Peterhouse Boys

Academic, Cultural & Sports Results

ACADEMIC, CULTURAL & SPORTS RESULTS - 11th April 2019 

ACADEMIC
Cambridge High Achievers Awards
The following pupils have won awards for their results in the November 2018 examination series, and will receive their awards at a gala occasion at Cresta Lodge on 23rd May.

Felix Le Boulenge High Achievement in AS French Language
Michelle Mwenje Top in Zimbabwe in A level English Language
Angus Fergusson Top in Zimbabwe in AS Design and Technology
Ian Fowlds Top in Zimbabwe in AS Literature in English

Poetry Slam
The Peterhouse Boys’ English Department hosted a very successful ‘Poetry Slam’ on Thursday 4th April in the Megahey Centre. Here twenty-eight young poets from Peterhouse Boys and Peterhouse Girls wrote and presented their poems to an audience and a panel of judges (Mr R. Hanly and Mrs T. Kapuya). The poems were insightful and a lot of planning went into the recitations. The boys and girls gave an entertaining performance and the audience was both supportive and involved in the proceedings. Mr S Davy kept the programme flowing with his witty anecdotes and heartfelt - often very funny - renditions of famous poetry.

Winners of the Competition are:
Juniors: 1st Munesushe Mushosho with 82 points for her poem ‘Ambition’.
Runner Up: TJ Gaziwa 72 points for his poem ‘Ambition’.

Middles: 1st Shaune Uriri 80 points for his poem ‘Keeping up with the Pack’.
Runner Up: Deborah Davy 77 points for her poem ‘Keeping up with the Pack’.

Seniors: 1st Mati Hove with 81 points for her poem ‘Awake’.
Runner Up: Anesu Mhete with 78 points for her poem ‘Awake’.


History Society
The History Society travelled to Macheke in March with Mr S Walraven and Mr R Hanly to visit some San bushman rock paintings and Bantu Zimbabwe-style ruins. The boys made educated assumptions on the symbolism of the paintings they saw and engaged in a spirited debate on the nature of the hunter-gatherer societies vs our own post-industrial existence. It was fantastic day out culminating with a visit to an exceedingly unique 2m high painting of a battle scene on a rock face. The area left much to be explored and the Society plans on revisiting Macheke in the Trinity Term. A big thank you from the boys to the Bailey family for opening up their farm to us and especially their swimming pool after a hot day out trekking!


World Scholars Cup Regional Round at Hellenic Academy (Blessing Masawi)
The Zimbabwe Regional round of the World Scholars’ cup was held during the FFW hosted by Hellenic Academy.
The Peterhouse delegation consisted of 14 teams (44 pupils in total). 12 of the 14 teams qualified for the Global Round to be held in The Hague, Netherlands, later this year.
Each team had to complete various activities (Collaborative Writing, Debating, Quiz) which were centred on the theme of ‘A World on the Margins’. Three Peterhouse pupils were invited to debate in front of everyone, on the motion ‘That all teenagers should spend one year without electricity.’ One can imagine how emotive that debate got!

The following trophies were awarded:
3rd in the Team Scholars’ Challenge Quiz
Nigel Mushayavanhu, Anotida Nhondova and Tapiwanashe Matara

3rd in the Team Scholars Bowl (Team Analysis and Quiz)
Brendon Fraser-Bell, Tinotenda Ziko and Tinotenda Sinemani

Takudzwa Dzingai was awarded a gold medal for being the Top Scholar in the Arts Challenge.

Zimbabwe Model United Nations (ZIMUN) (Mudiwa Manikai)
Nineteen of the Peterhouse Model United Nations members were invited to the annual ZIMUN conference from Thursday the 14th to Saturday the 16th of March. This is the biggest Model United Nations Conference held in Zimbabwe and we were honoured to be a part of it. The theme of this year’s ZIMUN was ‘A World Crisis’. It was of utmost importance for each team to embark on comprehensive research on the foreign policies and recent news of our designated nations. We had to find the real world scenario pertaining to the topic of discussion in each committee. It took us weeks to prepare for this conference.

The three days were full of intense discussions in which we tried to solve world problems as best and as fairly as possible - just as the United Nations would do. We were also privileged to be entertained by Amara Brown who was the special guest as well as the Key Note Speaker Fred Swaniker, who talked on the importance of building Africa as a continent.

Well done to all those who participated in the conference and represented Peterhouse. Special congratulations to Kudakwashe Mapesa who chaired the Environmental Commission and Rufaro Hoto who chaired twice, once in the Human Rights Commission and again in the Crisis Committee. Each room consists of 160 delegates, which is six times the size of a normal room. Mufaro Mungoni was selected as the most promising delegate in the advisory panel.

Duke of Edinburgh International Award
Congratulations to Kadin Eksteen for earning his Silver Award.

Bridge vs Peterhouse Girls
Won 2 and lost 1

vs Prince Edward:
Won 2 and lost 1

Mashonaland Pairs Tournament
This tournament was held in Harare on Sunday 7th April 2019, with 7 schools competing. The winners of the trophy were Peterhouse First Couple Ian Fowlds and Tatenda Nyakonda.
Sandile and Wandile Ncube came 7th out of 16 A Team pairs.
In the B Team Room, Dylan Mawire and Kyle Saywood came 3rd out of 16 couples and Munotida Marimirofa and James Edwards came 5th.

Chess vs St John's
Seniors won 4 – 2
Juniors lost 2 – 4

vs Arundel
Seniors won 5 -1
Juniors lost 2 – 4
Seniors must be commended for another brilliant performance

Debate Interhouse Debate Finals

Juniors: Paget beat Founders: Paget - 72%; Founders - 61%.

The Best Junior Speakers:
1st - Shaune Uriri (Paget) 75%.
2nd - Tadiwa Ndiraya (Paget) 72%.
3rd - Hritik Kala (Paget) 66%.

Seniors: Founders beat Ellis: Founders - 75%, Ellis - 65%.

The Best senior speakers:
1st - Charles Moscrop (Founders) 84%.
2nd - Praise Jaravani (Ellis) 83% .
3rd - Mukudzeishe Nyamarebvu (Founders) 82%.

vs Watershed
Seniors: Peterhouse lost: Peterhouse - 69%; Watershed - 75%.
Rufaro Hoto was the Second Best Speaker with 75%.

Juniors: Peterhouse won: Peterhouse - 76%; Watershed - 53%.
The Best Speaker was Hritik Kala with 85%.

SPORTS

Archery Archery – Interschools competition at Hellenic
Six boys competed in the last interschools competition of the term on Sunday. They had a normal Bull’s Eye competition as well as a three Dimensional Target Competition. Our archers competed with the excellent archers from Peterhouse Girls and came 2nd out of 12 schools.

Individual archers also did well:

Paulo Marucchi – 290/300 – Bulls Eye Competition
Paulo Marucchi – 276/300 – 3D Competition

Xuan Zehong – 288/300 – Bulls Eye Competition
Xuan Zehong – 281/300 – 3D Competition

Athletics Half-Colours are awarded to Lionel Mhuriro, Takunda Makiwa, Tafadzwa Mahari and Abilio Antunes.

Districts Competition held at Peterhouse Boys
Takunda Makiwa Gold for U20 Shot Putt
Sean Mushohwe Gold U17 Discus
Sean Mushohwe Bronze u17 100m Hurdles
Ronald Chibowora Gold for U20 Triple Jump
Taine Smith Silver U17 Javelin

St George’s Athletics
1st Prince Edward 511
2nd St George’s 451
3rd Peterhouse Boys 438.5
4th St John’s 400.5
5th Lomagundi College 382.5

Outstanding performances
U14 - Tendai Mutwira 1st in the1,500m
Tapiwa Zhanda 1st in Shotput set a new record of 10.65m
U16 - Loyisi Mlingwa 1st in Discus
Alexander Simpson 1st in Shotput
U17 - Aiden Wellman 1st in long jump
U18 - Taine Smith 1st in Javelin
Abilio Antunes 1st in 1,500m
Abilio Antunes received a standing ovation from all spectators after beating the well-known PE athletes - Hofisi in 1,500m in a time of 4.28.73
U20 - Tafadzwa Mahari in 200m and 4X100m
Ronald Chibowora 1st U20 Triple Jump (13.96m)

National Athletics Championship held at MCC Gweru
Alexander Simpson won Gold in the shotput with a distance of 14.54m
Sean Mushowe won Silver in the U17 Discus.

Lomagundi Athletics Meeting
Outstanding performances were from the following boys;

U/14 - Tapiwa Zhanda 1st in Shotput
U/15 - Takunda Mhete 1st in Long jump
U/16 - Alexander Simpson 1st in Shotput (new record 14.9m)
U/18 - Abilo Antunes 1st 800m and 1500m
Andrew Rinomhota 1st in 110m hurdles
Sean Mushowe 1st in Discus
U/20 - Ronald Chibowora 1st in Triple Jump
Ronald has been selected to represent Zimbabwe in Africa – Youth Junior Championships from 16 to 20 April in Cote d’Ivoire.

Half-Colours awarded to Sean Mushowe, Andrew Rinomhota and Abilio Antunes.

Full-Colours awarded to Ronald Chibowora, Tafadzwa Mahari and Lionel Mhuriro.

Service Tie awarded to Crispen Mashingaidze for his dedication to the coaching of D block.

Interhouse Relays Results
1st Paget
2nd Snell
3rd Founders
4th Ellis and Grinham tied
6th Malvern

Many congratulations to the Malvern C Block quartet of Ngoni Majari, Anotida Nyamudoka, Kudzaiishe Shamu and Tanatswa Mpofu who broke the 4 x 100, 4 x 200 and 4 x 400 metres record

Basketball Half-Colours awarded to Mufaro Mungoni, David Chifamba and Zvikomborero Vheriwa.

Cross Country Half -Colours were awarded to Tinotenda Nyadundu.

Ironwill Congratulations to Keith Elliot who took part in Ironwill Competition held in the Matopos last weekend. Keith teamed up with his father, Trevor Elliot, and together they had to dig deep into their own strength, endurance and mental fortitude to complete the race and were well rewarded with their efforts by coming first.

Results:
First team: Focus on Matopos (Keith Elliott and Trevor Elliott.)
Second team: Scrambled Legs (Erin Elliott and Brett Elliott.)

Third: Belinda Soper and Mike Gray and
Fourth Graham Ross and his partner

Karate Half-Colours awarded to Rufaro Hoto.

Petrean Sports Day
Cricket
1st Petrean Youngsters
2nd Petrean Old
3rd Peterhouse Boys

Basketball
Peterhouse Boys lost 43 – 47

Hockey
Peterhouse Boys won 3 – 1

Rugby
Peterhouse boys won 30 – 20

Soccer
Peterhouse Boys won 3 – 1

Very many thanks to all concerned but especially to Mrs Greeff, our Development Officer, for all that she did organising the event – it was bigger and better than ever before.

Rowing Full-Colours awarded to David Rogers.

Rugby vs Hellenic 7 Aside P12 W8 L4
Peterhouse 7s Tournament P14 W14

Squash Mashonaland Junior Squash Championships
U16 Age Group Rukudzo Midzi won Silver.
U13 Age Group Nick Anderson won Gold.
U14 Age Group Nick Anderson won Gold.

Tennis Half-Colours are awarded to Ethan Gillwald, Gamuchirai Madziyire, Tariro Mtetwa and Tristan Barron.

Mtandazo Nyashanu came First in the BTA Tennis Tournament that he played in last weekend.

Triathlon Over the weekend of 23rd March, Triathlon Zimbabwe sent a small team to Durban, to take part in the South Africa Triathlon Championships and Junior African Cup; three boys in the team were representatives of Peterhouse.

The results were as follows;

End of season Awards:
Keith Elliot - U/15 National trophy.
George Ascott - U/15 1st place National series points.
Marcel Paulser - U/19 3rd place National series points.

South African Championships Results

Super Sprint 14/15 year olds
Keith Elliot Bronze Medal
George Ascott 7th

Sprint 18/19 year olds
Marcel Paulser 15th
Mathew Palmer 23rd

Age Groupers Standard
Gideon Benade 7th

Volleyball Half-Colours Awarded to Takudzwa Mapfeka, Anesu Chiwara, Wandile Ncube and Sandile Ncube

ACADEMIC, CULTURAL & SPORTS RESULTS - 15th March 2019 

CULTURAL ACTIVITIES

Music 

Eisteddfod Programme 

Thursday 14 March 
African Gospel choir 11.00am (Gateway High School)
Western Ensembles 2.00pm (Prince Edward)
Vocal Duet 2.50pm

Friday 15 March (Prince Edward)
Mbira solo                 9.10am 
Marimba Ensembles Form 1-3 8.30am 
Form 4-6                10.35am
Vocal solo Boys Form 3-4    8.30am

Wednesday 20 March (Prince Edward)
Piano solo Classical G5 2.55pm
Violin solo G6 2.00pm 
Cello solo G4 8.30am
Woodwind solo G5 10.25am 
Woodwind solo G7 12.10pm
Brass solo G6 11.20am
Piano Duet 4-6 3.45pm 

Monday 25 March (Prince Edward)
Piano solo Romantic G5  3.50pm
Piano solo Romantic G7  3.50pm 
Piano solo Own choice G2 10.00am    
Piano solo Own choice G4 10.50am
Violin solo G2 11.40am
Woodwind solo G3 8.30am
             
Tuesday 26 March (Harare International School)
PHG Form 1/2 choir 9.00am
PHB Form 1/2 choir 9.55am

Thursday 28 March (Harare International School) 
PHG Senior choir 9.00am
PHB senior choir 2.00pm
Senior Mixed choir 11.35am
Senior Mixed choir 3.40pm 

Friday 29 March (Prince Edward)
Windband and Orchestra 9.00am 

Service Club Activities

Interact Report – Musha weVana Visit (Tapiwa Muranda)

On Thursday the 28th of February the Interact club visited the local orphanage, Musha weVana. We were welcomed by ecstatic faces of the little ones; all geared and ready to have fun with the Interact members. The afternoon was well spent. This was the first visit to Musha weVana for new Interact members, which challenged them to socialize and interact with children of different ages. Stories were shared, songs were sung and friendships were made. The fine afternoon was rounded off by the Interact board members giving clothes and school shoes to the children; they were very grateful for this kind gesture. The Interact club thanks all who donated clothing as the children at Musha weVana really appreciated it.


Leo Visit to St Francis (Taurai Mhete)

On Monday the 4th of March the Peterhouse Leo club had the opportunity to visit St Francis School. As a club we were able to supply the school with items of stationary etc. We all took part in various games and activities with the children and had an amazing time interacting with all of them. 
Unfortunately, we did not spend much time at St Francis, and it is definitely in our future plans to spend another eventful afternoon with them where we would provide drinks and food for all the children and get to know, as well as build relationships with them all.

As a club we are truly grateful to everyone who made this visit possible, we believe that as a team, if we all work together we truly will fulfil our motto - “We Serve”.


Duke of Edinburgh International Award

Adventurous Journeys to Imire and Nyanga National Park
Forty-seven pupils managed to complete their Silver or Bronze Adventurous Journeys this weekend. They either completed a gruelling Expedition over Mt Nyangani and onto the Gairezi River in Nyanga or had a special exploratory trip in Imire, where they encountered rhino, lion and elephant. They will be presenting their Journey reports on the 25th of March with the Chisipite girls who accompanied them.

Results
Bridge vs Convent
As, Bs and Cs all won their games
vs Peterhouse Girls  P3 W1 L2 

Chess - Half-Colours awarded to Prince Sithole and Tadiwanashe Kondo. 

Quiz - Inter-Schools Quiz 
Hosted by the Heritage School on Wed the 6th of March. 
Juniors: 
Peterhouse As came 4/25. 
Peterhouse Bs came 9/25.

Seniors: 
Peterhouse came 4/25.

SPORTING ACTIVITIES

Archery - Paulo Marucchi and Xuan Zahong took part in latest Interschool’s Archery competition and were part of the senior team that finished second. 

Athletics - Interhouse 

1st Paget 344 Points
2nd Ellis336 Points
3rd Snell333 Points
4th Malvern309 Points
5th Founders301 Points
6th Grinham266 Points

Congratulations to the following boys for getting the most points in their respective age groups;

Best U14 Kupakwashe Jani (17 points)
Best U15 Kudzaiishe Shamu (24 points) 
Best U16 Sheunesu Tawengwa(26 points)
Best U17 Hunter Chiutsi         (21 points)
Best U18 Andrew Rinomhota (23 points)
Victor Ludorum  Ronald Chibowora (23 points) 

Peterhouse Invitational Relays 

1st  Prince Edward 258
2nd  Peterhouse Boys 244
3rd  St Georges 195
4th  St Johns181
4th  Falcon181
6th  Churchill90
7th  BMC77

Outstanding performances from U18 achieving 6 first positions and 3 second positions and also by U20 with 3 first positions and 3 second positions

Cricket - The following players have been selected into the Zimbabwe Cricket squads for their respective age groups:

U14
Nicholas Anderson, Sean Bennett, Kohl Eksteen, Dhaneel Goven, Tendai Mutwira, Ryan Tabengwa and Tapiwa Zhanda.

U15
Campbell Macmillan, Tadiwa Mandimutsira and Simbarashe Mudimu.

U17
Brian Bennett, David Bennett, Brendan Hildebrand, Tendekai Mataranyika and Steven Saul.

Karate - The following boys graded and achieved the following belts;
Mufaro MukonoweshuroOrange Stripe
Tyler Van Rooyen Yellow Stripe
Kgosi AndriesYellow Belt 

Rowing - South African Rowing Championships 2019

Sculls

David Rogers came 7th in the Open Semi-Final.

Cullen Shoesmith came 37th out of 73 in his heat.

James Weller came 6th in the U16 Semi-Final.

Zvikomborero Charera came 31st out of 62 in his heat.

Reagan Evans came 4th in the U15 Semi-Final.

Emmanuel Nyamupingidza came 8th in the U15 Semi-Final.

Noah Madziva came 28th out of 57 in his heat.

Thomas Gray came 31st out of 57 in his heat.

Joel Royston came 40th out of 57 in his heat.

Joshua Eggersglusz came 42nd out of 57 in his heat.


Doubles

David Rogers and Cullen Shoesmith came 7th in the Open Final.

James Weller and Zvikomborero Charera came 7th in the U16 Final.

Reagan Evans and Emmanuel Nyamupingidza came 3rd in the U15 Final (Bronze).

Thomas Gray and Joel Royston came 8th in the U14 Final.

Joshua Eggersglusz and Noah Madziva came 2nd in their heat.


Quads

Joshua Eggersglusz, Thomas Gray, Joel Royston, Noah Madziva and Mikael Royston (Cox) came 17th out of 43rd in their heat.


Squash - In the Zimbabwe Junior Squash Championships held over half term:
Rukudzo Midzi came 1st in the U14 category.
Timothy Elton made Zim U19.
Muzuva Gutu made Zim U17. 
All the teams will be participating in the South African Championships in June.

Swimming
Two of our swimmers Brandon Rouse and Paul Retzlaff took part at CANA zone 4 swimming championships held in Namibia and did extremely well. Although they did not win any medals they managed very good personal best times in most of their races. 

Triathlon - Our triathletes took part in the Troutbeck Triathlon ITU African Cup sprint distance held in Nyanga and the results were as follows:
Marcel Paulser 4th 
Matthew Palmer 5th 
David Evans 7th 
Nico Dobropoulos 8th

In the men's super-sprint distance - Keith Elliott won gold and George Ascott won bronze.

The following boys were selected for Zimbabwe Triathlon:

Marcel Paulser, Keith Elliott, George Ascott and Mathew Palmer.

We also provided the water safety team comprising of Mr. Andrew Shoesmith, Angus Ferguson, Timothy Elton and Tinashe Timba.