St Andrew S College 300 Club
St Andrew’s College >300 Club Bulletin
∞ Edition # 115∞September 2010
Dear Member,
In this Bulletin we report to you on the following 09/10 Club Year Draws –
OUR 2ND DRAW:This was held on Saturday, 1st June at the Highlander. It was after the 1st XV
had played Brandwag and won 32/17 while the 1st XI hockey had won their match vs Alexander
Road 2/0. We asked Alison Armstrong, wife ofColin, College’s Business Managerwho has now
retired after many very valuable year’s service, to draw out the lucky digits for us - and our
winners were :-
1st Prize R1,750 No 257 Randolph Vigne of London, UK.
2nd Prize R1,200 No 189 Mark Ledeboer of Bryanston, Johannesburg.
3rd Prize R 900 No 377 Alfred Ross of Lady Grey.
4th Prize R 500 No 297 Atholl Trollip of Bedford/Cape Town & Member
of Parliament.
..... while the winner of the bottle of Bushmills whiskey was Deon Boshoff of the SAC staff.
OUR 3RD DRAW: This was at the Highlander after the College 1st XV had reached a record
score of76/0 against the Graeme 1st XV which played hard and pluckily right to the end. The
1st XI hockey side had won its match vs the Graeme 1st XI the previous afternoon 4/0.
We asked Robyn Bouwer, Andre’s wifeto give us our winners who were -
1st Prize R1,750 No 233 Robin Frew of Constantia, Cape Town.
2nd Prize R1,200 No 32 Gavin Shone, now appointed College Business
Manager.
3rd Prize R 900 No 193 Lauchie Ainslie of Bedford/Adelaide.
4th Prize R 500 No 152 Anthony Saner of Parkwood, Johannesburg.
..... whilePatrick McCarthy, the husband of Bev – College’s Development Officer, won the
Bushmills whiskey.
OUR 4TH DRAW: This was held on Saturday, 22nd June after the 1st XV had played a hard
physical match to beattheDaniel Pienaar 1st XV 17/3. The 1st XI hockey had previously drawn
2/2 with Victoria Park High School 1st XI. We asked Jenny Murray, Andrew’s wife to draw out
our winners for us... and she gave us the following: -
1st Prize R1,750 No 166 Chris Everard of Nairobi, Kenya (who was present)
2nd Prize R1,200 No 413 Patrick Levick of Parklands, Johannesburg.
3rd Prize R 900 No433 Henri Viljoen of Cape Town.
4th Prize R 500 No167 Alan Waterston of Fontainebleau.
..... whileGunther Marx’s number was drawn for the Bushmillswhiskey.
OUR 5TH DRAW: This was held the following day - the 23rd June at an Albany OA Club Branch
"get-together" for OA’s, parents and other friends of College and the Andrean Communityon the
farm of Walter Currie on the coast near Kenton. The weather was kind and it was an excellent
gathering. Janine Harris was asked to draw out our winners - who were:-
1st Prize R1,750 No 326 James Greener of Glen Ashley.
2nd Prize R1,200 No 301 Antony Ball of Sandhurst, Johannesburg.
3rd Prize R 900 No 142 Chris Alexandre of Port Alfred.
4th Prize R 500 No 419 Clive Hart of Fourways.
..... while the bottle of whiskey was won by Simon Oliver.
OUR 6TH DRAW: This was held on Saturday, 5th June at the Highlander. The 1st XV had again
produced excellent play to beat the strong Selborne 1st XV 39/7 while the 1st XI hockey had also
done well to win its equivalent match 2/0. We had Lyn Andrew, Peter’s wife and the daughter of
the late Des White who was so linked with Andrean affairs over so many years, to give us our
winners – who were:-
1st Prize R1,750 No 323 Neil Wright of Kloof, Durban.
2nd Prize R1,200 No 378 Tim Fleicher of Summerstrand, Port Elizabeth.
3rd Prize R 900 No 310 Colin Orr of Kenilworth, Cape Town.
4th Prize R 500 No 231 Kelvin Rivett of Beacon Bay, East London.
..... while Lyn drew her husband, Peter’s number for the bottle of whiskey! ... thoughPeter said
whenLynpresented the whiskey to himthat he would have much preferred if she had drawn him
one of the other prizes!
OUR 7TH DRAW: This was held on the 24th July at Highlander. The 1st XV had played Marlow
that afternoon, winning a tough hard game 21/3. The 1st XI hockey didn’t have a school fixture
that afternoon so to give them a game Gunther Marx and Gary Frayne organised an invitation
adult side in which both of them played. To Gunther’s pleasure the invitational side won 2/0! For
our Draw we asked Michelle Miles, wife of Alan, College’s successful Director of Rugby to do
the Draw for us .. and she gave us the following winners -
1st Prize R1,750 No120 John Cruicksank of Gauteng.
2nd Prize R1,200 No 543 Charlotte Kruger of Cape Town.
3rd Prize R 900 No 361 Leon Jacobs of the SAC Staff.
4th Prize R 500 No 6 Adrian Craig of Grahamstown.
..... while theBushmills bottle ofwhiskey was won by Catherine Letcher, Matron of Espin SAC.
OUR 8TH DRAW:This was held on K-Day at the Highlander after the 1st XV had won its match
43/15. The KC side never gave up and tackled like Trojans and the score could have been much
higher. KC’s scored 2 tries - one from an interception as we were about to score and the other
from a kick aheadwhich ran well for their wing to manage to dot down. The College side played
excellently and has, indeed, had a wonderful season, their only loss being that against Bishops.
The side and its reserves + the coaches are to be highly congratulated. The1st XI hockey fixture
had been played on Wednesday afternoon since all KC boys are available for their hockey side.
It was a fierce fast match with our goalie who had a great season, saving a good penalty corner
shot in full time to leave the result a 1/1 Draw. For our Draw we got Lisa Simpson, William’s wife
who also came in to help and check on the Draw, to give us our winners. These were -
1st Prize R1,750 No 390 Jonathan Witts-Hewinson of Benmore, Gauteng.
2nd Prize R1,200 No 100 Robert Perrott of Bishopscourt, Cape Town.
3rd Prize R 900 No 436 Andrew Maffessanti of the SAC Staff.
4th Prize R 500 No 470 Paul Jackson of Senderwood, Gauteng.
..... while Gavin Harvey’s number was drawn for the whiskey. As a non whiskey/alcohol drinker
he generously returned the whiskeyto be drawn for again - and Gavin Keeton’s number was
then drawn... whichhe accepted from Gavin Harveywith thanks and pleasure.
OUR DONATIONS TO COLLEGE AND TO PREP:
We will make our usual Donations to College on Speech Day, Wednesday October 13th. A
cheque of R39,000from our members will then be handed over to David Herold, Chairman
of College Council.Then - later at Prep Feast we will hand over a cheque for R13,000 to
Prep on behalf of our Members. These amounts from our members are much appreciated by
the Authorities of both College and Prep - and our members can be very happy that these funds
are really valued and put to good use.
CONTRIBUTIONS FOR OUR CURRENT CLUB YEAR
As a result of reminders virtually allour members are now up-to-date now with their contributions.
If, however, you are one of the few who may be uncertain as to whether you have paid ... and
to whomsuch reminders may have gone astray, please contact Eiona Rathbone (e-mail below).
Also - a reminder at this stage that our new Club year runs from 1st November. Many of our
members have arranged debit orders for their R360 contributions for the end of October ... but
as an advancereminderfor others -- for sending in your R360 annual contribution which covers
our 12 Draws - either a cheque to us made out to St Andrew’s College and posted to us
c/o St Andrew’s College, P.O. Box 182, Grahamstown 6140, or a deposit into College’s
STANDARD BANK ACC NO 08 200 7977 specifying “300 CLUB” and (VERY IMPORTANT)
giving YOUR NAME so that we can allocate the payment . Many thanks!
FORTHCOMING PLANNED DRAWS
Our 9th Draw - at the Headmaster’s Dinner for parents not at House Suppers - on Tuesday, 12th
October.
Our 10th Draw - (Still to be finalised) Probably either at the Cape Town Andrean/OA Function on
21st October or at the Andrean/OA Function in Johannesburg on 28th October.
Our 11th Draw - at the Graaff Reinet Andrean/OA Function in Graaff Reinet on 2nd Nov.
Our 12th Draw - at the St Andrew’s Tide Luncheon after the Old Andrean Club AGM - and linked
with the 50 and 60 years Leavers Reunion, on Saturday, 20th November. This will be when
David Wylde, current 2010 Old Andrean President, will preside and speak at the luncheon.
Our 1st Draw of our Nov 10/Oct 11 Club year - at Prep Feast on Wednesday, 1st December.
With GOOD WISHES and THANKS to our Members.
Leon Jacobs, Gunther Marx and David Hodgson (Organisers)
and Eiona Rathbone (Co-ordinator/Secretary)
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