Eldoraigne from Centurion near Pretoria have decided to drop down to the Blue Bulls Region Macro Schools B-section for the Beeld this year. With Centurion High also in the B-section and Affies no longer part of the Beeld, the Blue Bulls A-section is looking very small. Chances are the Eldoraigne move will encourage the remaining A-section Marco schools to press ahead with the formation of a proper Noordvaal premier league. Where this will leave the Beeldtrofee with its rich tradition, remains to be determined.
The Blue Bulls Macro Schools sections now look like this:
A-section:
1. Garsfontein
2. Waterkloof
3. Menlopark
B-Section:
1. Eldoraigne
2. Centurion
3. Montana
4. Wonderboom
5. Zwartkop
Boarding schools vs Community schools
The interesting distinction between the Bulls Macro Schools A and B-sections is that the three A-section schools are all boarding schools while the B-section schools are very much community schools. Community schools meaning they do not have boarding houses and attract students from their respective surrounding neighbourhood and traditional feeder areas.
On-site boarding establishment out of the question
Eldoraigne is currently implementing a 5-year sporting facilities plan. It is a big budget project and indicates that the school has quite a large sum of money at their disposal. Their major constraint is space! The Eldoraigne premises are not that big to begin with. They are surrounded by a built-up residential area and even have Sutherland High School (see satellite map below), with whom they occasionally share a venue for big sports events, as a fence separated neighbour. So for Eldoraigne there have no unoccupied land available for development. As a result building an on-site boarding establishment as part of an effort to improve its sports is impractical.
Sporting facilities plan
The aim of the sporting facilities development plan is to put Eldoraigne on par with what the best have to offer. So far a facility has been built as an extension of the main sports pavilion. It contains a sports office on the ground floor and a reception/club house cum entertainment area above. On the other side of the main pavilion a similar structure was built which houses change rooms for visiting schools and a gym above that.
Still to follow are an indoor cricket facility, a hockey astro-turf and a swimming pool.
Eldoraigne Rugby Fixtures 2015
03-Mar: Hugenote (Springs) vs Eldoraigne
07-Mar: Rustenburg vs Eldoraigne @Tuks-Reeks
14-Mar: Eldoraigne vs HTS Middelburg @Tuks-Reeks
21-Mar: Klerksdorp vs Eldoraigne @Tuks-Reeks
02-Apr: Eldoraigne vs TBC @KES Rugby Festival
04-Apr: Eldoraigne vs TBC @KES Rugby Festival
06-Apr: Eldoraigne vs TBC @KES Rugby Festival
08-Apr: Eldoraigne vs TBC @Tuks-Reeks Quarterfinals Day
22-Apr: Montana vs Eldoraigne @Beeld
01-May: Eldoraigne vs TBC @Tuks-Reeks Semifinals Day
09-May: Eldoraigne vs TBC @Tuks-Reeks Finals Day
16-May: Wonderboom vs Eldoraigne @Beeld
23-May: Eldoraigne vs Zwartkop @Beeld
30-May: Eldoraigne vs John Vorster @Beeld
06-Jun: Eldoraigne vs Centurion @Beeld
3rd term: Beeld playoffs
Satellite Map of Eldoraigne (bottom right) with Sutherland High School (top left)
I was informed of this sad news about Heinrich Ollie Terblanche, an Eldoraigne Old Boy and 1st XV player in 2007 & 2008 who suffered a horrible rugby injury in a curtain raiser to a Stormers warm-up game in George.
http://www.georgeherald.com/news.aspx?main=News&sub=General&id=128557&h=Belowende-rugbyspeler-verlam
@Babbelas: Die meerderheid ja en ek is dalk naief omdat ek vanuit n EGJ oogpunt praat met n baie klein getal skoolseun dag skoliere.
@MikeSt: Natuurlik speel effort en ontwikkeling ‘n groot rol maar as jy kyk na die sterk skole in die Beeld trofee het almal sonder uitsondering ‘n koshuis of huis wat gehuur word of wat ook al wat jy dit wil noem. Die kind slaap nie by sy Pa of Ma se huis nie…
@Babbelas: Moet se ek verskil met jou want alles gaan oor effort en ontwikkeling van die dag skoliere en nie net oor koshuis nie. n’ Koshuis maak n verskil maar is nie die alpha en omega nie
@Murrayfield: Die platteland se skole is in ‘n penarie op die oomblik, en ouers daar is op soek na alternatiewe opsies vir hulle kinders. Soos ek voorheen genoem het, is daar net ‘n handjievol goeie skole op die platteland oor, en hulle sit in die groot dorpe. Waar is die jare toe Ventersdorp vir drie jaar in ‘n ry die admin beker gewen het? Wat het van Swartruggens, Piet Pot, Sannieshof, Delmas, Warmbad en Womaransstad (wat eens twee hoërskole gehad het) geword. Daai kinders wil nie meer (kan nie meer) daar skool gaan nie. Net soos ons ouer gaardes in die verlede op die platteland gebore was moet almal nou Pretoria toe ry om geboorte te skenk aan jou nuweling. Skole in Pretoria het nog nooit ‘n beter geleentheid gehad om ‘n heenkome te bied vir die kinders in die platteland as nou nie, en dit is waar die krag lê… die boerseuns en -dogters! Eldoraigne en Centurion, dis nou die tyd om hierdie uitstaande kinders van die platteland ‘n beter geleentheid te bied. Menlo Park, Garsfontein en Affies het hierdie jaar rekord getal graad 8 inskrywings gehad. Ek weet nie van Waterkloof nie, waarskynlik ook…. Nietemin, dis my storie!
@Rugbyman: Ek stem saam met RugbYman, Garsies se koshuis gaan n reuse verskil maak! Menlo se koshuis is ook tops! So wat is die rede om ‘n koshuis op te rig!! Gaan “Koop” “werf” “lok” spelers vanuit die Blou Bul land!
@Babbelas: Persoonlik dink ek daar is plek op julle terrein vir n koshuis… dis die leierskorps wat teen dit skop… die lewe gaan maar oor keuses en julle het miljoene op kantore langs die pawiljoene is bestee… dit was die leierskorps se keuse, maar in my opinie is/was eldoraigne in n unieke posisie om die ander skole in spesifiek centurion vir goed agter te laat sou n koshuis gebou geword het… in my beskeie opinie het julle leierskorps ‘n truuk gemis met hulle besluit… ook die besluit om af te skuif b-afdeling toe dink ek is ‘n reuse fout… maar dis net my opinie…
@Cappie: Jou vraag is al oor en oor gedebateer. Om ‘n koshuis op die terein te bou sal die skool ‘n klaskamerblok moet skuif. Dit mag dalk goedkoper wees om ‘n aangrensende huis te koop en plat te slaan. Die idee van ‘n koshuis is ongelukkig nie hoog op die bestaande leierskorps se gedagtes nie.
@Babbelas: Kry ‘n koshuis! Dit bied nog meer geleenthede vir kinders wat werklik wil presteer. Hoe meer goeie skole ons in Pretoria vestig, hoe beter vir ons land!
As jy nie ‘n koshuis het nie en ook nie plek het vir ene nie is dit ongelukkig die enigste roete om te volg. Miskien moet Beeld Makro skole 2 reekse aanbied, 1 vir die met koshuise en 1 vir die sonder!
@scrummie: Sorry my bad. Montana added to B-section. The match is on Wednesday 22 April
Hs Montana is ook deel vd B-Afdeling, ek is nie seker wanneer Eldo teen hul speel nie, miskien kan Kosie help …