Posted
3
December
2010
Ben
Rabinowitz ('49) receives Spectemur Agendo Award
Ben
Rabinowitz ('49) recently received the SACS Spectemur Agendo Award. The
Cape Jewish Chronicle December 2010 edition has some of Ben's career
achievements.
read the
article »
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Posted
27
November
2010
Dan Shout
('98) Releases Debut Solo Album
Dan Shout
('98) has just announced his debut solo album 'Greetings and
Salutations' - from an article in the Cape Argus by Evan Milton.
read the
article »
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Posted
27
November
2010
Prize Giving
& Valedictory 2010
Read the
Headmaster's Prize Giving and Valedictory reports from the school
magazine.
Prize
Giving 2010 »
Valedictory
2010 »
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Posted
8
October 2010
Letter from
John Ince ('54) to Simon Perkin ('65) in 1969
After John
Ince's recent passing, Simon Perkin ('65 and OBU Chairman) gave us a
letter which John wrote to him in 1969 while he was staying in Israel.
view the
letter »
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Posted
23
August 2010
SACS Junior
Rugby Team Unbeaten
The Cape
Argus (22 August 2010) has a story about the SACS Junior under-10
A-side rugby team that has just ended it season unbeaten.
view
the article »
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Posted
17
August 2010
SACS vs
Bishops in 1888
Basil Bey
writes in WPSport.co.za about the first SACS vs Bishops rugby game
which took place about 1888, and the respect both schools still have
for the game.
go to the website »
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Posted
5 August 2010
Photos and
Attendees of the 10 Yearly Reunion of the Mountain Club
The SACS
Mountain Club had a 10 yearly reunion on 30 May 2010 and climbed to
Maclear's Beacon.
LIST
OF ATTENDEES
Old Boys:
Graham Bellairs (’73)
Paul Bodenstein (’78)
Peter Bodenstein (’76)
Glenn Buchinsky (’78)
Mike Carr (’76)
Michael Cherry (’77)
Brian Davey (’78)
Stephen Davey (’75)
Mike de Wet (’67)
Alan Footman (’74)
Alan Hutton (’71)
Mike Munnik (’72)
Francois Nel (Junior School Headmaster)
Sean O’Sullivan (’77)
Marc Snyders (’84)
Paul Solkow (’84)
Marius Tulleken (’80)
Torben Wiborg (High School Teacher)
Kevin Wicht (’71)
Schoolboys:
Daniel Bowley-Smith (10)
Mathieu Carter (4W)
Michael Davey (11)
Miquel De Andrade (12)
Daniel Egan (12)
Campbell Fleming (12)
Tanweer Khatieb (12)
Allen Metcalf (11)
Alex Nothnagel (9)
Brandon Smith (10)
Jason Smith (11)
Robin Welsh (11)
Visitors:
Tihana Bicanic
Judith du Toit (Hutton)
Katalyn Footman
Lauren Footman
Daniel Hutton (age 4½)
Sarah Hutton (age 9)
Lynne Munnik
Judy Nel
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Posted
2
July 2010
Ryan Sandes
('00) is a candidate for the Men's Health Best Man 2010 Award
Ultra-marathon
runner Ryan
Sandes ('00)
is a candidate for the Men's
Health Best Man 2010 Award.
Please
vote for Ryan in the 'Young Gun' category.
The first
phase of the voting opens from 23 June (Wednesday) and closes on 7
July. The three finalists per category will be chosen from here.
The second phase of the voting opens on the 21 July and closes on 30
July. The winner will be announced on the evening of the gala dinner on
12 August.
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Posted
10
June 2010
Chairman's
Report from the 2010 SACS OBU AGM
CHAIRMAN’S
REPORT FOR SACS OBU AGM ON TUESDAY 8 JUNE 2010
Gentlemen
– it is with pleasure that I present this report to you.
After being
elected as Chairman at the 2009 AGM I stated that I had THREE specific
aims: to start to sort out the Union’s finances, to work with
a happy OBU Committee and to ensure that the OBU gave both Headmasters
and Schools our total support in the year ahead.
Within ten
days of last year’s AGM I chaired a meeting of Senior Old
Boys whose financial expertise I unreservedly respect. With the
endorsement of your Committee it was decided to ask Old Boys who had
matriculated in 1996 and before to pay a one-off levy of R1 500.
Moreover, it was also decided to ask members to pay an annual
membership fee from this year of R200 - this annual subscription will
be applied on a ‘sliding scale’ – i.e.
each year another class will be added. Matrics joining the Union now
receive their tie and free membership until they are 30 years of age
– after that the R200 annual membership fee will apply.
Thanks to the
fantastic work done by Trevor Fish [Chairman] and Tony Pocock
[Treasurer] the SACS Foundation is strong and is doing the Schools and
the Union proud – many thanks to all Trustees who give of
their time so freely.
At the end of
last year John Ince retired as Executive Director of the Union
– during his tenure over 3200 ‘lost’
members were added to our membership. He has done amazing work for SACS
and the OBU! John is now contracted for the year, coming in twice a
week – his newsletters are superb and most informative.
Following
John’s partial ‘retirement’ the OBU
Office has been brilliantly run by Sandy Edwards – Sandy we
salute you and thank you for all that you do – going the
‘extra mile’ is the norm for this wonderful lady!
Committee
meetings were happy, productive and seldom lasted longer than 90
minutes. Kevin Wicht [Head Prefect in 1971 and now Chairman of the SGB]
was invited to sit on the Committee – his input has been
appreciated. Alexei Du Bois has done a fine job as Minuting Secretary
and our Treasurer, Martin Ammermann has taken our Financial planning
and organization to a new level. My sincere thanks go to these
Committee members as well as to the others: Marc Wighard, Michael
Dumaresq [both run our Young Old Boys’ sub-committee], Clem
Druker whose astute advice was always appreciated – Kumesh
Moodley, a real ideas man and five gentlemen steeped in SACS tradition:
John Ince, John Loydell, Geoff Olivier, Nic Koch [co-opted] and Alan
Footman. Thanks too to our two Headmasters, Ken Ball and Francois Nel
for their enthusiasm, support and hard work in the interests of the OBU
and the wider SACS community.
Wonderful
work is being done by various sub-unions around the world –
there are 4 in Australia (Sydney, Perth, Melbourne & Brisbane),
2 in New Zealand (Auckland & Christchurch), USA, London,
Israel, Johannesburg, Hermanus and Stellenbosch. Last year I was
fortunate to attend a terrific dinner in Johannesburg organized by Paul
Rauch – the very dedicated John Fiser has now taken over from
Paul. He along with Howard Davy, Dave Ellis, Graham Brown, Hugh Fraser,
Chris Pattison, Carl Snitcher, Grant Halstead, Rob Cotty, Guy Leary,
Marke Markowitz, Michael Cherry, Leo Benning and Robin Douglas deserve
our sincere thanks for all they do!
Chris Botha
[E’94 Head Prefect] proved to be an outstanding MC at our
Dinner held at Simon’s Restaurant owned by Old Boy, Mike Lumb
[E’83] – the move to Groot Constantia saw us able
to reduce costs and still enjoy a great evening.
I wish to
extend a special welcome to our President, Clive Luyt – who
will be 93 years old in August, also a special welcome to Gerald Anstey!
The SACS OB
Waterpolo Club continues to flourish – this past summer they
reached all four finals, winning 3! The club continues to grow under
the leadership of Chairman Rob Lumb [E’84] – a
record 6 teams have been entered into the Winter League, including a
Ladies team, coached and managed by the irrepressible Alan John Footman
[E’74 and Committee member].
Gentlemen, I
thank you for your attention
SIMON PERKIN [CHAIRMAN]
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Posted
9 June 2010
A Great
Varsity Man - Tom Hamman ('36)
An article
from the May 2010 Ikeys
Rugby News about Tom
Hugo-Hamman ('36) and his rugby career, written by Gavin Fernie.
View the
article »
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Posted
4 May 2010
Gregory
Parvess ('99) in Class Act (SABC1, Saturdays at 18:30)
Greg Parvess
is a SACS Old Boy and Cape Town based actor and competed on the reality
TV acting show CLASS ACT on SABC 1 Saturdays at 18.30.
The show
itself has cracked the top ten most watched on TV and has a viewership
of around 4 million South Africans.
Each week the
actors are put through their paces in mini movies or screen test in an
attempt to gauge their talent and ability. The public is then required
to vote via SMS the Name of their favorite contestant to 34777 - if
they do so they stand a chance to win weekly prizes including airtime
vouchers and a Bose home theatre system, also they stand a chance to
win the grand prize an Audi TT coupe.
Greg made it
through the intitial rounds of the show and and was guaranteed a place
on the final 5 contests.
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Posted
4 May 2010
Architect's
Impression of the Hockey Dugout
An
architect’s perspective (by Paulo Viotti of Vivid Architects,
an Associate member of the OBU, with two sons at SACS) of the proposed
hockey dugouts to be built at the Astroturf. The initiative came from
Kevin Dore and the class of 1983, who raised approximately R30 000
towards this project, and which has not been taken up by the
School’s Governing Body and Junior and High School parents of
hockey playing fraternity and Old Boys who have an interest in hockey.
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Posted
23 April 2010
Bennie
Rabinowitz ('49) and the Battle for the Sea Point Promenade
In an article
from the Atlantic Sun, Bennie Rabinowitz ('49) states his happiness
with the recent High Court ruling effecting the development of the Sea
Point promenade, but cautions that the battle is far from over.
Read the
article from the Atlantic
Sun, 1 April 2010.
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