There was a cup final feel about the Paarl Interskole match which lived up to its hype of being a well-attended and closely contested affair. Paarl Boys High beat Paarl Gymnasium 16 – 10 after a nail-biting closing few minutes.
Match highlights
2min. A try is awarded to HJS no.8 Khanya Ncusane, who shows great soccer skills to control the ball after Jean-Louis le Grange charges down a George Lourens attempted clearance kick made out in midfield and without much by way of defensive support behind him. Jean luc Cilliers adds the extras for a 7-0 lead.
6min. After a short aerial ping-pong exchange, a good chase by HJS lock Ruben de Villiers is the main contributor to his team having the territorial advantage in the end. From here HJS earns a penalty after Gim’s Gustav Marais comes through the ruck and takes a player out without the ball. JL Cilliers, who deservedly would go on to claim the player of the match award, lands the difficult penalty. 10-0 to HJS.
9min. Soon after the kickoff Theo Boshoff slots a long range penalty for Gim after HJS errs at a ruck. 10-3.
12min. In spite of having two of the best locks in SA in their team, HJS genrally struggle at lineout time. After a messy own throw lineout, the Galpille managed to tidy up and a Gim forward is pinged for no daylight while trying to steal the ball at the ruck. Cilliers misses the kick.
20min. Arguably the best attack of the first half is initiated by a good hands over the tackle offload by Boishaaier Salmaan Moerat. HJS advances to near the Gim line before a misdirected pass into touch halts their progress. HJS easily look the better team by this stage of the match.
24min. Gim make use of the boot to advance into HJS territory. Here an HJS lineout goes astray and Gim’s MJ Hays sparks a ball in hand attack that almost seems the Bloedworse score a try. Two quick succession red zone penalties are used to continue the ground attack instead of the kick at goal. However Gim can’t make inroads against a resolute HJS D-line. When Gim wins a third penalty, this time for offside, they decide to take the angled kick at goal but it’s missed by Boshoff. It’s viewed as criminal by some because moments earlier Gim turned down what would have been a relatively simple kick. They were not able to turn possession into points during this passage and it was key to the outcome in the end.
30 min. A beautiful line break by Gim’s Wian van Zyl gets them into their opponents 22 but the flyhalf loses the ball in contact to end this bit of excitement.
33min. HJS wing Tyreeq February carelessly crashes into an airborne van Zyl, in what looks like a yellow card offence for reckless play. The referee points out that the HJS wing had his eyes on the ball all the time and ends up having harsher words with the irate Gim player than the transgessor who’s only sanction is a penalty.
35 min. Gim wins a penalty and choose to end the half with a long shot at poles which Boshoff is also unsuccessful with.
Halftime. Paarl Boys High 10-3 Paarl Gim.
36 min. It becomes noticeable that the field has a sandpit on it which the players do well to negotiate.
38 min. The game is characterised by kicking partly due to the defences of the respective sides being so well organised. A very good kick into the box by van Zyl is coolly gathered after the bounce by Cilliers who makes a good exit under huge pressure.
44 min. HJS’s Bradley Thain sets off on an uninspiring diagonal run and when gets taken out, his harried pass is intercepted by George Lourens who finds Boshoff wide on the left. Boshoff looks to well covered by February but a good hand off easily gets rid of the last line defender and Boshoff races in to score the try and converts to level matters at 10-10.
47 min. A turnover and kick ahead by Gim places HJS under the kosh. Cilliers again comes to the rescue but this time his clearance fails to find the safety of touch. Van Zyl again uses his line speed to work a gap and his long pass sees left wing Keenan Abrahams able to get in front of his tackler and use his outside arm to fling a wildish pass to a support runner racing up on an inside line. The pass does not go to hand and is knocked on. What is clear is that the momentum in the match has swung in Gim’s favour since the second half began.
54 min. Ncusane does good work in midfield to generate go forward. In the act of making the tackle Gim’s Lourens seems to won the ball legitimately but while on the ground and part of the ruck that had formed, he continues to play the ball by attempting to throw it back to a teammate in the backline. Penalty to HJS! Cilliers makes no mistake. 13-10 to Boishaai.
61 min. HJS seems to have found their second wind. They effect a turnover in midfield and their lively no.21 kick the ball into an unguarded space in the 22 where Gim get trapped in possession and again turnover ball. From there HJS show urgency at first to get very close to the tryline but the ball becomes soon becomes very static and after an HJS scrum, it’s Gim that do ever so well to trap an HJS player on the ground for holding to win a relieving penalty.
66 min. HJS is still enjoying territorial advantage during this late stage of the match. They manage to win a penalty at the breakdown on the left near the Gim 22. Replacement Jandré Grobler slots the fairly difficult kick to extend their lead to 16-10 lead.
69 min. Gim wins a penalty soon after the kickoff and Boshoff sets up after lineout inside the opposition 22m area. Gim then comes up with a very good sustained attack involving the best continuity of the match. Although HJS make two penalisable errors, they remain focused after the tap and go and continue to repel their determined rivals in a series of attacks near the line. The tense finish sees replacement Gim centre Taigh Schoor backing himself to punch a hole on the left outside. When he goes to ground, he quickly gets to his feet to have a second go but the ref adjudged him to have been brought down in the tackle, meaning he had to release the ball and get to his feet before playing it again. What an exciting finish to a game that has a history of having a spread of 5-points.
70 min. Boishaai old boys and supporters are so overcome by joy with the referees decision to award their team the penalty, that they don’t even wait for the game to end. They break the barriers and rush onto the field to congratulate their players. The ref is forced to blow the final whistle.
FINAL SCORE : PAARL BOYS HIGH 16 PAARL GYNASIUM 10.
From Premier Interschools: It’s that time of the year again. Late July and the quiet Boland town of Paarl will start to buzz with the excitement only the imminent arrival of Interschools can provide. Paarl Gimnasium versus Paarl Boys’ High School is simply the biggest Interschools in the world! Since 1915 (when Interschools was “born”) these two rugby giants have competed against each other.
The 2015 season:
Paarl Boys’ High head coach Sean Erasmus and assistant Elmo Wolfaardt are quietly confident that their 2015 crop is a special bunch. At the Easter festivals, they dispatched Noordvaal giants Monnas and Garsfontein in an efficient and effective manner within two days of each other. Experienced lock Ruben de Villiers, a veteran of the 2014 campaign, plays a vital role in keeping the solid tight five together. With fellow lock, Salmaan Moerat, they make a formidable pair at 2.00 m.
When they also dispatched early season favorites EG Jansen at Wildeklawer and then won against Grey College a week later in Bloemfontein, everyone sat up and started taking notice of the Boys in Blue. They romped to the No. 1 spot in SA and after 16 matches are still unbeaten. With such a competitive season having already played some of the best schools in the country and their local Western Cape league, the boys from the Southern Paarl can already claim to have a very successful season. Everyone knows however, that their season’s success is mostly defined by the one big game in August!
Paarl Boys’ High had seven WP representatives at Craven Week this year. Tyreeq February, Manuel Rass, Khanya Ncusane, Ruben de Villiers, Salmaan Moerat, Leo Kruger and Wikus Groenewald were all at the Markötter fields in July in the famous white and blue hooped jerseys. Scrumhalf Bradley Thain and reserve flanker Charl Serdyn were both picked for the WP Academy team.
Interschools Line-up
15 Jeanluc Cilliers, 14 Tyreeq February, 13 Manuel Rass, 12 Jan-Louis la Grange, 11 Urgene Johannes, 10 Rayhaan Lombaard, 9 Bradley Thain, 8 Khanya Ncusane, 7 JC van Schalkwyk, 6 Andreas van Wyk (c), 5 Salmaan Moerat, 4 Ruben de Villiers, 3 Leo Kruger, 2 MC de Jongh, 1 Wikus Groenewald.
Paarl Gimnasium has also quietly gone about their winning way. They did an early demolition job of Pietersburg at the Paul Roos 150th festival day. They then wrapped up wins against Menlopark and Garsfontein in the North-South tournament before surprisingly going down to Bishops. They then delivered a mixed bag at the Wildeklawer tournament where they had a good win against HTS Middelburg and then drew with Affies on the last day. Their win against Paul Roos at Markotter came somewhat as a surprise as the maroon machine was early front runners for the top spot in the country. That win showed that the team from Northern Paarl is like most other Gim teams of previous years, very well coached and very dangerous!
Four players from Paarl Gimnasium represented WP at the Craven Week in 2015. Lock and captain Ernst Van Rhyn was also appointed as the WP captain, hooker Johan Grobbelaar, flanker Johan Visser and flyhalf George Lourens. Prop O’Neil Thiart, centre Taigh Schoor and fullback Wian van Zyl all represented WP at the Academy Week in 2015.
Possible Interschools Team:
15 Naudé Wessels, 14 Max Thalwitzer, 13 Taigh Schoor, 12 George Lourens, 11 Keenan Abrahams, 10 Wian van Zyl, 9 Zak Burger, 8 Muller Uys, 7 Gustav Marais, 6 Johan Visser, 5 Ernst van Rhyn (c), 4 MJ Hayes, 3 O’Neil Thiart, 2 Johan Grobbelaar, 1 Rohan Hamman.
Interskole is verby..Dis Dinsdag. Die telling is geskiedenis en dit was goeie naweek vir die Suider Paarl. Gim sal verseker terug wees volgende jaar met n helse aanslag.
@Speartackle: Jip Spiesie! Jy is reg. Daar is egter ook n teenpool van hoe om met waardigheid te verloor. Ek dink dit was Boishaaipa wat reeds gese het dat die Gimmies ondersteuners na die wedstryd soos mis voor die son verdwyn het en hul dapper troepe omtrent alleen in hul teleurstelling en hartseer gelaat het. Kan getuig dat dit nog nooit die geval met Boishaai se soldate was nie. En ja, ons was nou reeds vir n geruime tyd aan die verloorkant en sal eers weer gewoond moet raak aan die wen ding ,voordat ons daai stelling van jou kan deurvoer. MAAR!!! Die toekoms lyk rooskleurig.
@oupadejoostin: ha ha. Gooi die aas. Ons gaan nie byt nie.
Het nou weer na die game gaan kyk om te sien wat gebeur op die einde. Daai laaste tackle was hoog. Gim is beroof !!!!
Oud afrigter het altyd vir my gesê……………”In victory, always act as if you are used to winning”
@PaarlBok: Ek voel jou pyn. Dit sal beter raak. Belowe. Het jare se ondervinding van verloor om dit te staaf.
@PaarlBok: haha, ekt nie woorde nie. Los dit net daar.
@efster: Boishaai verdien al die krediet met hul wen, verstaan jul groot behoefte om geluk gewens te word en goed so. Dit vat nie die feit weg dat dit sleg lyk op nasionale TV as die ondersteuners soos n klomp holigans op die veld hardloop voor die eind fluitjie blaas. Wil jy graag doring draad om die veld sien soos op Nuweland? As hul kan stil bly dat die skoppers klaar skop, kan hul ook wag dat die eindfluitjie blaas.
Hul verdien defnitief krediet. Hulle het `n goeie span die jaar. Defnitief die beste in die land die jaar na aterdag se oorwinning.
Kyk mens na die uitsle van die junior spanne lyk dinge ook belowend.
Die dag ons as Gim old boys begin vrae vra
@PaarlBok: dat boishaai “‘n slag” gewen het, dat boishaai eerste keer in 6 jaar gewen het, dat Boishaai se old boys hulle swak gedra het, al wat die arme ouens kon sien was die spelers wat hande in die lug gooi na die strafskop van waar hulle op die atletiekbaan gestaan het, dus voorgekom of wedstryd verby was. Ongelukkig al waarop Gim ondersteuners fokus na saterdag se eindfluitjie.
Gee maar vir Boishaai bietjie krediet, die A span tellings van interskole was 119-34 in Boishaai se guns, hulle verdien krediet.
Kattes en BHP
glo my, dit help nie julle probeer verduidelik nie. Horende doof en siende blind. …
Ek het my lankal voorgeneem om niks negatiewe stories oor ander skole ernstig op te neem nie. (Daar is maar altyd ‘n persoonlike agenda of swak selfbeeld agter dit.) So wat die ander doen, skeel my min. Behalwe nou natuurlik as mens iets by hulle kan leer. En daar is baie om by ander te leer.
Laat hulle glo wat hulle wil. Daar is boggerol verduideliking aan iemand verskuldig nie.
Ons weet wat ons weet.
@Kattes-Strofes: Ek dink dit is bragging wat die misverstande veroorsaak. Die ouer las vinnig iets by om die “koop” indrukwekkend te maak en siedaar n nuwe koop ontstaan. @BoishaaiPa: Is dit nie maar ook dieselfde wat by die o/16 by Gim gebeur nie?
Soos ek sê ek wil glad nie vir Boys high sleg sê deur wat ek gesê het nie. Liewer hul geluk wens hoe hulle dinge omgekeur het.
Hul werwing (op watter manier okal) is defnitief beter en Gim sal moet plan maak anders gaan die volgende 6 maer jare aan ons behoort.
@BoishaaiPa: Jip Boishaaipa. n Mite is dit besllis. Ek het ook die afgelope paar jaar n klein bietjie gehelp om talent te identifiseer, soos wat ek by laerskool wedstryde waargeneem het ,dat ander skole ook doen. Boishaai doen dit ook net op laerskool vlak. Indien talent raakgesien word sal daar op n baie diskrete wyse uitgevind word van die finansiele vermoens van die betrokke kind se ouers. Net in uitsonderlike gevalle sal beurse ter sprake kom. Dit is gewoonlik genoeg om net uit te vind wat die seun se toekoms planne is en dan te meld dat Boishaai gerus ook as n moontlikheid oorweeg kan word. Dit bly n feit dat heelwat ouers vir ‘bragging’ doeleindes meld dat n sekere skool hul seun ‘gekoop’ he, wat ver van die waarheid verwyder is.
Ons skool se Old Boys maak beslis n aansienlike bydrae tot die skool op talle terreine. Dit sluit geensins n onuitputbare finansiele bron in nie. Ja . hulle help beslis in gevalle van ouers met finansiele nood, wat baie waardeer word, maar die sogenaamde miljoen rand spanne is totaal onwaar.
@oupadejoostin: Lees weer mooi..Dis die mite wat onstaan agv goeie werwing. Met net so oor die 1000 betalende Old Boys op hulle boeke moet hulle darem blerrie baie geld insamel om so baie spelers te kan koop oor so lang tydperk!!…Daar is wel n Old Boy fonds wat suskesvolle aansoekers help waar hulle kan. Slegs met koshuisgeld en skoolgelde en ook maks tot 40% van die koste…Slegs leerders wat eers aanvaar is by die skool kan dan aansoek doen daarvoor. (nadat hulle aan skool se toelatingsvereistes voldoen het). Boishaai het al jare lank n baie lang waglys vir leerders en n baie goeie werwings beleid wat deur “dedicated” ouens gedryf word. Jy sal baie hoor van die “miljoene” wat spandeer word, maar dis maar altyd mooi stories wat rondloop. Die enkeles wat gehelp word met hulle toelating en verblyf is beslis nie miljoene nie, daarvoor is daar eenvoudig net nie genoeg geld nie.
@BoishaaiPa: Net gewonder want Min la Grange se seun is ook Jan-Louis
@BoishaaiPa: Shoe, dit is slegte nuus. Met “koop” bedoel natuurlik een of ander vorm van n borg, skoolgeld , koshuisverblyf, klere en miskien sakgeld, die tipe van ding? Word daar ook beloftes gemaak van spanne wat hulle kan bereik?
Korrek Gim kry na ons o16 toernooi altyd `n speler of wat by.
Kyk ek sê die Boishaal is verkeerd nie. Net dat julle wel op watter manier okal tot 30 crawenweekspelers elke jaar lok. En dit wys in die junior uitslae.
@oupadejoostin: Die alombekende Noorder Paarl mite dat Boishaai n onuitputbare bron van geld verkry van hulle Old Boys om sodoende elke jaar 30 Cravenweek spelers te kan “koop”…Terwyl arme Gim net moet staatmaak op aansoeke…Miskien moet daar gekyk word hoeveel spelers na hulle o/16 toernooi skielik daar by Gim opdaag…of uit Oudshoorn, of uit Wellington ens ens.
Dit is `n feit dat Boyshigh sedert 2005 baie geld spandeer om te verseker dat hulle die beste 013’s lok.
Die beste spelers het dus nie meer altyd Gim toe gekom nie. Die dat jy sien ons laer spanne sukkel die laaste paar jaar teen Boishaai.
Danksy goeie afrigting (Christoff) en Gimmie Guts het ons eerstespan egter altyd bly goed doen, maar na Saterdag lyk die prentjie anders.
@wkitshoff: Ek verstaan nie. Wat bedoel jy met vet beursies teenoor staatmaak op tradisies? Verduidelik asb.
As oud gimmie gaan ek nooit sê ek is bly dit was slag Boishaai se beurt nie, maar na Saterdag verby is kan ek sê geluk boys dit was tyd na 6 jaar se verloor vat En ek glo die party was groot. Ek onthou die vorige keer in 2009 toey Boishaai dit gevat het die aand in die rugbyclub… Hoop die skade is nie die keer so groot nie.
Dalk ook nie `n slegte ding vir Gim nie… Ons eerstespan het nog altyd goed gegaan maar na Saterdag is die probleme na die onderkant toe ontbloot en vra die old boys vra.
Groot vraag is dit tyd vir Gim om ook die vet beursies uit the haal soos Boyshigh sedert 2005 doen of gaan ons aanhou staatmaak op tradisie en ons naam om die manne te lok?
@Speartackle: Nie sover ek van weet nie…
Wil net graag weet of die Boishaai 12 familie is van die oud minister van polisie, Louis la Grange?
@PaarlBok: Wat sou jy sê is die voordeel dat HJS interskole gewen het?
@BoishaaiPa: Ja hulle hardloop op die veld na die eind fluitjie geblaas het en ek is neutraal nou. Glo my dis goed vir die Paarl dat Boishaai n slag gewen het.
@QC86: I just might with a few individuals!..
@BoishaaiPa: with a win like that, you can easily push it until Wednesday.
@QC86: Yeah..I’ll just sit back and enjoy this one .. :mrgreen:..It’s Monday now and bragging rights are over!
@AffieOuer: Te veelk nektarsappies sedert Saterdag al klaar gehad..Dis hoekom Maandag so ekstra moeilik is!
@BoishaaiPa: enjoy the win,sometimes certain wins are sweeter than others due to comments passed here.
@BoishaaiPa: Ou swaer dit gaan darem lekker wees om daai rankings op te dateer na dese!!
Daar is geen twyfel oor wie no 1 in die land is nie – great stuff en baie geluk! Om alles te kroon het julle darem die beste nektarsappies om dit te vier!!
@PaarlBok: Elke jaar hardloop die old boys en ondersteuners van die wenspan op die veld…Wanneer laas was jy dan by in Interskole?…Jy probeer nou n berg van n molshoop maak en die aandag van Gim se swak spormangees weg te vat. Old Boys het niks verkeerds gedoen nie..dalk sekonde of twee te vroeg op die veld gewees, maar die game was oor…Elke jaar storm Gim se ondersteuners maar net so op die veld en niks is daarvan gese nie…Gaan my verstand te bowe dat julle nie n verloor kan hanteer nie..seker maar die Bluewash Op Faure wat so swaar aan gesluk word.
@loverugby: Wel dis maar hoe dit werk en dit maak ook nie maklik vir daai Overbergers nie. Een of ander tyd moet hulle jou face. Dis wat die Paarl se interskole so anders maak, dis nie of jy terug gaan Bloem/Johannesburg nie. Die Paarliete werk/kerk/leef saam en kry jy net saterdagaand kans om te brag. Vanaf sondag bespiegel jy wie volgende jaar gaan wen. Seker jy bel nie die Gimmies as jou span verloor het nie. Gim het ook n rekord van 2005 toe hul first en seccies gewen het in rugby/netbal en hokkie.
@PaarlBok. Jy slaan die spyker op sy kop. Waar was die eens lojale ondersteuners ( as hulle wen) om saam in hul span se smarte te deel? Nerens te sien. Net kritiek oppad na hul voertuie toe. Lees Die Burger – bladsy 3. Die Paarl is weer Boishaai-blou. “Gimmies kry kous oor kop” 10 uit 10 vir HJ Skool. Al die A spanne het gewen. Golf Skaak en Hokkie se 5-1 is n M……se pak slae.
Die week voor Interskole was dit nag vir Boishaai ondersteuners in die Overberg. Nog net een oproep ontvang – waarom nou so stil manne?
@BoishaaiPa: Ek dink Gim se ondersteuners het geskrik vir die lotte wat so spog met hul goeie dissipline wat op die veld gehardloop het, dat hulle liewers gewaai het. Ek kan nie glo dat stoere GalPille dit nie veroordeel nie, myself was nie daar nie en het by UCT se hokkie klub dit aanskou, spog nogal daar met die goeie sportmangees tussen die twee skole en dan gebeur dit. Dis erger as die sokker lotte.
@AffieOuer: Ja, dit was lang jare wat ons moes wag vir n wen…2009 laas het ons n wen gehad met 2010 wat n draw was. Dus 6 jaar laas wat ons as oorwinaars van die veld kon stap. Gun die Old Boys hulle uitbundigheid…vir lang jare moes hulle sien hoe hulle span verloor deur n hop hier en n skop daar maar het die manne ondersteun deur dik en dun en hulle nog steeds skouerhoog van die veld gedra.
@BuffelsCM: Nee ek weet dit was defnitief nie jy nie..dit was so paar ander manne wat nie eers by Gim betrokke was nie…
@PaarlBok: Daai tyd was al lankal op en dit was die einde van die game…Die ref het elk geval tyd gestop vir beserings wat hy nie moes doen nie. Jy moet darem ook net vir jou pelle daar in Gim se dat wen of verloor, mens ondersteun jou spelers..weereens net soos in 2009 was daar nie n enkele siel om die Gim spelers te ondersteun na die tyd nie…ondersteuners het soos mis voor die son verdwyn so met so dat hulle nie eers die skoollied kon sing nie. Jaar na jaar wat ons verloor het het die old boys nog steeds ons spelers van die veld gedra en die span ondersteun. Miskien iets wat ons Noordelike vriende kan aanleer.
@Losbal en @Boishaaipa Baie geluk met julle wen Saterdag manne… Geniet hom terdee – ek verstaan dis die eerste keer in ‘n lang tyd. Almal stem saam dat Boishaai ‘n besonderse jaar het en dis great as ‘n ou daaraan kan deel he. Ja Saterdag is dit Oakdale en van wat ek kan sien, nog ‘n grote!
Ja, nou vir Oakdale. Oakdale het goed gewen teen Marlow maar ek dink nie hulle gaan hierdie blou trein stop nie. Dit sal ook afhang van wie beskikbaar gaan wees om te speel. Ek moet egter byvoeg dat selfs die tweede keuse manner van Boishaai baie self vertroue het na hierdie wen.
Geluk aan Boishaai met hul wen. Gim kan ook goed voel op die manier hoe hulle gespeel het. Net jammer dat die klomp Galpille op die veld gestorm het voor die eind fluitjie blaas. Het baie meer van hul verwag, was seker vrek bang dat dieselfde gebeur as in 2014 op Makotter toe hulle nie uitgeskop het en PRG gaan druk het van die flater.
Baie geluk Boishaai. Ek is bly julle kon weer die bordjies verhang. Klink my dis net die 3e skaak span wat bietjie slapgelê het. Sien julle oor 2 weke in Riversdal.
@BoishaaiPa: Ek was glad nie grootbek nie maar geluk met die goeie uitslae.
@Stier: No rumour, he is already helping out at Maties, don’t know if it is a permanent arrangement and if he will still be available to coach Gim though.
@Losbal: Ek wag nog steeds vir al daai grootbekke was so voor die tyd voorspellings gemaak het om darem net te kom geluk se…Wag seker verniet! Dis maar redelik stil daar aan die Noorde kant van die Paarl na 2015 Interskole verby is. Al wat hulle kon wys in n wen in die meisies hokkie teen Girls High. Ons bragging rights is na vandag oor en dinge sal weer na normaal terugkeer tot 2016!
Well done to Boishaai. It wasn’t the best game of the year by any of the two teams but the atmosphere was awesome. Thanks to both schools for putting up such a awesome day.
Don’t change a thing, you don’t fix something if it isn’t broke.
I think Glenwood must cry watching Boishaai playing like champions with Shaun running things. All their teams are looking good. Danger signs for the other schools.
I heard a roumor that the Gimmies head coach is off to Maties. Does anybody know if this is indeed correct? Maybe they can get Ludeke?
Laaste ding voor die week begin en BH net more bragging rights in Paarl het.
Wedstrydverslaggewer se onderrok hang onbetaamlik ver uit met verslag hierbo. (Seker maar gesukkel met al die emosies, ou koeie, suur druiwe, ens)
ABF…absolutely bloody final thing. Faurestraat lyk elke jaar gehawend. Interskole bring miljoene der miljoene na die dorp…..kan
die stadsvaders nie bietjie kers opsteek by die skole en so bietjie beplan en bestee om die veld ten minste in orde te kry nie. Sal sommer n klomp ander skole ook bevoordeel. ( die pawiljoensitplekke moes ontwerp en gebou gewees het vir Japannese. Nogal funny om te sien hoe die groot manne meet en pas om plek in te neem.)
Aan my Gim pelle en kollegas. Verwag dat julle my more op die hande gaan dra soos ek die afgelope paar jaar moes verduur. Swak skeidsregters ten spyt. Ek dink aan 2011 en 2012… Kom ons los dit maar. Ons almal klink soos WP supporters wat refs kritiseer as ons span verloor.
Daar sal altyd die Maars en Hoekoms en verskonings asook kritiek op n skeidsregter wees as jou gunsteling span nie wen nie. Die spelers gaan foute maak , almal tussen 16 – 18 jaar oud. Die emosies en druk op die spelers veroorsaak foute. Ten spyte van alles was dit n ongelooflike ervaring , die hele week. Die passie en gesindheid van albei spanne , huidige en Old Boys moet bewonder word. Ja vir die person wat gese het HJS sal na Saterdag no 1 in Suid Afrika wees maar 2de in die Paarl – Die Blou Maan het jou voorspelling beinvloed!!!!
@BoishaaiPa: Sy pa, AK was my skoolhoof en sy ma het vir my Afrikaans gegee. Kan jy glo dat hy in my tyd by die skool geproef het, en vandag is hy afgetree. Die Woord se dat die lewe soos n wasem is. As jy jonk is maak dit geen sin nie, maar hoe ouer jy word, hoe meer besef jy die absolute waarheid daarvan. Miskien is dit tyd dat ek my naam verander na FBOG.
@BoishaaiPa: Ja, ek dink nie spelers sal kla nie – foute was konsekwent, so hy was nie bevooroordeeld nie. Maar kyk weer op TV wys die onkantspel, nie van agter af inkom in losskrums nie, verkeerde spelers gestraf, hoogvatte ens ens.
Ja, die tensheid maak gewoonlik dat mens op die wedstryd fokus. Maar vir ons wat dit met ander oge dophou was die foute net bietjie te veel. Maar soos gesê, hy het potensiaal, dit was duidelik.
@Djou: Ek nou met alle eerlikheid se…ek het nie eers opgelet wat die ref gedoen het nie…die game was so tense ons het net konsentreer op wat die span doen. Ek kon ook nie na die tyd agterkom dat enige van Gim se ondersteuners iets te se gehad het oor die ref nie. Die seuns het ma gespeel soos hy geblaas het.
@BOG: Nee..dis maar die tyd wat ek teruggekom het by die huis!…Vollies het Vrydagaand n great toespraak by die Old Boys brag gedoen…lekker met hom gesels na die tyd. Voorwaar n man na wie mens kan luister as hy praat.
Wow, het gevoel soos ‘n super-15 finaal. Geluk aan albei spanne en aan Boishaai vir die wen.
Maar aan albei skole, kry asb. volgende jaar ‘n skeidsregter wat opgewasse is vir so ‘n massiewe wedstryd. Hy het gereeld kritieke foute gemaak en albei spanne verkeerdelik benadeel/bevoordeel. Ek dink hy het potensiaal, maar was op die stadium net nie gereed/opgewasse vir die wedstryd nie.
@BOG: GC se oud-hoof was die eregas by Boishaai se Groot Brag vir old boys.
@BoishaaiPa: Het jy vanuit Australie kommentaar gelewer of gedrink? Of beide?
Well done to Boishaai
Huge blow for Gim to have their talisman Vissie out injured, especially with the kind of form he was in, as everyone saw at CW.
Gim still had enough opportunities to take the win, but it wasnt meant to be.
Agree with one of the other bloggers that the ref was too scared to make a big decision (YC) on the day.
Seriously?..All you can comment on was that the game wasn’t over?…It was actually 72min 40 odd seconds…that final penalty meant the game was in all but a whistle over…Done and dusted.
@Kattes-Strofes: Eerste keer in at least 40 jaar (want dis wat n OB wat elke Interskole die laaste 40 jaar bygewoon het my meedeel) dat een skool al die games op die dag wen.
Rom , Rom, Rom! Die blou trein het gekom , gebrom en uiteindelik geblom.
Maar alle grappies op n stokkie. Dit was n helse tense game tussen 2 puik spanne. Ja, daar was heelwat ongedwonge en gedwonge foute aan beide kante.Ek wil dit egter toeskryf aan die druk en die belangrikheid van die okkasie.Gimmies het goed daarin geslaag om Boishaai se sterkpunte aan te vat en neutraliseer en verdien dus groot eer daarvoor.
Beide spanne het ook skitterend verdedig en mens kon sien hoekom spanne so sukkel om hul doelyn oor te steek.
Natuurlik verheug oor die uitslag, maar moet ook my hoed lig vir waardige en uitstekende opponente.
NS. Dit was ook blykbaar die 1ste keer dat al Boishaai se rugby spanne die Saterdag gewen het, sowel as die hokkie.
Jip oakdale is klas. Tuis nog meer so.
Gaan moeilik wees sonder paar spelers aan beide kante. Maar jou beste span is die 1 wat op die veld is.
Jislaaik, that was tough….well done Boishaai..
Ek is seker hulle ondersteuners se harte was in hul kele daardie laaste 2 minute en het visioene begin sien van weer met 1 punt verloor.
the relief and joy were something to behold, ek sou graag die ref se gesig wou sien toe hy die aanstormende horde aanskou, hy kon net betyds die fluitjie in sy mond kry voor die golf hom verswelg het….lol….was pure theatre and good tv……sorrie Gim, dit was close……elk geval beter as om te aanskou hoe die Bokke telkens in laaste minute verloor, soos wat ons die vorige 2 Saterdae aanskou het.
Sterkte met die res van die jaar, en boishaai moet nie te veel party nie, Oakdale was baie indrukwekkend vandag
Looks at the scoreboard (. Boy Louw. Ook n Boishaaier)
Vat jou pak soos n man. Ons doen dit al vir jare.?
@Losbal: Nie n clue nie…seker klassiek met baie druk, foute(ref), spanning ens. Relax, ek nie v Gim nie. Baie uitgesien na game en ref het dit gespoil. Baie geluk.
@David: hoe het dit met die res van Gim se spanne gegaan? Hokkie? Gholf? tennis? Swem? Atletiek? Skaak? Muurbal?
As die Gim manne gaan kla Dan gaan Jul seker se dis suur druiwe, nou sê ek dit maar. Hoe daai blou en wit ref nie n geel/rooi kaart gegee het nie, is v my sad. En dit net na al d strafskoppe sonder n waarskuwing met Gim in Boishaai se 22. Die ref was bang om groot calls te maak en nie opgewasse v so groot game nie. Biede spanne is goed vanjaar en d spelers kies ook nie d ref nie. Looks at the scoreboard sal gesê word…
come on guys, grow up.
@tzavosky: The ref definitely blew the final whistle
But his options were pretty limited by then
@Losbal: Well said Losbal. I imagine that for people who are part of this occasion and sense the emotion it, this was another classic.
Boishaai OB’s ran onto the field to carry the ref on their shoulders but he ran away…,
@beet: Did the final whistle blow, or was the game stopped due to a pitch invasion?
Klassieke Interskole met baie druk, foute, spanning, ens
Thanks Gimmies. Dit is n great instelling teen great teenstanders.
Well done Boishaai! The finish was very tense and exciting
@phat55: Commentator said Vissie had to pull out late in the week due to a hamstring injury.
Is Vissie playing or not??
@Speartackle: stem. Geluk aan HJS se hokkie. Hulle het Gim 6-1 geklop.
@Tzavosky: ek wil darem net byvoeg dit is vir my verskriklik hartseer dat Merensky en Ben Vorster nie meer teen mekaar speel nie……dit was ons interskole en het net soveel vir ons beteken as die Paarliete s’n
Ekself het 2 jaar vir die 1stes in daardie wedstryd gespeel…1 gewen, 1 verloor…ek koester die herrinnering.
Merensky was baie goed….hulle het in oorspronklike Nu-power Tuksreeks gespeel…..ek onthou hul 1stes het paar jaar terug of gelykop gespeel of met 1 punt verloor teen Paarl Gim op Waterkloof se sportdag….kan nie presies onthou nie, ek dink hulle het daardie jaar vir EG Jansen wat op toer was naelskraap gewen, terwyl Vossies met ‘n punt of 2 teen Jansies verloor het.
Elk geval, dit is gedane sake en hierdie thread is oor die Paarl interskole….hopelik sal dit weer in toekoms gebeur, en ek wil net byvoeg ek is ook trots op Merensky en ag hulle ‘n uitstekende skool met wonderlike tradisies.
Terug na die rugby van vandag…..kyk nou vir Oakdale/Marlow…..blikskottel maar Oakdale is goed!
Maar die 2 topskole vanjaar speel oor rukkie….ek glo Boishaai moet gunstelinge wees, en ek dink hulle sal wen, maar dit is amper onmoontlik om met sekerheid te voorspel, veral in die lig van die laaste paar jaar se uitslae……dit is wonderlik om dit op tv te kan volg en ek dink beide skole kan waarlik trots wees op hulle spanne vanjaar…..ongeag die uitslag later vandag
@Tzavosky: lol. politiek was maar altyd betrokke…..daardie dae was daar nog nie tv nie, dis seker maar waar die kinders vandaan kom! Ek dink beurtkrag gaan selfde bevolkingsontploffing meebring…lol
Ek sien Ben Vorster het darem vir Secundavandag gewen, so ook 014s en 016s vir Ligbron, so al 4 spanne nou veilig in kwarteind…..hehe….so nou kan ek lekker rustig vir Gimmies en Boishaai kyk.
Weereens sterkte aan al die spelers…..geniet dit!
@BoishaaiPa: BHP, baie dankie vir die stuk geskiedenis, dis baie interessant om te sien watter pad onderwys geloop het.
Die tot standkoming van skole het duidelik nie altyd sonder politiek verloop nie, soos wat ‘n mens kan aflei uit jou plasing, maar darem ten goede.
‘n Goeie voorbeeld in latere jare is Vyfster se ou skool. Die eerste hoërskool hier op sy ou tuisdorp is ‘n entjie buite die dorp geleë, maar in die 1950’s het stemme opgegaan vir ‘n skool op die dorp proper. Voor in die koor was Ben Vorster, wie se nasate nou gesiene boere hier is. Die Dept van Onderwys wou egter nie byt aan die idee nie, want getalle het dit nie geregverdig nie.
Toe kom die referendum oor Republiekwording in 1960, en skielik het die DvO hul deuntjie verander, en kom BV in 1961 tot stand (en die “ja”-stem wen die referendum, net-net!). Ben Vorster het ‘n senator geword en die skool dra ooglopend sy naam.
Interessant genoeg het die buurskool se getalle nie juis verminder nie, en BV het binne ‘n paar jaar dieselfde getalle gehad. Moenie my vra waar die kinders vandaan gekom het nie!
Sonder Visser het Gim geen kans
It is time!! Let’s go. Rom, Rom, ROM! Die Blou Trein Kom!! Vat hom flaffie!
@everybody…… Ridendum dicere quid vetat…….Castigat ridendo mores……Homo sum humani a me nihil alienum puto!
Dankie vir al die interessante inligting….hs Outenikwa het genoeg fans, so ek ondersteun van nou af Pacaltsdorp, Swellendam hs en Simons Town High. Take that SACS, you’re but a puppy compared to them…lol
Ironies dat in die vroee jare slawe gedwing was om skool te gaan, nou staan ons tou en gee beurse aan hul nasate om vir ons rugby te speel…how the weel turns.
Ek kan byvoeg dat die twee Grey’s wat mekaar more pak beide al by die 160 jaar trek….not too shabby,eh Nige?
nou ja sterkte aan almal met more se wedstryde, mag die beste spanne wen en daar geen beserings wees nie…..ek sal maar die minder belangrike en klein wedstrydjies op TV volg, want ongelukkig sal ek nie more se grootste wedstryd kan bywoon nie.
Dis natuurlik Ben Vorster teen Secunda…lol….ook miskien goed so. Ek sien more se maksimum in Tzaneen is 17 grade, dit is ongehoord en geen ware Tzaneener kan rugby speel onder 20 grade nie, so ek verwag die ergste.
Alle grappies op ‘n stokkie, sterkte met die groot stryd, miskien is vanjaar die jaar wat Boishaai hulle droogte gaan breek……dit gaan fassinerend wees
10 van Gim se 23 kom van KleinGim. Sou 12 wees met Zac en Vissie.
Sien Klippies begin in 9 ook, Zakkie beseer.
Ek sien die begin span van Gim is anders as bo.
Rugby 365
“Teams
Paarl Gim: 15 Theo Boshoff, 14 Max Thalwitzer, 13 Charl du Toit, 12 George Lourens, 11 Keenan Abrahams, 10 Wian van Zyl, 9 Anrich Stoman, 8 Muller Uys, 7 Gustav Marais, 6 Johan Adam van As, 5 Ernst van Rhyn (captain, 4 MJ Hayes, 3 O’Neil Thiart, 2 Johan Grobbelaar, 1 Rohan Hamman
Replacements: 16 Emile Booysen, 17 André Booysen, 18 Jan Neveling, 19 Nicolaas Uys, 20 Janus Swart, 21 Andries Viljoen, 22 Naudé Wessels, 23 Taigh Schoor
Paarl Boys’ High: 15 Jeanluc Cilliers, 14 Tyreeq February, 13 Manuel Rass, 12 Jan-Louis la Grange, 11 Urgene Johannes, 10 Rayhaan Lombaard, 9 Bradley Thain, 8 Khanya Ncusane, 7 JC van Schalkwyk, 6 Andreas van Wyk (captain), 5 Salmaan Moerat, 4 Ruben de Villiers, 3 Leo Kruger, 2 MC de Jongh, 1 Wikus Groenewald
Replacements who will all have played for the 2nd XV and will be used only in case of injury: 16 Daniel Jooste, 17 Reece Bezuidenhout, 18 Ruan van der Merwe, 19 David Meihuizen, 20 Kristo Sadie, 21 Jandré Grobler, 22 Jacques Burger, 23 Adam Neethling”
Vissie uit, dit moet n moerse terugslag vir Gim wees.
KleinGim het gister 19-0 gewen. Geluk aan hulle.
@BoishaaiPa: Laasgenoemde
@Oakdale supporter: Skat jy moet seker daar in Montagu of Bonnievale omgewing bly…
@AffieOuer: Het toevallig die stukkie geskiedenis by my gehad wat ek n ruk terug vir n ander projekkie benodig het!
@Oakdale supporter: Janee..en R9M is seker op kos en drank…die res vir verblyf!..
Ek hoor vanoggend ‘n som waar iemand bereken Old Boys spandeer die week ongeveer R10 milj in die Paarl. Lekker inspuiting vir die dorp se ekonomie!
@Vyfster: Ek woon op die platteland so 130 km van Paarl. Hier is verskeie old boys van albei skole en dit is standaard praktyk dat hulle kinders op laerskool op hul tuisdorp bly en dan op hoërskool Paarl toe skuif. Uit ons omgewing is verskeie ry-klubs na Gim, Boishaai, boland landbou en Oakdale om kinders koshuis toe te vat. Riversdal is toevallig ook 130 km van ons. Ek ry dis ewe ver vir sport naweke, maak nie saak of dit tuis(Oakdale) is of weg (Paarl/Stellenbosch) is nie. Dis net die PE games en Marlow wat regtig ver is.
@BoishaaiPa Is jy nie dalk familie van Dok Edwards nie?? Naas hom het ek lanklaas iemand teegekom wat so oppi ball is met geskiedenis – seriously beindruk
As n neutraal, kan ek nie wag vir die game nie. Ek support gewoonlik maar die underdog, selfs dit is moeilik omrede Gim die jaar se underdog is maar Boishaai is interskole se underdog. Sterkte aan beide skole, hoop die weer is fine en gee net jul beste.
Het dit al voorheen gebeur dat interskole gespeel word met 1 & 2 rankings?
Sterkte aan Grey Kollege, hoop jul kan sterk eindig vanjaar, dit gaan baie moeilik gaan tn ons soutie broers.
Grey tn Grey was nog al die jare op tv, hoekom nie vanjaar nie?
@Vyfster: Goeie punt wat jy maak. daai 9 van KleinGim wys jou dat dit n uitsonderlike goeie groep is wat vanaf KleinGim gekom het, ander jare is dit veel minder. Volgende jaar is net so n goeie groep van KleinGim. Gim het net sy koshuise en nie die daaglikse busse vanaf die Noordelike voorstede soos by Boishaai en PRG nie. (Kan dalk nou anders wees). Ek verstaan dat Boishaai elke jaar sit met tot 30 u13 Craven Week spelers by hul u14 groep. Myself het glad nie n probleem met dit nie want dit wys dat hulle uitstekend scout. Ek praat van eie ondervinding dat jy as ouer jou kind wat n talent vir n sport het die beste gereedskap wil gee om sy talent ten volle te verwesenlik. u16 seuns (die hormoon probleem ouderdom) moet gepush word om hul plek in n span te behou en as dit beteken dat hy in Boishaai/Gim/PRG moet wees , des te beter. Daai performer by Boishaai in die first team so dalk nie meer rugby gespeel het as hy in n swakker rugby skool gebly het nie. My c worth.
@Vyfster: Wanneer jy weer in die Kaap is, maak ‘n draai by die Education Museum in Wynberg. Miskien kan jy ook iets wys raak via The Heritage Portal. Soek vir posts deur Ms. Sigi Howes, hoof van dié museum. Wat jy miskien interessant sal vind is dat die oudste skool in SA wat steeds in sy oorspronklike vorm bestaan die LR Schmidt Laerskool in Genadendal is wat in 1738 gestig is, dat Hoërskool Outenikwa in ‘n vorige vorm reeds bestaan sedert 1808. Selfde geld vir Pacaltsdorp Hoërskool (1813), Swellendam Hoërskool (1814) en Simon’s Town High (1815), wat almal voorheen in ander vorme bestaan het. Die Oos-Kaap het ook baie ou skole wat steeds bestaan. Ek dink Bathurst Primary School bestaan ook reeds uit die vroeë 1800’s. Almal voor SACS, PRG ens.
@Vyfster: A Brief History of education in the Western Cape up to 1900. The first schools actually opened in 1658. The schools as we know it today was only established during the early 1800’s.
1658
17 April, The first formal school in South Africa is opened by the Dutch East India Company. It is specifically intended for the slaves from The Amersfoort. Pieter van der Stael teaches the class.
1663
A second school opens for children of the colonists. The class comprises 12 white colonist children, 4 young slaves and 1 Khoikhoi child. A church clerk named Ernestus Back teaches them.
1682
A colonial decree requires compulsory school attendance from all slave children under 12 years of age. Older slave children have to attend school twice a week. Both settlers and slaves ignore this and some slaves even hide in mountain caves on one occasion to avoid going to school.
1685
A separate school starts, exclusively for slave children under 12. The boys’ teacher is Jan Pasqual and a freed slave, Margaret, teaches the girls. Some slaves are selected to learn skilled trades. The 1663 school continues but is reserved for non-slave children and offspring of colonists.
1714
In the Cape Colony, Governor de Chavonnes decrees the first educational ordinance: the Ordonnantie van de School Ordenning. The decree makes it illegal for a person to be employed as a teacher without the approval of the governor and the Council of Policy. Importantly the Scholarchs (Committee to oversee education) is established. 3 church ministers and 1 civil servant make up the committee and control education in the Colony. The duties of teachers are spelled out and regulations regarding school organization are laid down. These measures represent the first steps towards formalising education in the Cape.
1786
The Cape Government opens a military school.
1792
Jacob Ziegler’s private French and Dutch School opens.
1795
Napoleon invades the Netherlands and the Batavian Republic is established. The Dutch school system reforms because of new teaching materials and textbooks, the first school buildings are designed and education becomes a function of the state. This will later have an effect on education at the Cape.
1798
Joseph Lancaster starts his method of education (monitorial system) for working class children in England. This system will later be used in South Africa.
1799
The first school specifically for Africans opens near what is now King William’s Town. Previous to this only a handful of Khoi and black South Africans received formal education.
1800
Christian missionaries establish schools for Africans, mainly on the fringes of settler occupation.
1803
The Dutch re-occupy the Cape after the first British occupation.
1804
The School Ordinance is passed. This is a milestone in the history of education because it withdrew the control of public education from the church and introduced the idea that the organisation of public schooling is a responsibility of the state.
1806
The British forcibly occupy the Cape. This interrupts educational reforms put in place by the School Ordinance.
1815
The British take over the Cape colony from the Dutch.
1822 – 1824
Government Free Schools (also known as English Free Schools) are established throughout the Cape Colony. A school is established at Wynberg and is the forerunner of the Wynberg Boys’ Schools. Based on Lancaster’s monitorial system, the schools are mostly aimed at the poor. Instruction is exclusively in English and at no charge to the parents. Free schools are originally intended to be multiracial, but soon they begin to provide for white children only. Church Schools become almost exclusivley coloured to complement the Free Schools.
1823
The first school in the Orange Free State opens.
1824
The famous mission station, Lovedale, is founded by the Glasgow Missionary Society near present-day Alice in the Eastern Cape.
1828
Ordinance 50 gives equal rights to the Khoi and other ‘free persons of colour’, allowing movement to seek work.
1829
The Zuid-Afrikaansche Athenaeum (South African College) is established. The College later gives rise to two major educational institutions: the SA College Schools (SACS) and the University of Cape Town.
1833
All slaves in the British Empire are freed. Slaves in South Africa are also freed, with Ordinance 50 being extended to them. White farmers can no longer rely on a supply of unfree labour.
1834
The Government Free School system had mostly failed because of Dutch parents’ boycott of it. In the Eastern Cape it was better received, due to the larger numbers of British settlers. After this year it was gradually abandoned. The only successful Free Schools were the one at Uitenhage and Graaff-Reinet because teachers did not abandon the Dutch language and also learnt to identify with their communities better.
1835
Natal opens its first school.
1836
The Great Trek begins.
1838
First Teachers’ Training College established at Genadendal mission station
1839 (1822-1839)
The number and quality of Dutch private schools increases by more than double to protest against the English school system, which is considered to be inferior by the colonists. The Cape’s strong tradition of private schools can be traced back to this time.
1839 (1822-1839)
The number and quality of Dutch private schools increases by more than double to protest against the English school system, which is considered to be inferior by the colonists. The Cape’s strong tradition of private schools can be traced back to this time.
1839
A Department of Education is established in the Cape Colony. All mission schools now fall under its control. The Education Law is also passed in the Cape Colony and, amongst other things, the state grants aid to schools, limits religious instruction and gives attention to classical languages such as Greek and Latin.
1841
State financial grants to mission schools begin.
1842
The first school is established in what later becomes the Transvaal.
1843
Various administrators in the Department of Education open their first office in the old Slave Lodge and this is the first official location of the Western Cape Education Department. The furniture consists of 1 communal desk which the Superintendent-General of Education and his clerk share, 3 chairs and 1 cupboard with shelves!
1853
Adams Mission College in Natal is inaugurated. Many African leaders are educated there including Chief Albert Luthuli.
1854
Sir George Grey is appointed as Governor of the Cape. He subsidizes mission schools as part of his ‘border pacification’ policy.
1855
A total number of 145 black students attend school in Natal, almost all these schools are run by church missions .
1856
The state officially opposes providing free education. Financial support has to come from other sources, such as the Latin Fund, the Masonic Education Fund, the Slave Compensation Fund, the Bible and School Commission, the levying of school fees, and overseas sources.
1858
Education Act No. 14 is passed. It provides for the creation of Educational Boards in villages and towns. This means that more schools can be established, but the funding of these remains a problem (see above).
1858 – 1859
The pupil-teacher system (advanced pupils teaching junior classes) is formalised and, for the first time, girls are allowed to teach. Pupils have to be 13 years of age and have to be trained for 5 years and write an annual examination. After completion of the training, one year must to be spent at a recognized training institute.
1859 (1848-1859)
Higher education is offered by the South African College, the Diocesan College in Rondebosch, the Theological Seminary at Stellenbosch, St Andrew’s in Grahamstown, and the Grey Institute in Port Elizabeth.
1864
Evening Schools are officially recognized by the government, and received state aid. These schools are designed for young adults who are working during the day and could not attend ordinary schools.
1865
Education Act No. 13 is passed. The Act formalizes the system of state subsidies for private schools. State funding is divided into three school categories: public, mission and ‘native’. A mere 2 827 African students are enrolled in schools.
1869
Inanda Seminary for girls is established.
1872
The Cape becomes a self-governing colony.
1873
The first district boarding schools are established to accommodate children who lived too far from the nearest public school. The first of these was Blaauwvallei near Wellington.
A scheme of fixed standards of attainment up to Std 4 is drawn up to ensure that pupils would learn more than just meaningless facts. Many schools, especially Mission Schools, need to change to comply with the standard.
The University of the Cape of Good Hope is established to replace the Board of Examiners. It determines standards and syllabuses, conducts the School Elementary Examination, the School Higher Examination and the Matriculation Examination, and confers degrees.
1874
New legislation comes into being and colleges officially receive aid from the government. This benefits the South African College, the Diocesan College, the Grey Institute (Port Elizabeth), Gill College (Somerset East) and St Andrew’s College (Grahamstown). These institutions can now afford to expand and further the cause of higher education.
The South African Teachers’ Association is established and Langham Dale is chairman.
1875
Die Genootskap van Regte Afrikaners is established in Paarl to promote Afrikaans as a people’s language independent from Dutch.
1877
The Council of Education is established.
A number of wars of dispossession fought on the eastern frontier of the Cape Colony end. More mission stations and mission schools open because of the ceasefire.
1882
Marianhill Mission station and catholic school opens.
Proclamation No. 113 of 1882 promises grants for the erection of school buildings and the state will contribute on a pound-for-pound basis. Furniture, books and stationery will also be supplied on a pound-for-pound basis. However, the depression reduces the amount of government money available for buildings. Teachers and parents voice their outrage because the Education Department has again failed to deliver on its promises.
1884
A ‘payment-by-results’ system is established in the Cape and teachers receive extra money according to the number of children that pass.
Black schooling becomes a separate responsibility within the Council of Education.
1885
Enrolment of African school students rises to 15 568.
1887
Std 6 is declared the end of the primary school course. Those who pass, receive a Public Schools Certificate.The School Elementary Certificate is written after Std 7.
1891
Enrolment of African school students rises to 25 000.
Cecil John Rhodes proposes a university system that would bring English and Afrikaans speaking communities together in South Africa.
1894
The Council of Education is abolished and a sub-department of ‘Native Education’ is established under the Superindendent of Education.
yeah, fair enough….I am not judging and totally concur with any parental right to choose what they perceive to be the best for their children….T am just interested in such phenomena……having said that, the weight of history and tradition gives a massive advantage to those schools and creates a positive feedback loop…..the stronger and more famous they get the bigger demand for places occurs which makes them even stronger etc etc, logically if there are massive waiting lists you can pick and choose and would obviously rather admit the primary schools craven week player or the academic achiever alongside the old boys progeny (which i assume carries a fair weight), than the juvenile delinquent who tried to run away from home and is already a drug dealer at age 13 to name an extreme example …….classic case of the rich get richer……..Good for them i suppose, and it also partially explains the statistical anomaly of certain schools dominating certain areas.
All very logical and understandable, so I wasn’t really looking for a defensive and explanatory answer, or a debate…..since I already knew all the points Tandem so eloquently expressed…….I was simply looking for exact figures of the current 1st teams, to satisfy my statistically minded brain, configure probability ratio’s, work out if there is something different in Paarl’s water……. call it idle intellectual curiosity, no malice intended
Now that you’ve mentioned it, maybe someone can explain to me why the Cape schools mentioned are so young….a mere 150 years old, while Cape Town and Stellenbosch are about 350 years old……i mean i grew up in Tzaneen, in the far northern parts of the country…..the Town is just over 100 years old yet the primary school (laerskool Tzaneen) i attended is also over 100 years old……My old High School, Ben Vorster is only 50 years old, but the other high school in Tzaneen (Merensky) is also over a 100 years old. Seems schools was not that high on the agenda the first 200 years in the Cape …lol…..people might find it interesting to compare how shortly after colonization Harvard university was established in America…..
anyway, good luck to all teams playing saturday….I think a few other games will also be crackers, especially Grey Bloem/Grey PE, Bishops/Paul Roos and i think Stellenberg/SACS might turn out to be a gem
@Tandem: Amen….in 2011 the 1stXV had 6 Old boys sons playing in it..@Ploegskaar: JL Cilliers might come from Kenridge but his dad was the Boishaai 1st XI cricket captain in 1981….His older brother was also in Boishaai. Not all old boys live in Paarl!
@Vyfster: Boishaai , Gim and Paul Roos all nearly 150 years old or already 150 years old . From the beginning ( 150 years ) people have been sending their children to these schools . All 3 schools have ” koshuis ” accommodation all with similar heritage. In the case of Boishaai the majority of ” koshuis ” scholars are children of old boys . They send their children to the school to become Boishaaiers and to experience the same education as that they received. Sport is an important part but not more important than academics or teaching of good behaviour. It is therefore not relevant to debate about the primary schools they went to . Other schools like Grey Bloem , Grey PE , Sacs , Bishops , Rondebosch and the great tradition schools in KZN will say the same thing . These schools all have massive waiting lists . A very small percentage of kids on these waiting lists are apply to come and play rugby . Their parents have applied for a place on a waiting lists years before they even knew their kids are going to excel in something specific. This is not meant as disrespectful against other schools and not meant to suggest there is something inferior about them but more to suggest that we need to stop trying to judge others for their decisions based on our own opinions and let people use their free choice to determine what is best for their children according to their own judgement and logic .
@Vyfster: En Jeanluc Cilliers was in Kenridge PS
@Vyfster: Leo Kruger was in LS Brackenfell, saam met Landbou se 9 Jondre Williams. Afrigter was Corne Kannemeyer, nou afrigter van HS Brackenfell se 1stes. Gustav Marais was in LS Mikro en MJ Hays in LS Gene Louw. Nie seker, maar dink Cassiem-February was in Wolraad Woltemade en Keenan Abrahams in WPSS
@Paarlbok en ander….jou vertellings oor die laerskool laaities aan klein Gim en klein Boishaai is baie interessant…….ek sal nogal graag wil weet presies hoeveel van die 2 skole se 1e span 15 talle wat opdraf Saterdag was op laerskool in die Paarl…..hoeveel spelers is moontlik van se maar noordelike en ander Kaapse voorstede…..of van ander meer afgelee areas. Vir my klink dit of skole soos Stellenberg, Belville, Brackenfell, Tygerberg ens heelwat sterker kon wees maar dat heelwat topspelers uit hul dreinerings area verkies om na die Bolandse skole te gaan ter wille van beter blootstelling en groter kans om CW te haal en pro rugby kontrakte te kry……..ek het geen benul of my vermoede reg is nie…..sal dit dis waardeer as iemand presiese syfers verskaf van die spanne wat saterdag opdraf….dit behoort interessant te wees
@AffieOuer: Geen probleem, vir my is dit lekker op n manier dat ek die seuns so goed ken maar nou neutraal is. Soos ek hier sit en werk hoor ek nog dieselfde liedjies soos wat dit daai tyd was vanaf Faurestraat want die kleinGimmies en Klein Boishaaiers se u13As draf uit so oor n uur. en so gaan dit al van 9 vanoggend. Dis die ding van Interskole, die respek tussen Boishaai en Paarl Gim vir mekaar. Dis n kultuur wat al so lank (100 jaar) kom, net om deel daarvan te wees is iets groots en kosbaar. Wen is eintlik net n bonus. Sterkte aan albei skole en hul ondersteuners.
Dis ‘n grootte die naweek. @PaarlBok dankie dat jy daardie stukkie geskiedenis van die laerskooldae gedeel het. Dis kosbaar en beslis ‘n lekker lusmakertjie op sy eie manier om na Saterdag uit te sien.
Baie sterkte vir beide spanne. Dit gaan taai en lekker wees – taai vir julle en lekker vir ons wat agter die tv gaan inskuif
Mag die beste span op die dag met die louere wegstap
Ken nie die Boishaaiers so goed nie, kan vir Kanya onthou, sy mater Attie is mos Boland toe, daai tyd gedink hulle is ouer as u13 want hulle was groot. Ken vir Jan-Louis goed, hy kom van WA Joubert. Klein Gimmies wat ek onthou van daai tyd is Noddie, Taigh, George, Wian, Zac, Vissie, Ernst, Johan en Rohan.
Die jaar se Gim matrieks was in hul KleinGim dae n soort van n dream team gewees. Het als gewen van u7-10 en Cassie het hul afgerig met Elmo as rugby organiseerder. Elmo is toe na Boishaai en het die Klein Boishaai span afgerig wat Cassie se span hul eerste verloor gegee het as u11s. Die KleinGim spannetjie het toe as u13s weer wraak geneem en interskole gewen. Taigh Schoor het daai dag n groot drie gedruk en n groot game gespeel. Hel dit voel soos gister. Nou is die laaities harde baarde.
Paul Roos is die huidige wêreld Kampioen. Boishaai is die beste span in die land. En na Saterdag is Boishaai weer die tweede beste in die Paarl
@Djou: Dis nou n K…toewensing!
@Djou: Jammer verkeerde tyd gegee…Dis Sat 15h55 op SS 8. Voor dit is net so goeie game tussen Marlow en Oakdale.
Is Paarl in die Boland of Wp? Hoe Werk die CW dan?
Old Boys game wen Boishaai 6-3 in n yskoue Paarl.
Little prediction – Boishaai by 5
with the weather forecast this weekend though could mean it can go either way
@BoishaaiPa: Tx. Sterkte aan julle en Gim. Hoop nie een van julle verloor nie.
Interskole is mos n week lank. Sien Klein Boishaai het die hokkie 3-0 gewen, KleinGim 2-0, Boishaai Old Boys die hokkie 4-3.
@PaarlBok: Nee wat manne. Ek het ook al hier gesien dat die Boishaai ondersteuners nog deur die jare baie beleef en beskeie is. En die sukses van die span was ook so-so die afgelope tyd. Ek kan ook n verloor vat .Miskien n slag iets anders probeer, sonder om arrogant te raak.
So my Boishaai maters. Don’t shoot me.Ek probeer n slag ‘possitive vibes’ deurgee.
@Kattes-Strofes: Ek het in my dae as Gim supporter in die Paarl geleer n stil bek is n heel bek. Saterdag na die game dan is julle groot bekke die bitterste galpille in die Paarl.
@Kattes-Strofes: Soos ek vir Gimmies Rom altyd gewaarsku het, pasop dat hul nie te vroeg kom nie
@PaarlBok: Ek probeer hard, maar daai ou is net in n ander klas. Ek mis hom vreeslik. Hy het lekker lewe in die blog geblaas met sy ge-stir.[Hoop daar is so n woord].
Rom, Rom, Rom, Sean en Elmo se Blou Trein kom !!
@Kattes-Strofes: Is jy die Boishaai version van rom rom rom?
@Die Ken: Beslis ja !!
@PaarlBok: Ek stem saam!!!!
@BuffelsCM: maar dit gaan leeukoud wees
@Oakdale supporter: Gelukkig behoort dit laat Donderdagmiddag op te hou reën. Vrydag en Saterdag word geen reën voorspel nie.
@Losbal: Dit lyk of dit wel ‘n modder bad gaan wees. Die voorspelling waarna ek kyk sê dit gaan 70 mm reen in die volgende 24 uur. Dan gaan dit nog koud wees ook met sneeu op die berge.
@Djou: Saturday 15h30 on SS
At last we will see the “real Craven week final”.
Where and when will it be broadcasted?
@Die Ken: Indeed . 2-3 points in it . Can go both ways . Bounce of ball , bad ref call , bit of luck etc . Anything possible . Small individual battles will be vital . Both school have brilliant set of coaches
Boishaai se rekord teen Gim lyk amper so treurig soos Paul Roos se rekord teen Boishaai (en Gim) die afgelope paar jaar.
Of hoe se ek nou?
Hoop die weer hou en ons word ‘n modderbad gespaar.
Net ‘n baie dapper ou sal ‘n voorspelling oor die uitslag waag. Twee puik spanne, twee puik skole. Good times.
@Cappie: I really miss Rom Rom Gimmies Kom badly . At least he leaves no room for any misunderstanding about where his loyalty is !!!
It’s proven very difficult to stop the go-forward of the Boishaai tight-5 particularly their locks. I reckon this might give them an edge in the match.
Looking at the expected run on teams the best matchups should be at 2, 5, 6, 8, 10, 12, 13.
For me the battle of the 6’s and 8’s should be the best of the lot. Vissie had a huge game against Paul Roos but van Wyk punches above his weight. HJS’s Ncusane has a bright future ahead but Gim’s u17 Muller Uys looks like the real deal.
In the backs Schoor vs Rass might be very interesting. I think the Boishaai 12 la Grange is underrated, he seems to play a high percentage game and fortunately the Lions see value in him.
It will be nice to see what Max Thalwitzer can do with good quality ball. Given his size and skill level, I reckon if he were in Europe he’d attract huge interest from their clubs. I’m not sure what his prospects are like here in SA though, which is a pity.
@Kattes-Strofes: Honestly I did not ban him but I suspect a few people worked out who he is.
@Die Ken:’ Ver -seker’ soos die advertensie se. In my oppinie het Boishaai n klein voordeel in vaste fasette terwyl Gim effens beter daaraan toe is onder die los manne. Agterlangs het beide spanne goeie planmakers en giftige angels. Die span wat dus druk die beste kan verwerk, gaan heel moontlik koning kraai.
Beide spanne het natuurlik ook top afrigters en mens kan verseker wees dat die nodige ontledings gedoen is,wat deurkom kans nog moeiliker maak.
Interskole is egter n ander dier en dit is heel moontlik dat my waarnemings heeltemaal verkeerd bewys word.
@Kattes-Strofes: hie kom n taait game
@Kattes-Strofes: Ek dink ou AndreT het hom bang gemaak toe hy hom genooi het om op radio Ruggas te praat.
@Kattes-Strofes: Oh, by the way, Beet. Have you banned Rom, Rom, Rom. We all miss him. Please bring him back.
@beet: Yip! You are right , Beet. However, Paarl Gim have some deadly weapons out wide in wings Keenan Abrahams and ‘Mad’ Max Thalwitzer if those kicks are not accurate.
These two teams are well- matched in all departments and it may come to a brilliant individual piece of play or a crucial call by the ref. that could determine the outcome.
Off course I wish for a Boishaai victory , but it is still a great privilege to be a part of this occasion. I have made friends with a lot of the ‘old foes’ parents during Cravenweek. I am sure the frienship will continue, whatever the result.
@Oakdale supporter: Boishaai het n groot span die jaar, dis verseker, daar is geen swakplekke nie. Gimmie Guts gaan nie genoeg wees die jaar vir Gim nie. Maar hulle het darem vir Vissie. Hy is die enigste een wat hulle kan seermaak by die afbreekpunte. Verder gaan die GalPille als rule.
@PaarlBok: Maar dan verval alles weg wat reeds die jaar gebeur het as interskole aanbreek. Ek het die naweek vir ‘n oud gimmie gesê dat Boishaai vanjaar die favourite is. Sy antwoord was dat hulle al hoeveel keer die laaste paar jaar die favourite was sonder om iets te hê om daarvoor te wys. Ek stem egter met jou saam. Ek dink HJS gaan dit vanjaar vat.
@beet: Boishaai will dominate the next 11 years just as Gim did the last 11 years.
This year the gap is massive.
@PaarlBok: Are you saying Gim are the favourites for 2016 then?
@Kattes-Strofes: Here’s my rom rom rom advice to Gim!
Rom Rom Rom pas op vir die Cilliers “bomb”!
I’m seen JL Cilliers test a few players at the back with some very well placed high balls. Nice weapon to have in the arsenal especially when you have a good kick chase game going.
As die GalPille nie die jaar interskole rugby en hokkie wen nie, gaan hulle dit nooit weer wen nie.
@BoishaaiPa: @BoishaaiPa: Soos ek verstaan, en ek weet nie of dit wel so is nie, sal Gim WP se verteenwoordiger wees indien hulle interskole wen. Dit verander mos heeltemaal die prentjie, of hoe?
@Kattes-Strofes: Wel, Die game moet of uitgestel word of nie..en dit moet nou besluit word…dit moet nie afhang van wat met Interskole gebeur nie, want dan laat dit effens n hol gevoel op my maag!
@BoishaaiPa: Het n voeltjie hoor fluit dat die wedstryd teen Oakdale moontlik uitgestel kan word, indien Boishaai interskole wen. Die rede hiervoor is dat Boishaai dan vir WP in Die Burger se kompetisie sal verteenwoordig en Oadale is SWD se verteenwoordiger. Die kanse is dus baie goed dat hulle mekaar in daardie kompetisie gaan pak.
Maak vir my baie sin omrede Oakdale tans sonder 3 van hul sleutel spelers moet klaarkom en Boishaai beslis hul 5 SA Skole spelers sal mis. Om sonder n derde van jou spelers, en daarby beste spelers, te moet klaarkom, is mos n baie groot vraag. Daarby het Oadale [ soos reeds genoem] nie dieselfde diepte nie. Soos ek verstaan sal hul 3 beseerde manne teen daardie tyd weer reg wees. Ek wil glo dat beide skole, wat n trotse reputasie het, sal nie wil aanspraak maak op n effens hol oorwinning nie. Wil net byvoeg. Oakdale het n baie goeie span en dit sal bloedsweet kos vir enige span om hulle in Riversdal te troef.
@Cappie: Rom Rom Rom. Die Blou trein kom! He- He.
Wat het van Rom Rom Rom geword? Dis die belangrikste week van sy skool se rugbyjaar en hy is doodstil!
Hierdie is een van HJS se beste kanse sedert die draai van die eeu om as oorwinaars uit die stryd te tree. Hulle het ‘n baie goeie jaar sover. Dit terwyl Paarl Gim al bietjie gestruikel het oor ‘n paar onverwagte hobbels. Een ding van Paarl Gim egter is, as dit by die groot okasie kom dan speel hulle bo hulle vermoeëns en verras vriend en vyand.
Dit gaan baie moeilik wees om ‘n wenner te kies, en ek hoop van harte HJS kan hulle wenjaar voortsit met nog ‘n wen, maar ek dink Gim gaan hierdie een tog vat. Net omdat hulle weet hoe om die grotes te wen. HJS sal hierdie keer uit die boks moet dink as hulle wil wen…
This will be the 100th year of Interschools but actually only the 99th game!..In 1928 no Interschools took place as Gim withdrew. Up to 2000 it was a very close fought affair (1stXV only) for 85 years with Boishaai winning 35, Gim 38 and 11 Draws. Since 2000 Gim has pulled away and won 11 with 1 draw and only 3 wins for Paarl Boys. The quality of the players produced can also be seen as they already provided 10 Springboks from this era alone while Boishaai only produced 2. The avg winning margin in 100 years is still only 4 points..
@beet: There is only one match that really counts and it is coming up this weekend. The unbeaten record is not an issue with the school or the team…The chances are good that we might loose in 2 weeks time in Riversdal without our 5 SA Schools reps. That is however part and parcel of the game and the season and the team that will rock up at Oakdale will be the Boishaai 1st XV. The players playing in that jersey will give it horns for 70 minutes , win or loose, so long as they give their best no one will complain.
@beet: I did explain it previously and you are seeing it totally in the wrong light. This is about Paarl and the two schools and their old boys and for the OB’s to see what the teams look like that are representing them this year…This event is not about charities or initiatives etc…This is about Interschools…It’s bragging rights for the South or the North..Its Galpil vs Bloedwors…If you havn’t experienced it you might get the wrong impression, but to be honest , you are the first person I encountered that had a problem with it.
Also I’m really looking forward to this match. I know there is talk of Oakdale being a real threat to Boishaai as well but this could possibly be the biggest challenge of the HJS unbeaten season so far. Given the nature of recent Paarl inter-schools matches, it’s like a cup final, formbook can give way strength of mind type character aka BMT
@BoishaaiPa: A massive occassion in Paarl. Given how close the main game is expected to be will no doubt add to the atmosphere.
I know you have mentioned the reasons for the newish addition to the pre-game before but personally I would like to see the schoolkids holding up banners of charities or an initiative that the respective schools support instead of faces of 1st XV players. The players faces can appear in the match day programmes which I’m sure many people will collect and keep for life. I don’t want to comment on behalf of others living outside the Western Cape, so for me faces on giant posters just comes across all wrong.
Great vibes like every year. OB’s of both schools already involved in match-ups..
Mens Hockey – Gim won
Over 40 Action Cricket – Paarl Boys won
Under 40 Action Cricket – Paarl Boys won
“Blou Maandag” kickoff with Stellenbosch Old Boy students was held yesterday in De Akker….