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The weekend of 18-20 May saw a good number of fixtures for the various Graeme College sporting sides. The weekend saw the the Graeme hockey sides take on Kingswood and St Dominic’s Priory, while the junior rugby teams took on some game opposition against Lorraine Primary in Port Elizabeth. The final set of fixtures for Graeme saw the Graeme and Kingswood u13 teams face off in a local tennis derby. The Graeme junior school hockey team enjoyed their encounter against their local rivals, as they won 6-0 against Kingswood u13 D side.  The u15 A team drew 0-0 with the Kingswood…

St Andrew’s hockey sides travelled to East London on Friday 18 May, to face Cambridge High School in various hockey fixtures. The SAC First Team went 1-0 up in the first minute of their fixture, after some excellent skill from Joe Fisher, and then found it hard to beat the impressive Cambridge keeper. The hard-working SAC team showed maturity and patience to keep to their structures and finally broke open the Cambridge defence after excellent work from Ryan Stoddart, Peter Jarvis and Brad Landrey. In the end the pressure and fitness from the St Andrew’s side was too much for…

The Kingswood First Team rugby took on Port Rex in East London on Saturday 19 May. In a strong performance from the visiting side, Kingswood managed to dominate the majority of the match against their hosts. Kingswood were unable to convert their early pressure into points on the scoreboard. Port Rex showed incredible resilience on defence and it was only after 17 minutes in the 1st half that Kingswood managed to cross over for the first try of the match. Flyhalf Jared Manus made a break on the Port Rex 22 metre line and showed off some fancy footwork to…

With twelve weeks to go before the GBS Mutual Bank Mountain Drive Half Marathon, here is the first week of Grocott’s Mail’s twelve week training programme, created by Terri-Lynn Penney: Monday easy 6km jog Tuesday Speed session 10min warm up 2 x 2min at race pace 2 x 2min easy in between 2 x 1min fast 2 x 1min easy 10min cool down Wednesday easy 6km jog Thursday 6km over a hilly course abit faster up the hills Friday rest Saturday 8km easy Sunday Rest /Cross Train Terri-Lynn Penney is a local triathlete, having great success around the province, nationally and…

By Strauss de Jager In Matthew 9:36-38  we read that  “When he saw the crowds, he had compassion on them, because they were harassed and helpless, like sheep without a shepherd. 37 Then he said to his disciples, “The harvest is plentiful but the workers are few. 38 Ask the Lord of the harvest, therefore, to send out workers into his harvest field.” It is time for the harvest festival on the church calendar, also called Pentecost. Jesus once compared his death to the sowing of a seed of corn in the ground. The seed must sacrifice its life and die to yield a great crop.…

When bathing or washing dogs and cats, please only use the shampoos prescribed to them by vets or other animal specific products. Also, do not bath more than once a week. Regular grooming is also an essential part of good animal care and not only prevents knotting of fur, is also a form of enrichment for your pet and helps them with a daily task they do as part of keeping themselves clean. For more information and or advice on animal care, washing and grooming please do not hesitate to contact the Grahamstown SPCA or one of the friendly vets…

The St Andrew’s College Chapel Choir sang at the 180th anniversary of St John’s Anglican Church in Bathurst this past Sunday, 13 May. The service was presided over by Bishop Ebenezer, the Bishop of Grahamstown. The Archdeacon of Albany and Dean of the Cathedral were also at the celebration of this beautiful Romanesque building (which is unaltered) and its active and devout congregation. The College choir had the opportunity to step back in time being accompanied on an old pump organ from the 1800’s. This special service was enhanced by the singing of the mass and a rousing upbeat jazzy…

The direct translation of this is that “to disrespect the home that has no a dog” . The meaning is that people say whatever they want if there are no consequences and  mostly refers to bullies. Please stop bullying Kuye kutshiwo xa umntu kubonakala ukuba yena usoloko elungile nokuba iimeko azimvumeli ukuba makabe njalo. Ezikolweni esifunda kuzo nezo sasi funda kuzo kukho abanye abantwana abadelela abanye kuba bebona ukuba kunzima nokundwendwela komzali esikolweni noko nje ebiziwe. Beve xa bethetha ngaye lowo uli lunga phofu engayanga kukha mbotyi, esiva. Naye ke esoloko engafuni nokuphendula kuba oko kungamzela nento eninzi yokuthetha ze…

By Francis Mdlongwa GRAHAMSTOWN, South Africa – Financially troubled mainstream media and their journalists need to work harder to build strong personalized relationships with their audiences whom they must also serve personalized news content or kiss their centuries-old business goodbye. This was one of the stark warnings to media owners, media managers, media scholars and journalists who attended the just-ended summit of the World Media Economics and Management Conference (WMEMC) in Cape Town from 6-9 May 2018. Several speakers used the summit – the first in Africa in nearly 30 years – to bluntly tell the media and their scribes across…

Last week, St Andrew’s College welcomed former student, Adrian Birrell, former Irish National Cricket Team Head Coach and Protea’s Assistant Coach. Birrell presented an inspirational and informative speech to the St Andrews College Grade 11 ‘s. In his message, Birrell shared with the boys his leadership philosophy. He spoke of the importance of leaders having a clear vision and a strategy or plan to achieve that vison. He emphasised the importance of “having a cup of tea” – in other words, sitting down with the people you are leading, getting to understand them and ensuring that the channels of communication…