Special Events

Rod Smith Talk—DPHS

Maurice Wilkinson

6

August

Friends & Founders

Flag Raising ceremony

28

August

Friends & Founders

Cocktail Function

28

August

DPHS Educational

Trust Golf Day

12

Sept

26 June 2014 Volume 1, Issue 2

Tours and Festivals:

DPHS Cape Town Tour 23 - 26

July

DPHS Gumboot Dance

Team Tour

Gauteng

1 - 3

August

National Tennis

Festival

Bethlehem

6 - 9

August

National U13 School

Hockey Festival

Northlands

4 - 6

Sept

SACS National U13

Water Polo Festival

Cape Town

15 –19

October

RUGBY FESTIVAL Kade Wolhuter, the DPHS Fly Half’s magnificent penalty conversion from 40 metres out to win the 1st team match in the final minute against SACS, was a rewarding and fitting finale to the DPHS/TOSHIBA National Rugby Festi-val. For DPHS supporters and all present this breathless moment capped three days of thrilling rugby! An all-action festival record of 39 matches and nearly 1600 points scored! The DPHS Association commends the school for providing all the boys and schools with a unique and invaluable oppor-tunity to experience the value of sport and friends and the extent and richness of the nurturing DPHS/Toshiba Rugby Festival Family they belong to. I thank the many DPHS Association members who were present for add-ing so generously to the warm and friendly hospitality enjoyed by the visit-ing schools to the Festival.

Bruce Bamber ’63, winner of the DPHS Association Friendliest Face and

Smile photograph competition, was one of many Old Boys and Association

members supporting the Festival. He brought his winning and engaging

smile to the Festival and collected his prize of a DPHS Sports cushion.

EQINISWENI PRIMARY SCHOOL Your Association and the School are grateful to DPHS Old Boys, Trevor van den Berg’77, Diggers and Diepsloot Junior Rugby and David van Zuydam’ 78, Director of Junior Rugby at Black Rock Rugby Club, Dublin, Ireland for their donation of a set of new rugby jerseys for Eqinisweni Primary School, Inanda. The jer-seys, delivered all the way from Ireland, were presented to Eqinisweni at the Festival. Their U11 and U13 teams played with fierce determination and admira-ble skill at the Festival. I am ap-pealing to members of the DPHS Association to use their influence to assist me to find a key Sponsor and partner so that DPHS can pro-vide these eager and aspiring young rugby players and their dedicated coach, Audrey Mbanjwa and School Principal Venable Msomi, with coaching support and rugby gear next year. This is an opportunity to do something im-portant for people who unques-tionably deserve our support! Please call me with your ideas!

Newsletter 2

Sponsored jersey from Black Rock

Rugby Club, Dublin Ireland

Opening of new Association Office

This photograph of friendly DPHS boys, parents, grandparents, teachers, staff members, Old Boys, former parents and friends of the school

represents those first members of the DPHS Association (Foundation Members) who were able to attend the opening of the new DPHS Associ-

ation Office on Friday 30 May. Three very distinguished and supportive Old Boys in the photograph are David Bennett’63, Howard But-

tery’59, and Julian Thornton’48. Top left is Bruce Bamber the winner of the prize for the friendliest smile and face in the photograph.

SUPPLY STORE DPHS Old Boys from the thirties, forties and fifties vintage will be interested to know that Pat Davidson, Grand-daughter of Lillian Smith, owner of the Old DPHS Tuck Shop was amongst the supporters at the Rugby Festival. With her husband Harry they were there to support DPHS rugby and Lillian’s great, great grandson Max Da-vidson U10. A happy message for Lillian is that her Shop, so affectionately remembered by Old Boys, is still in business! It is now the home of the DPHS Association and supplies loads of nutrition to DPHS boys by way of endless support and encouragement from the members of the Association. NO NAME LANE

Kevin Bingham, Chairman of the DPHS Educational brings members the important news that ‘No name Lane’,

the narrow lane that leads from Tenth Avenue School gate to Windermere Centre and Ninth Avenue will soon

belong to the DPHS Educational Trust. The agreement between the Trust and the City Council has been con-

cluded and the Council have finally approved the sale. Congratulations Kevin Bingham and Andrew Parsons

(Previous Chairman of the School Governing Body) and Ian Bamber (Chairman of the Governing Body) for

achieving a goal that will provide the Trust and School with a lasting benefit. The Trust initative to buy the

Lane was given a tremendous boost by a munificent donation from two DPHS Old Boys who will pay for the cost

of the Lane. The Lane is presently a public thoroughfare that runs between the Trust properties Reception Unit

(Gr 0) and Preppy’s Place (Aftercare) and the John Smith Field (Lower field).

ROD SMITH TALK Your Association is pleased to announce that Rod Smith will be at DPHS to talk to parents and teachers in the Maurice Wilkinson School Hall on 6 August at 18h30. Rod is a family therapist living in the USA. His daily column in the Mercury, YOU AND ME, has many readers and Rod has a strong following in KZN. His talks at schools in Durban last year attracted full audiences. Listening to Rod is an invaluable investment in yourself, your family, school and understanding people. So please save this date! I will have more information for the school at the start of the new term.

Independent Wealth Managers are very kindly sponsoring Rod’s visit to DPHS.

Have you ordered your

Association cap?

rneave@dphs.co.za.

Cell:0734846031

The fully inclusive nature of the

DPHS Association is a highly com-

mendable and very noteworthy

characteristic of the memberships.

Whilst loyal and caring old boys

form the core or stem of the mem-

berships, we also benefit from the

memberships of teachers, past and

present, mothers, fathers, grand-

parents and even friends of the

school. We have boys in Gr0 whose

parents have signed them up and

we have a 93 year old DPHS Old

Boy amongst our members!

I have five Association jackets and

shirts for sale for members going

on the Cape Town Tour.

CAPE TOWN TOUR Will members please encourage DPHS Old Boys living or studying in Cape Town, young and old, to support the DPHS rugby teams (U 11 and U 13 - ten teams in all) who will be playing rugby against Wynberg Junior, Bishops Prep and SACS Junior on their annual tour to Cape Town at the end of July. The DPHS rugby coaches invite some of the many younger DPHS Old boys studying at Cape Town University or Stellenbosch to join the DPHS tunnel when the 1st team run on to the field before the start of a match at any one of the three match days. Old Boys are warmly invited to support the tour and join the many DPHS parents, coaches and staff members in Cape Town. I will accompany the tour and make every effort to visit DPHS Old Boy and Association member Harry Ling ’38 if he is unable to attend one of the tour matches. Wednesday 23 July: Wynberg Junior. Start at 13h00. 1st team match at 16h15 Thursday 24 July: Bishops Prep. Start at 14h00. 1st team match at 16h30 Saturday 26 July: SACS Junior. Start at 08h00. 1st team match at 12 noon.

MEMBERSHIP Thank you for joining the DPHS Association. Your membership is an open expression of support for DPHS. The winner of Cap No 2 is Bruce Hughes. Bruce’s name was drawn from a list of all the members by Reeni Ramnath in the DPHS Media Centre. I have decided to give cap number 3 to Ja-nine Bamber. The Bamber family total 9 members in all – the most members from one family and the number 3 represents her three boys, Christian, Jordan and Oliver.

PHILANTHROPIC SPIRIT The DPHS Association gratefully acknowledges the voluntary support, active interest, philanthropic spirit and generosity of Old Boys, Association Members, Parents, Businesses, Foundations and Trusts who have over the years have made sizeable monetary contributions to the DPHS Educational Trust. These families and institutions are making it possible for the school to fulfil its vision and responsibili-

RUGBY SEASON The Primary School Craven Week is in Durban this year from Monday 1 July to Friday 5 July. The matches on Monday, Tuesday and Thursday (Wednesday is a rest day) will be played at Glenwood High School. On Friday the matches move to Growthpoint Kings Park. KZN’s Junior Sharks first match is on Monday against The Lions at 14h30 at Glenwood. Four DPHS Boys are members of the KZN U 13 Craven week team, Mark Armstrong, Jordan Bamber, Kade Wolhuter and Esethu Qwalela. The team are being coached and managed by Michael Dick, DPHS Director of Sport and Zola Mazwi. Both these gentleman coach the DPHS 1ST XV.

Key role players at Craven Week who are members of the DPHS Association are Barry Wilson, President

of KZN Primary School Rugby, Trevor Kershaw, Headmaster of Glenwood, Coaches Michael Dick and Zo-

la Mazwi and Philip Kershaw (Photonote/Toshiba KZN ) a major sponsor. Good wishes to Barry Wilson

and all involved.

The DPHS Association congratulates DPHS Old Boys at High Schools in KZN who have been chosen to

represent their province ( Black and White ) at Provincial Rugby Weeks during the July School holiday.

Tristan Tedder U 18A Captain, James Hall U 18A, Bradley Roberts U18A, Thomas Walker U18 B, Tyde

Visser U18B, Mas Mazwi U18B, Lwazi Moletshe U16A and Sibusiso Hlope U16A. Mpumelelo Xego has

been selected for the KZN U12A provincial team.

Old Boys Jean Luc Du Preez and his twin brother Daniel’08 were selected for The Green and Gold Jun-

ior World Cup team that came so close to lifting the title and Alistair Hargreaves’99 showed his world

class ability, scoring a try, and winning his ball in the lineouts at lock for the World XV in their recent

match against the Springboks.

A magnificent celebration of rugby at DPHS but let’s not forget the Super Battle that lies ahead for the

Sharks and Jake White and his coaches, Brad McCleod Henderson and Sean Everitt both members of the

DPHS Association!

MEMBERS AS AT JUNE 2014

Sam Abrahams’51, Zakariya Adam ’13, Zain Akoob, Don Allaway ’59, Direshan Anamalay ’20, Greg Armstrong ’16,

Guy Armstrong, Jinny Armstrong, Mark Armstrong ’14, Hilton Aylward, Andrew Aitken’65 , Bruce Bamber ’63, Christian

Bamber ’11, Cliff Bamber ’74, Ian Bamber ’80, Janine Bamber, Jordan Bamber’14, Oliver Bamber’15, Steve Bamber

’66, Riaz Bana, David Bartlett’95, Len Baumann ’35, Gary Beavan, Michael Bechet ’68, David Bennett ’63, Keith Bent-

ley, Kevin Bingham, Dean Bolton, Chris Brown, Colin Burness ’49, Howard Buttery ’59, Taine Buys ’13, Graeme Camp-

bell ’67, Moira Campbell, Tom Carey, George Carter, Daniel Cherry ’12, Declan Cherry ’09, Peter Coates ’36, Ivan

Crockart ’09, Michael Dick, Matthew Dicks ’11, Paula Dreyer, Kevin Dunkley ’63, Brett du Toit ’83, Brett Elam, Tristan

Elam’14, Sean Everitt, Zaid Fakey, Mike Fennell, Shaun Ferreira, Arthur Field ’64, Carolyn Gilroy, Udo Goedeke, Cam-

eron Goodwin ’12, Sebastian Gonneau ’13, Rodney Gould, Simon Grout, Greg Guye, Brad Hamilton’01, Tim Har-

greaves’94, Dion Hatton, Don Hatton, Kay Hatton, Ingrid Hatton, Matthew Heard’08, Ross Henderson, Dave Henry ’56,

Grant Hill, Saskia Hill, Mark Hislop, Jeremy Hook ’83, Linda Horning, Brett Howell ’93, Warren Howell ’90, Bruce

Hughes ’89, Dean Joseph ’81, Jason Kershaw ’04, Nicholas Kershaw ’12, Phillip Kershaw, Wayne Kershaw ’01, Tre-

vor Kershaw ’70, Muzakkir Khan ’20, Gareth Kitto, Lyn Kleynhans, Joe Klue, Tanner Klue’14, Jack Koch’13, Tim

Koch’14, Oliver Koch’09, Harry Ling ’38, Annemarie Levine, Geoffrey Levine’06, Vincent Lourenco, Jethro Leroux ’11,

Andrew MacDuff, Bruce Maclachlan ’76, Brad Macleod-Henderson, Julie Macleod Henderson, Rishaad Mahomed ’18,

Alistair Martyn ’61, Bruce Mc Donald ’87, Alan Matthews, Bronwyn Matthews, Shaun Matthews, Zola Mazwi, Rob

McCann, Luke McCarthy’13, Rory McCarthy’11, Graham Meise ’73, Yahya Moola ’21( GR O), John Moshal ’53, Mu-

hammed Moosa ’15, Grayson Nandh, Lyn Neave, Richard Neave, Mike Nichol, Daniello Peano ’13, Grant Phipson, Hank

Pike, Cole Poovan ’13, Gavin Price, Pranam Ramlugaan ’13, Rakesh Ramulgaan, Brandon Ribbink’84, Paul Rowe, Craig

Robertson, Mark Robinson, Wenzel Rupnarain, Derek Ross, Deon Saunders, Ahmad Seedat’19, Muhammed Seedat, Marc

Siljebrandt’95, Craig Simpkins, Brian Smith, Craig Smith ’90, Dawn Smith, Murray Smith, Richard Smith ’86, Claire

Stewart, Clive Stewart, Matthew Stewart’18, Rae Stewart, Lindsay Stops’48, Ron Tamboer ’72, Miles Taylor, Caren Thor-

ton, Clive Thornton ’73, Joshua Thorton’13, Julian Thornton’48, Michael Thornton’18, Steve Thornton’79, Tasha

Thornton, Mohammed Timol, Andrew Macduff, Mohammed Thandar, Rudolf Ungerer, Lauren Uys, Terry Uys, Daniel

Watson ’07, Tony Wilmans, Barry Wilson ’72, Alex van der Werff, Athol Wesselink, Dean Wolhuter ’83, Kade Wolhuter

’14