having just read the story of the school , it got me thinking , which house were you in , i was an openheimer boy , for the most part we sucked at athletics bue we kicked serious ass at the swimming gala and the cross country
Kevin and I were both in Rhodes, we didn't seem to do very well at the swimming or athletics but in Std 5 I was a cheerleader and we won the cup for spirit!
Shannon is also in Rhodes and this year they won the gala and athletics. Shannon came first in the freestyle under 9's - that was really exciting.
Was the pool covered in when you were still here? Can't quite remember what year Mike Curtis and a lot of other parents decided to make the school an indoor pool - it took quite a bit of getting used to for those of us who were used to it being an outdoor swimming pool!
nooo the pool was open and bloody cold and we had to wear them speedos , oh my word those speedos
I refused point blank to wear dem Speedo's.... anyhow today with my Boep you would,nt see anything anyway!
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what house were the alexanders in ( besides the dog house)
"Come what may we....lalalala , believe in Barnato.......lalalalala!"
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that must be a bit of a kicker seeing as though your family goes red
I go with Mike - Barnato forever! They were good as sports and swimming. In the 60's our competition for sports was always against Rhodes because Oppenheimer were rubbish - they were good at singing though. I must admit even way back then they were good at swimming, but then so were Barnato, and Rhodes struggled! I was pretty good at swimming but my big claim to fame on Sports Day was joint second in the three legged. Now there's a career I could have built on. Did you have a beauty parade at your Gala?
Anne , well said, Friends for life, albeit green ones.....
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And here's a pic og the indoor School Pool!
i was in the green team--barnato i think...awesome athletics team, could not buy a swimming victory, and also awesome in rugby and hockey.....we did have some great days out...loved travelling on the team coach to kleinzee to whip some SA school kids butts on the sports field
"RHODES FOREVER"
Those great songs we used to sing, and moms running next to the field shouting for their kids.
Drom, Drom, Drom die rooi span kom
Klap, Klap, Klap die rekort spat
Dumalaka, Dumalaka, Dumalaka Da
Rooi gaan wen oh ja, ja, ja.
(I think)
All the girls wanted to be cheerleeder so they could were those short satin skirts.
Great times
Carolyn
"Kyk die Groen Huis daar op die baan"
"Hulle slaan vir almal bang!"
"Groenhuis is die beste Span!"
"Bo-Ja Bo!"
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THEY SAY THAT OPPENHEIMER'S THE BRIDGE RIGHT INTO TOWN
THEY SAY THAT RHODES WAS FOUNDED FOR CARS TO RIDE AROUND
BUT WE ALL KNOW BARNARTO'S BEST.......................
I WAS ACTUALLY IN OPPENHEIMER WHY I REMEMBER BARNATO"S SONG WHO KNOWS.
here is a blast from the past, during the glory days of my swimming and diving for opperheimer
getting a third was a battle against rhodes, Margaret Fry and apologies for not remembering Brink girls first name.
Barnato - in my std 5 year ('77) - we won the interhouse swimming - we had a strong swimming team that year and i like to think it was thanks to the likes of steven brownless, anita uys, charl van wyk, alison bennett, myself (sorry if i forget anybody) who won most of their races. We got to throw Dicky Bird into the pool that year - remember that tradition of throwing the teacher who represented the house into the pool?
I can only speak for our years, but it was always tight competition between rhodes and barnato in athletics and swimming. If i remember right, we also won the athletics that year.
green is the colour of choice so it's ok today -
Delia, I never was any good at swimming, although I did my share of splashing in the pool, but yes, Barnato won that year and we won the athletics. I remember I still broke the record in the "krieketbal gooi" event that year. It was also the first time that I actually beat a girl (and for the life of me I can not remember her name) a girl who used to be in the red team, in the 100m event.
Was'nt a guy called Rudi Heusdens also in your swimming team? If I remember correctly, Mrs. Elaine Shepherd used to be the coach the swimming team. The only time I actually participated in swimming, was when we had to get sponsors from people in town - we had to swim like 60 lengths , hell and I did it, no matter that it included some 'versuipslag' - in order to raise money for some cause??? And again the Green team kids swam the most lengths, so we won the event for inning the highest amount. Can't remember who the kid was who did the best, but he/she also got a special prize.
So ------ GO GREEN -- we still support you all the way. (I think Kobus Wiese also used to be in the green team.)
The Brink girl was Mona? ANyone?
Green was good in the swimming in my days, we could'nt run to save our lifes.... Why were all the teachers kids in red house?
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I was in the GREEN TEAM and so where the Masterton's and Kim can't remeber her name! we were cheerleaders. I remeber the running, and swimming, i could not stand the swimming, liked the running. Tracey Hockney was in the green team aswell. Give me a "b" give me a "a".......and we would always have to jump up and shout out the name....who remembers the gymnastic display we had to put on?
I think the Brink girl's name was Anien? (Don't know about the spelling)
and there was a Karin Brink?
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I was in the green team and was quite good at swimming got a few firsts
Go Green Go
Barbara
Hey Mike, it was not just teachers kids in the red (Rodes) team, us Willson lot were all in the red house as well as the Jones's and Laubscher boys.
GO RED'S GO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Yehaaaa!!!!
Paula
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Karen was who I was talking about and her sister was Anien (sp)
thanks Mike, you're a fountain of memory fueling info......
Hi Dalene - i remember rudi heusdens but i think he was in rhodes (i could be mistaken) - he would've been in the school swimming team tho. i've got an A4 photo of the 1977 school swimming team but i'm having trouble in posting any photos - i've tried in the past and it doesn't work - think it's got something to do with us being on a network (yes, i surf at work) - it inserts the whole link, not the photo - Mike, any suggestions?
when it comes to accomplishments that year - i remember it was tight between anita uys and myself for victrix ladourum (sp??) - even tho i won all my races, she won victrix 'cos i didn't take part in butterfly.
with the cricket ball throw and your comment on the girl you beat - the first person that came to mind was Amor Agenbach - she was also good at running - was it her maybe, she was in rhodes?
Morning Delia, You'll have to ask Paul or Robert about Networks , but I imagine that they would restrict that type of thing from work...
:)
Thanks mike - my gut feel was it had something to do with that - when i've tried to post pics, an error message comes up saying the message body is blank. pity, oh well, so goes life.... :)
No, it was'nt Amor. I used to participate in the age group for the standard lower than we were, 'cos I was younger. It could have been Annemarie Stander - I know she also competed against me in the javelin item in high school, and as far as I can remember she also ran a good race. She also took part in swimming. Her dad was Barry Stander - remember them? Anyway, ask Paul to help you post those pics - would really like to see them.
Anita went to Paarl La Rochelle - boarding school - then her parents moved to Kleinzee and from her st. 8 year on she then came to Springbok NHS. Last time I had contact with her was when we had our 20yr reunion - she never showed, but I've still got her address somewhere. Her married surname is also Steenkamp.
Nope, Delia, you can post images, when it says the message body is blank, you have to just type a note about the pic, then attach, then click post, look under the section Oranjemunders Please register, there is a pointer there..
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Cool, thanx mike, will give it a try.
Here goes - just grabbed any picture to test.........
Hey, it worked - great. Thanx for the tip mike.
Dalene, i'll bring that swimming photo in tomorrow, scan it and post it. Great to see all the old faces :)
So, someone did take a photo of me after the world cup celebrations - you know, when I was a little bitty Tweety!!!! Just shows ya what a mix of beer and champers can do. ha ha
Great, can't wait for those photo's
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I think that's Wendy masterson with the sun cap on ???
there are a few others there who's faces I recognise but can't remember the names................
The boy next to her with the red hair is Charl Coetzee - Rooi Andries Coetzee's son. Him and my sister, Wilma, were big pals then, but they are 8ys plus younger than the age group we are in.
Dalene, '77 swimming photo attached - where i've put ?, can remember the faces, just not the names. also, help me out if i've got some wrong - was many moons ago.
Back L-R
Jackie Hodgson, Charl van Wyk, Marsha Groenewald, Simon Mason, Brigitta van Avezaat, Wayne Hoffman, Annemarie Stander, Steven Brownless, Elmarie Brooke, Kevin Laubscher, Delia Olivier, Mark Laubscher, Alison Bennet, ?, ...... Heusdens(?)
Middle L-R
Pieter Crouse, Sheena Joubert, Bertus Viljoen, Anita Uys, Derick Swanepoel, Lenore Whatley, Scott Wilson, Natasha le Roux, Karen Brink, Daphne Steyn, Warren Summers, ?, Nico Miller(?)
Sitting L-R
?, Chantel Oliver, Micky Steyn, ?, Johnny Visser, ?, ?, Zandie, Henning Brooderyk, behind him Andrew Hewitt, Mrs Shepard, Mark Railton, Stephanie Carr, ...... Stander(?), ?, ?, ?
Front L-R
Tessa Brooderyk, ?, ?, Egon Fourie(?), ...... van Avezaat, Sandy Joubert, Brett Summers, ?
Thnx a million, Delia.
I will have to sit down and dig into the archives of my brain about those ?? faces. Funny how one tends to forget. Same as you - recognise the face, but cannot put a name to it. You actually remembered a lot more names than I did. Will post the names as they come back to me.
Best of all, when I opened the picture I immediatly recognized you - remember I had you confused with Delia Munn. Jeez, it's bad when the brain gets rusted up - must be this new purple capped baby powder that I'm sniffing - camomile scented - legend has it that it makes you relax. So, factually I'm not rusted, I'm just very very relaxed in the head. tee hee hee
For those of you who are interested - the school interhouse athletics was held this week and I am pleased to announce that Rhodes were the winners!
Cameron was also very excited to come home and tell me that she has also be put in Rhodes. They normally only get split up in Grade 1 but obviously decided to change it to Grade 0.
Rhodes has really proven themselves this year what with winning the gala and the athletics! Lets hope next year is just as good!