PBHSOB ASSOCIATION NEWSLETTER
SUMMER SPORTS’ DAY 2015
Dear Old Boy
Summer Sports’ Day 2015 will take place on Saturday 17 January at Pretoria Boys’ High School.
The following activities will be on offer:
- Basketball
- Cricket
- Cross Country
- Squash
- Tennis
- Water Polo
- Chess
We look forward to see a great turnout of Old Boys supporting each other and the school!
1st TEAM CRICKET
Don’t miss the highlight of Summer Sports 2015 – The 1st Team Cricket Match! Scheduled for TUESDAY 13 JANUARY, 09:30 @ PHSOB Club, Lynnwood Road.
This will take place as the PBHS 1st XI will be going on tour soon thereafter.
All other matches will take place at Pretoria Boys High School on Saturday, 17 January 2015.
A LOOK BACK…
CRICKET
‘Chalkie’ Sommerville amazed at the fact that two dozen cricket teams had fixtures on a single Saturday (Source: The Story of a South African School – John Illsley)
The Deciding Factor
Friday rang down the curtain on this season’s cricket. The final matches between the “daydogs” and the borders were played in an “if-you-bowl-me-out-I’ll-not-give-you-a-sandwich-on-Monday” spirit. As can be expected, the day houses
won the laurels.
(D. Dalling – The Pretorian 1955)
LEFT: Old Boys’ Day 1990: The first time brothers have captained opposing teams. Left to right: B Falkson; I Repton; G Stewart; C Bloemink (Captain PBHS 1st XI); S Bloemink (Captain Old Boys XI); D Repton; R Falkson; R Stewart
(Source: The Pretorian 1990)
RIGHT: Two Tons – Saturday 23 February 1985 was a memorable occasion for First XI Cricket at Pretoria Boys’ High School. The photograph shows Stuart Spencer and Glen Corbett opening the School innings against St John’s College,
both second centuries. Their partnership was worth 174 runs scored in 100 minutes. ‘This is the only record I can find of two hundreds being scored in the same innings at Pretoria Boys’ High School’ – Charles Mulvenna (Source: The Pretorian
1985)
A Good Catch?
The senior House matches this year were played in a rather unusual fashion. This was a result of the polio epidemic: we were only allowed to play in the cool of the day for a limited period. Nevertheless I thoroughly enjoyed myself although we played on the average system.
I remember a rather amusing incident that occurred in a game I was watching between Town and Arcadia, a rather important fixture.
During the course of the day an Arcadia batsmen of fair calibre was facing a fast Town bowler. He was doing quite well for himself until he made one unfortunate slip.
He edged a ball to the slips and as it hurtled through the air something that brought tears of mirth happened. The slip fielder was suddenly awakened from his sweet repose by a ball hurtling in his direction. He did what
practically all slip fielders do: he hurled his right arm into the air in a futile effort to catch the ball. To his utter amazement the ball become firmly lodged in his left hand dangling loosely at his side.
It was quite a terrific joke to his team mates but also quite a relief.
(M. Bird – The Pretorian 1955)
The Old Boys Invitation XI which played a match on 19 October 1985 as part of the 75th Anniversary celebrations. Front row (left to right): Mr Charles Mulvenna; Alan Hector; John Corbett; Trevor Quirk; Bill Steytler; Rupert Hector. Back row:
Peter Corbett; Tertius Spies; Glen Hall; Ian Banyard; Neil Edwards; David Edwards. (Source: The Story of a South African School – John Illsley)
BASKETBALL
LEFT: The new basketball courts in spring 2005 (Source: The Pretorian 2005).
RIGHT: The 1st Basketball Team 1995: Standing (left to right): Mr R Rademeyr (Coach); A Yang; M Talian; R Emmenes; T Papaianou, A Yerou. Seated: E Eftychis; J Olivier; R Cox; J Hugo; A Chen. Absent: S Kgomutso.
CROSS COUNTRY
LEFT: The 1957 inter-house cross country race being run in the school grounds. They made them tougher in those days – most of the boys ran with bare feet. (Source: The Story of a South African School – John Illsley)
RIGHT: 1950 School Sports Day. Whiley wins the One Mile Open event. (Source: The Story of a South African School – John Illsley)
The cross country race is the largest inter-house event in terms of participation. (Source: The Story of a South African School – John Illsley)
SQUASH
LEFT: Squash players on the new glass-backed court. The school became one of the top squash playing schools in this decade (1980 – 1989) (Source: The Story of a South African School – John Illsley)
RIGHT: Open Squash Team 1995 – Standing (Left to right): Mr E van den Aardweg (Coach) C Collier; W Ras; P Jordan. Seated: M Zambon; P Ten Krooden; D Helwick. (Source: The Pretorian 1995)
WATER POLO
A water polo game in ‘Lake Collard’. Terry Collard the fearsome PT master supervises on the right. The old change rooms can be seen in the background. (Source: The Story of a South African School – John Illsley)
LEFT: The 1st Water Polo Team 1975 – Standing (left to right): D A Dey; J Bezuidenhout; Mr C G Lee (Coach); S Dolgoy; P A Carinus. Seated: B Meyer; G Collins; A R Kuyper (Captain); N Coetzee; A Baggott. (Source: The Pretorian 1975)
RIGHT: The generous donation by an Old Boy of a water polo pool will end the days of having to share the school pool with other activities. (Source: The Story of a South African School – John Illsley)
TENNIS
LEFT: The 1st Tennis Team 1965 – Standing: J Male; D Kelly; B Blair; S Bucke. Seated: B Copley; R Walsh; K de Goede; N Burger; Mr C Harrop-Allin (Coach). (Source: The Pretorian 1965)
RIGHT: The 1st Senior Tennis Team 2005: Wayne Ferreira Festival. Back row (left to right): C Heyns; H Snyders; R Viljoen; R Higgs. Front row: W Higgs (Captain) G Stoffberg (Coach); P Jacobs. Absent: S Haveman. (Source: The Pretorian 2005)
CHESS
LEFT: Knights and Pawns – the School Chess Championships 1985. (Source: The Pretorian 1985).
RIGHT: The 1st Chess Team 1985 – Standing (left to right): L Pachter; J Luterek; D Kohlmeyer; A Birrell; M Piperakis; Mrs J Neuper (Coach). Seated: N Parsons; A Verster; K O’Brien (Captain) J Penderis; K Fairhurst. (Source: The Pretorian 1985).
In order to secure your place at Summer Sports’ Day 2015, we encourage you to please complete the attached entry form and return it to info@pbhsob.comas soon as possible or for more information, please contact following persons:
| SPORT | NAME | CONTACT |
| Water Polo | Jacques Erasmus | Jacques@xtrasport.co.za |
| Water Polo | JP Dumas | jdumas@boyshigh.com |
| Squash | Craig Stephens | cstephens@boyshigh.com |
| Cross Country | Lincoln Keeton | LKeeton@boyshigh.com |
| Basketball | Caterina Christodoulou | Cchristodoulou@boyshigh.com |
| Tennis | Gerald Stoffberg | gerald.stoffberg.pbhs@gmail.com |
| Chess | Jason Webber | jason.webber@telkomsa.net |
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