Well, just thought for those of you that are interested, yesterday was cross country at OPS, remember that? From the cricket field up and around the Lodge, through the desert...anyhow for interest sake, the incredible, awesome BARNATO won it.... (high fives all around!)
We love you green house, we dooooo ohhhhhhhhhh green house, we love youuuu!
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Of course Barnato has always been TOPS!!!
3 cheers for Barnato!!
Was it a barnato team run or did other teams participate :emot19:
You're just red with jealousy!
Hooray for Barnato House.
I used to loathe running the cross country. Barefoot too! That sand was so hot. We used to stop and stand on our vests or shorts for some respite then after our feet had cooled, we'd carry on.
... and don't forget the thorns....
Hooray, hooray, hooray!
Way to go, you Barnato guys. Loved cross country - used to be quite good at it too - used to love running.
Lucky me - these days I have a car!
Quite a treacherous cross-country through the sand. Wonder how many kids would do it today, barefoot and in sand!
There was a specific yellow flower which when it died, left triangular leaves with millions of thorns on top. I've never seen it again, but I can still remember them from Oranjemund's dunes.
By the way, glad to see the Barnato team joining the party. Yesterday the screen was red,red, red. Go Barnato! We're definitely THE color today!
@ Michael - Any way we as old and proud Barnato teamers could congratulate our team in OPS on their victory? Maybe e-mail at school?
Look under the member list for Dieter Meier, he is the school principal...... nice guy and I'm sure he would appreciate the thoughts.....
i've got that lasy - i wouldn't even do that journey in a car .hehehe
I used to dread the cross country - I was always one of the last ones in. :caldo1:
Quote from: Michael Alexander on June 05, 2008, 08:20:20 AM
You're just red with jealousy!
Touche ... well done to Barnato ... bet they were
RED with exhaustion when they crossed the finish line ... :36_2_35:
congrats to the victors,yes i remember those bloody thorns and the red hot sand,no wonder we pulled off good times
Memories of great team spirit and even greater excitement during events like the cross-country and the swimming gala as well as the athletics. allgood
I remeber a boy called Sebastian - was the best ever at the cross country, he was nearly finnished one year before I even reached the desert. There was another boy we called him Ollie ( can't remember is real name) He had walking difficulties but he alway gave it 100% and never gave up. The whole school used to cheer him on when he came over the hill at the end. I can still see his smile - I remember ever seeing him not smiling. He was in my sisters class so he would be about 30 now.
Quote from: Claire Mc Cullagh on June 05, 2008, 02:18:46 PM
I remeber a boy called Sebastian - was the best ever at the cross country, he was nearly finnished one year before I even reached the desert. There was another boy we called him Ollie ( can't remember is real name) He had walking difficulties but he alway gave it 100% and never gave up. The whole school used to cheer him on when he came over the hill at the end. I can still see his smile - I remember ever seeing him not smiling. He was in my sisters class so he would be about 30 now.
And we have the audacity to complain and moan at being hungover, the price of a Zonda, not being fast enough on the squash court, driving when we should walk and then moaning about the long walk.....!
We do not know how really good we have it.
10 out of 10 for Robert - for smacking me right back in plek for opening my wide mouth about having a car and that goes for you as well Claire.
Yep - we moan and groan, while we should be rejoicing in what we have.
Ahem! Excuse me Mike - but you're forgetting to tell our friends here that the RED team allowed the greens a turn at winning, cause our trophy cabinet is full and yours is collecting dust; we the Mighty Reds are such good sports!
We love you red team; we do
We love you red team;we do
We love you red teeeeeeam; we do
Oh! Red team we love yoooooooooooooo
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Quote from: Rhona on June 05, 2008, 07:58:23 PM
..... the RED team allowed the greens a turn at winning.....
And we grabbed the opportunity with both hands.....! And look what happened - we won! So we need to ask - how much money was exchanged in bungs?
Not sure who Ollie was/is but Sebastian was/is Sebastian D'Elboux
I think your right - he was younger than me, I remeber all the younger girls always fancied him, think he went to SACS Boarding school. Funny the things we remember.....
He's on Facebook as is his sister Celeste.
Those F... ng thorns .. hated them ... one had to tweeze the fine hairlike things out of the foot or else they caused days of irritation .. yes the cross country runs .. a good memory ..
sands........you nuts buddy try walking on broken glass like where i work.lol.
them twatting thorns still haunt me,which ever the way they were ,the bastards still got you,we used to call them the ,DRIE HOORING EINA ETTERS,any one remember the termenollogy,if you dont,youve never lived
Not nuts we had to do the runs barefoot .. made us tough ... as for the broken glass .. well stop breaking the bottles as you slug them down and then there will be no broken glass around .. ha ha
i dont drink at work cause could get to blow pipe and if alcohol shows then sent home no pay. but lekka working there.
Just trying you .. I go to distell regularly .. they also keep a close eye on their staff ... and yes glass is a problem .. safety glasses have to be worn at all times ...
you walking next to filler when bottle explodes that why u have safety glasses on. did dougie organise the order for you guys??
Nope .. I just managed to make a " bombproof " product that works ..
Quote from: bobbysmith on June 06, 2008, 09:34:24 PM
them twatting thorns still haunt me,which ever the way they were ,the bastards still got you,we used to call them the ,DRIE HOORING EINA ETTERS,any one remember the termenollogy,if you dont,youve never lived
Such a good laugh ! Been long since I heard that, Bobby..... my friend's little boy of 3 expressed himself in a similar way & couldn't help but laugh - something like : ' die pokkene doenangs steek my eina ' oh, his mom's face ! My own son used to call them 'blikkesems', 'cos we used to say 'eina, bliksem' when you stepped in one. We still got lots of them thorns here in the Kalahari - those hard ones and the soft versions Sandy is talking about - hard ones are called duwweltjies and the soft ones paper thorns. Must remember to take pics for you & post them here.
i look forward to the pics darlene,keep well x
Quote from: RobertBruce on June 05, 2008, 09:23:31 AM
Hooray for Barnato House.
I remember in my time at OPS that Barnato was first in team spirit and last in everything but swimming! one year at cross country the teachers played a trick on us and swaped the red and green teams scores around!!!!!!! You should have heard us cheer! In fact you would have heard us at the golf corse. they let us believe the impossible for five minutes before changing it back. The Red team captains even went up to protest!!!!!!! :emot19: Funny now- but there were some very deflated kids in that stand.
I never thought that it was fair that the headmaster was RHodes..... it smacks of behind the scene stuff.... image21
headmasters must have taken turns,dr fenter was an oppenheimer man,as was his wife and two kids, image06
I think Mr. Dickson was Barnato.
"kyk die groen daar op die baan, hulle slaan vir almal bang!"
Quote from: bobbysmith on June 13, 2008, 08:42:53 AM
headmasters must have taken turns,dr fenter was an oppenheimer man,as was his wife and two kids, image06
OPPENHEIMER
BARNATO!!!!
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OH shut up Bertie...I'm the only Oppenheimer around here, so don't p*ss on my battery
Sorry girl, so if you're the only Oppenheimer one, then this MUST be you.......
Boobs
OH YES
ME TOO !!
And only now you reveal it Sandy B
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Athletics 1988 - of course Rhodes won the Cup for Spirit!!!!!!!!!
We've got spirit yes we do, we've got spirit how about you!
How cool is the RED team? Thanks Michele - pic is great
and That would be Michelle with the red headband?
Yep, that's me!
cat3 cat3 cat3
Quote from: Diana Rudd (Boehme) on June 13, 2008, 12:26:57 PM
And only now you reveal it Sandy B
Not been following the gist of this .. caught up this afternoon..
'bout Bl**dy time I've been fighting off these Reds and greens all on my own for months now.
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Quote from: Rhona on June 13, 2008, 05:03:47 PM
How cool is the RED team? Thanks Michele - pic is great
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Go the Greens, go, go, go!!
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Remember Sweet things Robert...
"COme What May we believe in Barnato... for Oppenhemier and Rhodes have no chance at all....."
Green's so true, So true, so true,... reds are angry and blues are, ...well,... blue...
Boobs Boobs Boobs Boobs Boobs Boobs Boobs
O P P E H E I M E R
You might win the swimming and the running - but the REDS will beat ye under the table when it comes to staying up all night dancing image203 image203 image203 image203 image203
Bring on the next 'lock in' and we'll see how ye get on..... quickdop
:36_4_8: numberon dawoman dawoman get in there babe,well said
GROEN! GROEN! GROEN!
You ever try screaming GROEN 5hours in a row?! Sports day at OPS can not be topped. Have never found the same spirit in any other school as yet.
High five, BARNATO!
bravo
GO ERIKA!
Oh nooooo - not another Greenie!
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Only joking - welcome to the forum Erika - hope you have as much fun as we all do!
Rhodes are no. 1!!!!!! numberone
Thanks Michele - Greenie, indeed. And can you believe it, I now live in Kimberley - cannot get away from Barnato, Rhodes and Oppenheimer it seems.
@ Erika - Oppenheimer and Rhodes who? BARNATO IS DIE BESTE!!!!! Welcome to another greenie!
yougogirl
Welcome to the forum Erika! To share memories of the GREEN GREEN gras of home! We're so glad to have another GREEN girl on this forum. yougogirl :emot112_2:
One of these days we will outnumber the big mouths reds! :ciupa1:
I was in red house so go red go9( that was in 1953)
Hi Andrewette and thanks. Green, green it's green they say......... do they still have to attend "singing" lessons at OPS? In my day it was compulsory - whilst one house practised swimming and the other athletics, the other team had to go to the hall and practice their cheering and songs. My sister was a cheerleader for about three years in a row - Annemarie Rauh. She was also headgirl 1973.