inter-house

[Delia]

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.

[barb (Fry)]

green is the colour of choice so it's ok today -

[Dalene Steenkamp (Coetzee)]

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.)

[Michael Alexander]

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?

???

[Sharon]

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?

[Dalene Steenkamp (Coetzee)]

I think the Brink girl's name was Anien? (Don't know about the spelling)

[Michael Alexander]

and there was a Karin Brink?

:o

[Barbara Eia (Brownless)]

I was in the green team and was quite good at swimming got a few firsts

Go Green Go


Barbara

[Julie Vice (Willson)]

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
:D

[barb (Fry)]

Karen was who I was talking about and her sister was Anien (sp)

thanks Mike, you're a fountain of memory fueling info......

[Delia]

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?

[Michael Alexander]

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...

:)

[Delia]

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.... :)

[Dalene Steenkamp (Coetzee)]

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.

[Michael Alexander]

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..

:D