incredible experience. I have learned to constantly play at the highest level of South African schools rugby and to handle the pressure.

Q: What is your wish for Springbok rugby?

A: My wish is for the South African public to be behind the Boks. The past twelve months were not good, but we have incredible talent in the country and can be the best in the world again.

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Leandie’s self-help book Leandie – Comfortable In Your Own Skin Tasha Barnardo Leandie – Gemaklik In Jou Eie Lyf Sonet Crous

The Lose It! Magazine Cookbook Johnene Steenkamp

SUMMERWOOD PRIMARY SCHOOL (t) 012 345 6787 (e) info@summerwoodpe.co.za February is the month of love On 14 February, the Summerwood learners dressed in red, white or pink to celebrate Valentine’s Day.

World Read Aloud Day On 16 February, Summerwood learners celebrated World Read Aloud Day by having Grade 7 learners read books from the school library aloud to Grade 1 learners.

Seeing double This year Summerwood Primary boasts with three sets of twins in Grade 1.

Mrs Veress and her Grade 3 learners share early morning Valentine’s Day excitement.

LAERSKOOL MOUNT PLEASANT (t) 041 367 2973 (e) skoolhoof@mountie.co.za Mount Pleasant gee om

Donation to Animal Welfare The learners collected money that was donated to Animal Welfare to show their love and care for animals.

By Laerskool Mount Pleasant moet jy deesdae ligloop as jy nie vir ander omgee nie. ‘n Bietjie akademiese tyd is by die skool afgestaan aan handwerkaktiwiteite om op hierdie mooi eienskap te fokus.

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LAERSKOOL VERKENNER (t) 041 360 1200 (e) grikib@telkomsa.net Hoofleiers vir 2017 Baie geluk aan ons Hoofleiers vir 2017.

Onderhoofdogter (Tuané van Rooyen), Onderhoofseun (Coeta Coetzee), Hoofseun (Marno Sharp), Hoofdogter (Anzelle Botha), Onderhoofdogter (Olivia Scheepers), Onderhoofseun (Jacobus van der Merwe).

LAERSKOOL KABEGA (t) 041 360 2581 (e) kabegaps@mweb.co.za Media Prefects 2017

Baakens River cleanup

Athletics Mitchelle Chininga broke the girls U10 shotput record at Attie van Wyk and at the PE East Athletic meets.

Grade 6 learners cleaned up the Baakens River.

Die Burger Friendly City run

Striders at Die Burger Friendly City run.

WESTERING PRIMARY SCHOOL (t) 041 360 7818 (e) admin@westering.co.za Blood Buddy Blood Buddy paid Westering a visit to kick off our blood donation month.

Ludorums

Gala participants

We are very proud of Marquin Domingo, who was chosen as the Most Versatile Athlete at Attie Van Wyk.

Congratulations to Reece Tobias and Amy Swann, winners of the Victor Ludorum and Victrix Ludorum respectively.

All smiles for our gala participants!

Grade 4s at SAMREC

Our Grade 4s enjoy a perfect day at SAMREC.

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Athletics

LAERSKOOL VERKENNER KOM WEES ‘N WENNER VAN VERKENNER!!

Ons maak dit vir jou maklik om te besluit watter skool die beste keuse vir jou kind sal wees! As dié Christelike, Afrikaanse, Laerskool in die westelike voorstede bied ons vir u kind ‘n verskeidenheid van geleenthede om te ontwikkel om sy/haar potensiaal te bereik en eendag as waardige, goedgevormde jongmens sy/haar plek in die samelewing vol te staan.

Ons ontdek en speel reeds vanaf graad 0 in ‘n klein klassie, leer al hoe meer in graad R en word voorberei om graad 1 met selfvertroue te betree. Met drie graad 1-klasse is daar al hoe meer geleentheid om speel-speel te leer lees, skryf en somme maak. Spesiale aandag en ondersteuning word gegee om elke leerder se selfvertroue te help ontwikkel. Die sleutel lê in balans!

Om die kind as geheel te ontwikkel, intellektueel, emosioneel, geestelik en fisies bly ons hoogste doelwit!

Laerskool Verkenner spog tans met ‘n leerder tal van 580. Ons beskik oor 2 graad 0-klasse, drie klasse in elke graad vanaf graad R tot graad 4, en 2 klasse per graad vanaf graad 5 tot graad 7. Rekenaar onderrig en liggaamlike oefening vorm deel van die rooster. Individuele musiek- onderrig word aangebied vir belangstellendes.

Ons gaan op opvoedkundige uitstappies en neem deel aan sportdae, kunsfeeste, TV- opnames, olimpiades en alles wat ons leerders se lewens kan verryk! Ons bied aan ons leerders die geleentheid om deel te neem aan Netbal, Rugby, Krieket, Atletiek, Tennis, Swem, Skaak, Koor, Redenaars, Drafstap en Balspele.

Ons bied u gemoedsrus! Ons voorsorg bied vanaf 6:30 ‘n veilige wag- ruimte vir leerders wat vroeg by die skool afgelaai word en ons beskik oor ‘n nasorgfasiliteit tot 17:30 waar graad 0 en R op hulle eie, graad 1 en 2 saam, graad 3 en 4 saam en graad 5 tot 7 saam elkeen met hulle eie toesig geakkommodeer word. Hier is geleentheid vir elkeen om hulle tuiswerk te voltooi, aan sport te gaan deelneem of lekker saam te speel.

Kontakinligting: Tel: 041 3601200 | Faks: 041 360 8833 | Gardeniastraat, Linton Grange, Port Elizabeth 6025 | Epos: laerskoolverkenneradm@outlook.com

HOËRSKOOL ANDREW RABIE (t) 041-374 5604 (e) admin@andrewrabie.co.za

Boekerklub Hoërskool Andrew Rabie se Boekerklub het ‘n Mad Hatter-tema gehad by hul byeenkoms.

VICTORIA PARK HIGH SCHOOL

(t) 041 508 6400 (e) postmaster@vphs.ecape.school.za

Top Academic Honours

Justin Daines was the Top Academic Honours Student for 2016.

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LORRAINE PRIMARY SCHOOL (t) 041 367 1115 (e) info@lorraineschool.co.za Prefektekamp Gedurende die afgelope Prefektekamp moes die leerders leer om mekaar te ondersteun, te bemoedig en te vertrou.

Hoofleiers Na afloop van die onlangse Prefektekamp is die volgende prefekte as Hoofleiers verkies:

Angelique Roodt (onderhoofmeisie), Jayden Smit (hoofseun), Esté Smith (hoofmeisie) en Amandla Tyali (onderhoofseun).

MOREGROVE PRIMARY SCHOOL (t) 041 365 2101 (e) moregrove@telkomsa.net Valentines Day Valentine’s Day at Moregrove was lots of fun! We had lovely picnics together and shared the love with one another.

2017 prefects Congratulations to the 2017 prefects at Moregrove Primary.

HERBERT HURD PRIMARY SCHOOL (t) 041 364 1051 (e) hhurdps@global.co.za BE JUST - FEAR NOT

Sweet success The Grade 7 pupils at Herbert Hurd used Valentine’s Day as the ideal opportunity to raise funds for their grade. They bought large numbers of chocolates and sold these, during break, to their fellow pupils. They clearly picked the perfect product for a Valentine’s gift and stock sold out even before Valentine’s Day dawned!

First day at Herbert Hurd

For some, it was a family occasion.

Even the boys got into the spirit of the day and donned pink braces and bow ties.

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Grade 7 girls, pretty in pink, all dressed up and ready to do business.

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For some, a cause for celebration!

And, for some, a chance to check out the new environment.

THEODOR HERZL SCHOOL (t) 041 581 4244 (e) marketing@theodorherzl.co.za Red Heart Day Our youngest Theodorians celebrated Red Heart Day by wearing red to school and raising funds for Isithembiso Babies Home in Port Elizabeth.

TuB’Shvat, the New Year of the Trees Our three schools came together in our Biblical Garden for the Festival of TuB’Shvat, the New Year of the trees.

Gifts exchanged on Valentine’s Day! No one is ever too old to play the pass-the-parcel game, especially when it is in French to learn direction, to exchange gifts on Valentine’s Day!

GREY HIGH SCHOOL (t) 041 374 3300 (e) info@greyhighschool.com Grey beat Clifton 6-2 in the final to win the ITEC Waterpolo tournament in Bloemfontein.

FRONT: Stuart Grenfell, Ricky King, Jared Potgieter, Mathew Easton, Reece Audie. BACK: Daniel Ward, Jordan Blewett, Philip WeyerHenderson, Travis de Bruin, Rogen Scheepers, Aidan Baker, Luke Butler.

Grey’s EP Anglers Murray Keeton, Lance Daniell and Daniel Dickenson were selected to represent the EP junior angling team that competed in the annual nationals in Mossel Bay. To come in consideration for selection, one has to end in the top six anglers after eight league competitions. Points are accumulated throughout these eight competitions.

In the recent past, EP has enjoyed major success, being crowned the top junior team four out of five times. Unfortunately, this year was not to be – mistakes made and lots of trial-and-error narrowed Lance Daniell, Murray Keeton and Daniel Dickinson. the chance of clinching the title for the fifth year in a row.

Cricket Murray represented the U/21 team that ended Grey 1st vs Bishops at up 7th overall, while Daniel and Lance represented Grey on Sat 28 Jan the U/16 team, that also ended 7th. Murray and Bishops 191 all out.

Lance were ranked 21st and 22nd out of 56 anglers M Biggs 3-33 respectively after Lance unfortunately missed a hammered head shark that would’ve placed him well. Grey 195-6. T Stubbs 54, T van Vuuren 40*, S Nonetheless, these three young men gained valuable experience and The Grey is extremely proud Callaghan 37*. Grey won LJ du Preez in action against by 4 wickets.

Bishops on the Pollock Oval of them.

PHOTOGRAPH © J Bleske

ITEC Waterpolo tournament

COLLEGIATE GIRLS’ HIGH SCHOOL (t) 041 373 7705 (e) collegia@cghs.co.za SA Water Polo representatives These learners have been selected to represent South Africa in various South African water polo teams around the world.

The De Wet–Gray Resource Centre

Indoor hockey Harriet Bisdee was selected for the SA u18 Indoor Hockey team.

Collegiate Girls’ High School officially opened it’s new state-of-the-art resource centre. The centre has been made possible by a generous donation from Mrs Gill Gray (Collegiate Old Girl, Matric 1957) and the Allan Gray Charitable Trust, of which she is a founder.

Rebecca King, Caitlyn Fourie, Meghan Maartens and Staci Edwards.

The De Wet–Gray Resource Centre: Libraries Redefined – From the Backroom to the Centre of Academic Excellence.

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HOËRSKOOL CILLIÉ (t) 041 451 4837 (e) hsc@absamail.co.za Valentynsdag by Hoërskool Cillié

HOËRSKOOL DF MALHERBE (t) 041 581 3145 (e) dfm@telkomsa.net Mountain Bike Riding Rayé Moolman has been selected for the EP team to attend the National XCO Cup 1 for Mountain Bike Riding.

Luhle Jakavulafondsinsameling Die fondsinsameling om die top balletdanser Luhle Jakavula na Amerika te stuur, vorder fluks.

Sy visum, kursusgelde en retoer- vliegtuigkaartjies tussen Port Elizabeth en Johannesburg is reeds betaal.

Tans word geld ingesamel vir die retoerkaartjie New York toe.

Rayé Moolman (on the left).

HOËRSKOOL FRAMESBY (t) 041 360 1257 (e) bemarking@framesby.co.za Fietsrykampioen Mischka Strydom (Graad 9) het in Februarie aan die Suid Afrikaanse Fietsrykampioenskappe te Wellington, Wes-Kaap, deelgeneem het.

Mischka het vanjaar in haar eerste jaar 017-vrouekategorie deelgeneem en is die jongste van al die 017-vroue.

Op 7 Februarie het sy in die Individuele Tydwedrenkampioenskap deelgeneem en die brons medalje verower in die 017-vroueafdeling.

Op 10 Februarie het sy in die padwedren deelgeneem en vyfde plek in die 017-vroueafdeling verower. Wat dit so spesiaal maak, is die feit dat een minuut voor die wedren begin het, het haar agterste rattekabel gebreek het, wat beteken het dat sy nie kon deelneem nie. ‘n Junior meisie van Wes-Kaap het haar fiets vir Mischka geleen en haar afrigter, Frans Gerber, het haar fiets se wiele en pedale op die leenfiets gesit sodat die fiets gekwalifiseer het vir die spesifieke ouderdomsgroep.

Mischka het 5 minute na die bondel begin ry en hulle eenvir-een ingehaal en uiteindelik 5de posisie verower. Dit het baie karakter en uithouvermoë gekos om dit te kon doen.

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