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Interview with Michael Marsay 1999

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  • Pièce
  • 2014

Interview with Michael Marsay – 1999
Michael came to St David’s in 1987, grade 0. Mrs Walton was his first teacher and the classroom was
opposite the stairs to the school chapel. Mrs Scaafsma, a dragon taught him in grade 2; Mr Spence in
standard 1; Mrs Hurley in standard 2; Mrs Bowles in standard 3 and Greg Royce was the headmaster of
the prep school.
Michael enjoyed the “Bush Pig Buddies Camp” in grade 2 and found it quite exciting. He loved the sport,
was in the swimming team, and played 1st team cricket for one season and soccer. He eventually found
swimming to be more of an attraction. Michael enjoyed the soccer clinics which Willy Castle organised
during the school holidays to give the boys something to do.
Father Brewer was a good influence whilst Michael was in the prep school, and guided him through to his
first communion. He always backed the boys and sadly died in 1999.
Going into the high school with Paul Edey as the headmaster, a dynamic leader he was a breath of fresh
air. Paul instilled a sense of pride back into the school.
Sport continued to play a big role in Michael’s life and he was 1st team hockey captain and 1st team athletics
captain. Malcolm Williams joined the staff as deputy head in 1997 and turned hockey around. It became a
sport which you had an option to take and by Michael’s matric year, hockey was doing better than rugby.
He felt t was good to be part of something growing like that. Initially there were only two teams but by the
time Michael matriculated all age groups were involved. According to his brother Chris (2003), Michael and
Grant Brennan made hockey cool, it lost its stigma, the culture changed and hockey became more
acceptable as a sport. There weren’t many camps but Michael travelled to Margate in Natal for an athletics
camp which was organised by Mr Burr in the school holidays.
Michael was selected for the U18 Gauteng hockey, was appointed a prefect and house captain of The
Bishops in his matric year and was awarded a trophy as hockey player of the year.
Michael was not an academic and didn’t have the study culture but matriculated with 4 C’s and 2 D’s and
went on to study for a BComm Accounts at RAU University. He then worked for TFMC as a clerk in the
plant hire division and worked his way up to the position of general manager. He then took a sabbatical of 6
months before joining his father in his business, Marsay Equipment in 2006.
Michael is a member of MOBS, is married to Alexandra (nee Spooner) and has a daughter who plans to
attend De La Salle College.
JLE March 2014

Egenrieder, Julie

Interview with Eric Annegarn, 1998 - 2004, Board of Governors

  • ZA ZAR STDS 202000771
  • Pièce
  • 2015

Interview with Eric Annegaarn – board Member 1998 – 2004
Eric, whose son Bjorn was a pupil at St David’s and matriculated in 2002, was a member of the board of
governors from 1998 and was elected chairman for 2003 and 2004, taking over from Tony Reilly.
Eric used to question “Why do so many non-Catholic parents wish to enrol their sons at St David’s, a
Catholic school?” which gained a lot of momentum with the “Beyond Our Gates” project and motivated Rick
Wilson to encourage Eric to join the board. When Eric resigned from the board, Tony Chappell took over
the reins.
Eric’s priority was to speed up the process and to get rid of some of the formalities. He aimed to revitalise
the board which he felt had become moribund. The board got tied up with all sorts of issues including ethics
and overseas tours. Eric set up committees to which much of this work was delegated and the board could
then make decisions without long discussions and debate late into the night. Janet Seeland and Father
Michael were members of the committee debating the issue of school tours, the cost to the individual,
fundraising activities, levies on school fees etc.
Projects such as the astro turf and the chapel took ages. Issues such as to whether the school was
regarded as a charitable institution and, in that case were donations tax free? The board also had to report
to the IEB, the government’s Department of Education and to Rome and now to the Marist Schools Council.
The board had to continue a relationship with the Marist Brothers in Rome and various important issues
came up such as who owned the school property and where were the Title Deeds?
Eric had a good relationship with Paul Edey who was not an administrator. When Paul was made executive
headmaster Malcolm Williams was appointed Headmaster.
Eric worked at the school with Paul Edey four days a week from 4.00 until 8.00pm with Rob Smith heading
the development committee.
The planning for the Foundation which took an enormous amount of time was during Eric’s tenure as
chairman of the board and the re-naming of the school which also involved a lot of time and debate.
JLE March 2015

Egenrieder, Julie

Interview with Emma Sithole 1982 - 2015 Staff

  • ZA ZAR STDS 202000768
  • Pièce
  • 2014

Interview with Emma Sithole – Staff – 1982 to date
At the age of 28, Emma joined the support staff of St David’s as Head Cleaner. She was interviewed by
Willem Van Der Merwe and reported to him. She also used to cook for the brothers when Richard or
Mjomle were away.
In those days the committee room was the brothers dining room and the staff workroom was the kitchen
and pantry. The original walk in fridge is still in existence in the tuck shop kitchen. The tuck shop was the
mothers’ kitchen and catering equipment was stored there. The current administration offices were
originally the brothers’ chapel, kitchen and dining room.
The brothers’ lunch usually consisted of soup followed by fruit. Later when Julius was away Emma would
prepare sandwiches for the brothers and staff.
Emma didn’t live on the school premises as she had six children to care for and lived in Alexandra
Township. Life was not easy for her bringing up her children during difficult and different times.
In 1991 Emma took over from Julius, cleaning the tuck shop, helping the mothers and working together with
Enoch Mhlongo. Mrs Van Guilleaume ran the tuck shop and the ladies entertainment committee with Victor
Shibambu joining the staff later.
Over the years Emma saw a lot of changes with Shelly Watson coming in then Jon Jon Dry. The tuck shop
now not only caters for the staff everyday and for individual functions but also provides meals on a daily
basis for some of the boys. Emma still makes the sandwiches and some salads for the staff. She misses
Shelly who retired last year and regarded her as a friend and mentor who took care of her.
When Emma retires she would very much like to help and do the cooking for an orphanage near her home
looking after the children with no parents and some that have aids.
Emma retired in 2015
JLE 2014

Egenrieder, Julie

Interview with Temba Bavuma 2007

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  • Pièce
  • 2015

Interview with Temba Bavuma – 2007
Temba moved from Cape Town to Johannesburg with his parents in 2003 and first went to Fourways High
School joining St David’s in grade 10 when he was awarded a sports scholarship to play cricket. He was
spotted by Shane Gaffney and Roger Budd at a regional U15 cricket week.
At first he found the school rather intimidating and didn’t know quite what to expect as a co-ed school is run
somewhat differently. He made friends easily especially with his sporting background being involved with
rugby, soccer, cricket and cross-country.
Temba was awarded colours for soccer and cricket but didn’t play in an open year. He played for the A or
1st team in all the sports in which he participated and at one time soccer was his first love before cricket. He
struggled in the first few years but represented Gauteng U19 cricket. Initially he was going to study at UCT
having gained 3 distinctions in matric but he stayed on at St David’s and completed a post-matric year
which qualified him to play for SA Schools. It was a very tough year having to come back to school in
uniform and repeating matric subjects again. However, it did make him mentally stronger as an individual
and from a cricketing point of view.
Temba enjoyed the brotherhood at the school with a tight relationship amongst the guys especially in rugby
and cricket.
Temba did struggle with all the discipline and school regulations and those parameters but, with hindsight
he now appreciates it. He found all the teachers to be different and he could relate to them. Mr Ireland
didn’t show much emotion presenting a tough facade but Temba enjoyed him. Mrs Deetlefs had a vibrant
nature and always engaged with the students and Ms Cambitzis tried to break the student, teacher barrier.
Temba feels he owes a lot to Shane Gaffney who gave him the opportunity to succeed and contributed
greatly to enable Temba to get to where he finds himself now. Shane was very strict but tried to get the
best out of him and the other boys.Temba also had a good relationship with Amarinda Binder who helped
him a lot.
One unfortunate incident which stands took place during his grade 11 year when Sello M........... lost his
soccer boots and assumed that Temba had them. Sello took Temba’s school and cricket bag in revenge
which meant that Temba couldn’t do his homework or attend cricket training. This was a disaster for
Temba.
Temba went on school tours to Maritzburg and was involved in the St Albans tournament for cricket and
with soccer went to Kloof High and Durban, and played rugby in Bloemfontein at Gray’s College and St
Peter’s.Temba remembers that before his matric dance he was playing cricket all day and wondered if he
would ever make it.
The friendships he made at school he will always cherish and he remembers in particular Sabelo Sithebe,
head boy whom everyone respected, he was inspiring.
Temba matriculated in 2007 and 2008 with Accounting, Biology, Zulu, English, Business Economics and
Mathematics. He admits that his focus was not on marks but on cricket and was fortunate to play SA
Schools and for the SA U19 team, memories which he will cherish forever.
Temba appreciated the support he was given by being at St David’s, the way the school was run with its
systems and structure which enabled him to become the person he is today. It shaped him and encouraged
him. The values and principles the school instilled in him whilst he was there. The biggest thing wasn’t
about academics but how to be a man amongst other men. Comfortare Esto Vir: Take courage and be a
man.
In 2009 Temba enrolled at University of Johannesburg to study for BComm Finance. He finished the first
year but dropped out in the second due to his cricket commitments, enrolled at Unisa and finished his
degree in June 2014. He found it difficult to study and play sport. It was hard to find the energy after a
tough days training to apply himself to his studies. At the moment he is focused on his cricketing career and
a coaching facility at St David’s which he hopes will start at the end of March. He will be touring India and
Bangladesh during the winter.
Temba is now receiving information from MOBS and hopes to get more involved in future.
JLE February 2015

Egenrieder, Julie

Interview with Tim Marneweck. School Council 1970 - 1976; Board of Governors 1977 - 1983

  • ZA ZAR STDS 202000952
  • Pièce
  • 2015

Interview with Tim Marneweck
Tim had two sons at St David’s in the 70’s, Peter John and Paul.
Peter John was originally a sportsman on leaving school. He was a good cricketer, swimmer and rugby
player and was the first MOB to play professional cricket. He went into the army for the first 5 years then
became a provincial cricketer playing for the Transvaal cricket union in the 1980’s. After working in a sport
shop, then for McCullough and Bothwell, he eventually joined Liberty Life in 2000 and now has his own
franchise.
Paul, the younger son left school in the early 1980’s when Mr Murphy was headmaster. He went into the
army and was trained in guidance missiles and became a lecturer in the subject. He then went to work for
First National Bank for 19 years and is now sales manager for Old Mutual in the financial services
department.
Tim was on the St David’s school council (this was initially formed as an advisory council in 1970) until
1976 and then on the board of governors until 1983 with Kevin Brewer joining the Board in 1984. Tim
continued to work with the brothers behind the scenes and was a member of the Diocesan committee and
Bishop’s committee for close on 40 years, knew Br Jude well and thought of him as a “Walking Saint”.
There was a lot of controversy over the sale of the land on which the “Inandas” now stand. The land and
property belonged to the brothers and Tim is bound not to discuss this but acknowledges that the brothers
were satisfied with the result and Tim was given a certified document from the Marist Brothers of South
Africa Province in gratitude of generous devotedness towards the interests of the brothers. He took a lot of
flack and had promised not to talk about it at the time. He was also presented with a relic of Marcellin
Champagnat, something very special
At the time of the sale there was a lot of politics and tax involved. The brothers couldn’t be seen to be
dealing in property and the brothers did get a share of the profits as the monies came in.
Other MOBS that Tim mentioned were John Mills and said it was amazing what he did for the Diocese,
turning it around and getting all the churches to play their part. Others involved in this were Charles
Rowlinson and David Lawrence.
JLE May 2015

Egenrieder, Julie

Interview with David Baker 1967

  • ZA ZAR STDS 202000758
  • Pièce
  • 2015

Interview with David Baker – 1967 Standard 8
David came to St David’s in 1956 from the Loretta Convent in Pretoria. His father worked for Greatermans
and was transferred to Johannesburg. David is a Catholic and was one of 5 children.
As a grade 2 pupil the school appeared to David to be very grand, holy and very orderly. Br Anthony took
over as headmaster in 1960.
David’s family lived in Rivonia and his father dropped him off in the morning together with his bicycle which
he rode home in the late afternoon. David was predominantly interested in the sport and couldn’t wait to get
out onto the sports field every day. He enjoyed athletics and rugby most of all and remembers being told of
the assassination of Hendrik Verwoerd during rugby practice. (6 September 1966). David was not
academically the best student.
The sports fields were where the swimming pool and the prep playing fields are now until the farm
Zyferfontein was purchased and new fields were laid out. One of the teachers had a Pekenese dog which
she brought into class where it sat on her lap.
There were no school camps in those days but Champagnat day was celebrated. There was a chapel
upstairs, David was a member of the school choir and on one occasion, together with another boy, had to
sing a solo at the big cathedral in town.
He has memories of the brothers in their cassocks carrying an air of Catholicism and religion with them
outnumbering the teachers and David remembered the soft and serene matron Mrs Buckley-Jones with
affection. David has fond memories of his schooldays at St David’s, was sad to move and regarded his
upbringing at a school of the calibre of St David’s very highly.
After matriculating, David went to Simonstown, joining the navy for a year where he received hi s military
training. He then joined Nestle as a trainee representative and worked his way up the sales ladder, studied
marketing and earned his diploma from the Institute of Marketing Management. He then moved on to the
head office and became product manager for Milo, Nescafe, Hot Chocolate and core brands for Nestle SA
working there for 10 years. In the meantime, his father who was running a printing business, Multiprint
Studio, asked him to join him and, on the third occasion David accepted. Coming from Nestle David had a
superb grounding for starting out on his own but initially disliked his new role in downtown Doornfontein, a
far cry from his plush corporate offices in Randburg.
However, in the past 35 years the company has developed into one of the best printings companies in
South Africa winning 15 Sappi Printer of the Year Awards including the double gold, achievement award
covering the whole of Africa. It has evolved into a wonderful journey culminating in winning the “Oscar”
equivalent award in the printing industry.
David is married with two daughters and 5 grandchildren. He said that one didn’t realise until much later
how much grounding one was given at a wonderful institution like St David’s and he is very grateful for the
time spent at both St David’s and Nestle.
JLE May 2015

Egenrieder, Julie

Interview with Mark Middlewick 2004

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  • Pièce
  • 2015

Interview with Mark Middlewick – 2004
Mark came to St David’s in grade 0 and his brother to standard 4, in the second term as his mother was
then employed as the Music teacher in the prep school. Matthew remembers being very anxious especially
being a small child. He had amazing teachers Mrs Walton, Mrs Tyack and Mrs Milne.
Willy Castle was a good influence on him. He was a legend, a myth and having a man like him involved is
very important in a boys’ school. Mark enjoyed the prep and the camaraderie in the high school with
everyone looking out for each other. Mark didn’t experience any bullying whilst he was at St David’s. Paul
Edey, Mark’s headmaster in the high school was great and nearly everyone respected him.
Mark enjoyed the sport, soccer, cricket and swimming, although he was pretty average and didn’t have the
physical prowess; he enjoyed the team sports and found them to be fun, very important for a young boy.
Mrs Vroom encouraged Mark to audition for the school play “West Side Story”. He didn’t get a very good
role but participated and then Mrs Vroom suggested that Mark write the house play for Benedict. Mark felt
that he was always a middle of the road guy achieving Honours in the prep and receiving half colours for
culturals in the high school . However, he was always quite popular with a quick wit.
After matriculating, Mark took a gap year and went to the USA to a theatre camp at the age of 18 looking
after children 12 years old, becoming an adult overnight and taking responsibility. On his return he went to
Wits University, specialised in film and graduated with Honours in Dramatic Art. He did some lecturing and
tutoring based on critical thinking at Wits and City Varsity and then went to Los Angeles for a few months
working as a script reader (unpaid) but receiving feed-back.
Mark’s short film “Security” was nominated for the best fhort Film at the SA Film and Television Awards and
was one of the three winners out of 1750 contestants, of the Jameson First Shot Film competition this
year. His script “The Mascot” was chosen by US actor Kevin Spacey and renowned producer Dana
Brunetti’s production company, Trigger Street Productions. Mark filmed “The Mascot” in Los Angeles with
Oscar winning actor Adrien Brody playing the lead role.
Mark believes that Mrs Vroom influenced him in his current career when she challenged him to audition for
the school play and to write the script for the house plays. His parents played a major role in his
development, encouraging him and not basing their opinion purely on his marks but on his effort and
participation. Mark also believes that receiving his education at St David’s was significant and for that he is
very grateful and hopes that he will be able to afford to send any son of his to his old school. Mark and
some of his contemporaries are still in touch and meet on a regular basis.
JLE August 2015

Egenrieder, Julie

Willem Van der Merwe Farewell Speech by Willy Castle

  • ZA ZAR STDS 202000958
  • Pièce
  • 2012

Willem
Good evening ladies and gentlemen, the Marist Brothers who are present here, Mr
Greeff, Mr Wilson, Mr Williams, members of the board and PTA, staff, Vaughan and
Matthew (Willem’s sons and other family members) and all the friends of Willem J van
der Merwe. In Marist school culture there is a Marist style based on presence,
simplicity, family spirit, love of work and Mary’s way. Willem’s love for the Marist
Brothers is evident with their presence here and he really appreciates you coming to
share this occasion with him. Willem was born in Cape Town and went to school at
Northlea in Rhodesia and he is the only South African citizen that I know that has two ID
books with different dates of birth and I leave it up to your imagination as to what he
uses them for.
How do you summarise a lifetime? Well, it will take a while so I suggest you make
yourselves comfortable and pay attention.
Willem arrived at St David’s 32 years ago and I still recall my first meeting with him
when Brother Anthony introduced me to a Texan smoking, ex-Zimbabwean soldier,
cement factory builder, farmer, handyman, steel worker, grass grower, builder, plumber,
welder and fixer of anything but unfortunately Willem couldn’t swim. Willem and I took
swimming lessons at the Eskom swimming pool and I had to pretend that I couldn’t
swim so as not to embarrass him as he was training for Iron Man.
When Willem first arrived at St David’s it was very simple, there was no tractor, there
was no bakkie, no tools and there was definitely no golf cart. There were no fences
around St David’s and keeping people off the property was a huge nightmare. Pupils on
motor bikes were the worst especially when they chose to ride on the cricket pitches.
One such person, who shall remain nameless proceeded to do a victory lap down
Rivonia Rd after destroying one of the pitches and with the help of Brother Aidan’s X-ray
vision, we got his number plate and the rest was history.
Years ago the school still owned the four bottom rugby fields and additional oval that
bordered on Rivonia Road and on one of our excursions down there to see what was
happening, we found a shebeen buried in the ground. On one cold morning we had to
remove a dead body. This person had obviously succumbed to the cold weather. The
police were called and order was restored.
One weekend, on a trip to the Rugani farm, we brought the old tractor back to St
David’s where Willem fixed up Rugani 1 and that is the red tractor that you still see
driving around the school nowadays.
I see Louis, Willem’s brother, John Williamson and Alex Chemaly and a few other
friends here who attended a bachelor party at John’s grandmother’s house where we
needed to bring in a full cleaning company to restore the house to it’s former glory, after
the party. I still think Louis and Willem are traumatised by that event as they had just
arrived from calm Zimbabwe.
We all remember Willem’s big foot Ford bakkie that was used for pulling the
lawnmower, carrying building supplies from the hardware, and giving kid’s rides on their
birthday parties. Willem loved custom made vehicles and fast bikes. Every three
months the latest, fastest motor bike was heard driving out of his house on Sunday
mornings to the breakfast run.
My first recollection of Willem’s sporting ability was when we were sitting in Willem’s
lounge in January 1980 and we were watching television and Willem said how great it
would be to run the Comrades marathon that was advertised on TV. My immediate
comment was to tell him that the first thing he needed to do was to stop smoking. He
then picked up the last pack of Texan Plain and threw it in the rubbish bin and the next
10 Comrades were history.
Willem has toured the world and been to places that we would only dream of. After
returning one holiday from a trip to Tokyo and having arrived at home at 2 in the
morning, he was rudely awakened by Tom McFadden and I as we had not yet qualified
for Comrades and had to run the Benoni Marathon that morning to qualify.
Willem’s claim to fame after Comrades races was that he was always dehydrated and
had to be taken every year to hospital to have drips put into him to rehydrate him. Two
incidents that really stand out were on one of our Comrades races, at 62km, I was going
to stop with ITB. Needless to say, on sitting down on the pavement, I received a quick
smack on the side of the head and was told to get my A into G and reminded that this
was my fault and he would be dragging me all the way to Durban.
Another incident I recall was on a flight to Two Oceans with George Ndlovu, Willem’s 2
IC on the support staff. There was a bomb scare over Bloemfontein. The plane
dropped out of the sky, the chutes came out, and Willem and George had to run from
the runway to the airport. He did have quite a job to get George back into the plane to
get down to Cape Town as George had never flown before.
I’m sure Willem remembers these trips to Cape Town where we used to sleep in the
sick bay at St Joseph’s and our long chats with Bro. Benedict and Brother Lawrence in
the evenings.
Willem has, apart from Comrades, Two Oceans and Iron Man also completed numerous
94.7 and Argus Cycle races, Fish Canoe Marathons and over 20 Duzi’s. I will never
forget the day when he asked me to second him on one of his Iron Man escapades.
Needless to say that, I was more broken than he was at the end of the event.
One night when Willem and I were on a training run down Fricker Rd. All the cars were
parked on the pavement for the cricket test at the Wanderers. On running past one of
the cars, we noticed someone lying on the front seat. We decided to turn back and see
what was happening. Someone was trying to steal a radio out of the car so we decided
to play policeman and immediately hauled the chap out of the car. We managed to get
some wire and tie him up to the door until the police arrived to take him away.
When Willem arrived at St David’s, his first workshop was part of the old stables which
also doubled up as a shebeen for Osborne, next to what today is the Astro. His love of
work was pushed to the limit as the area adjacent to his workshop, the present car park,
was a huge hole where parents would drop and fetch their kids. Willem went about
filling the hole turning it into a prep school playground with grass and irrigation. It took
over 200 loads of sand to level that area.
In his first few years at St David’s, Willem’s love for family was demonstrated by
extending his involvement in school activities. Willem used to help coach rugby and
accompanied tours especially our trips down to East London where he had a fine
reputation of dancing all night in the Numbers Discotheque. He then started the canoe
club which went from strength to strength and a number of boys that he coached have
represented the country and our boys have done exceptionally well in SA championship
races particularly our prep team who, for the last three years have won the South
African prep school championship sprint awards.
If it wasn’t for Willem, I would probably not still be at St David’s, so you can blame him
for me still being here. He built my house on the property from scratch and he also built
the swimming pool roof with help and prayers from Father Brewer that makes our pool
the best school pool in South Africa. Not many of you know that Willem laid out the
piping for the clinic in Slough that Brother Anthony was building. He assembled it on
the service road and then took it apart and took it to Slough to fit into the new clinic.
Our prep pavilion was also one of Willem’s building projects. When Mr Royce, Willem
and I decided to build this we had no permission from the brothers or school to build this
facility. We had trucks delivering in the middle of the night and laid the roof between 2
and 4 in the morning so when Brother Timothy saw this building going up, he
immediately challenged us and some very smooth talking took place to allow us to
complete this building. Willem also revamped his present house which was the old
brothers quarters and sick bay and was also our fourth pub on the property on our pub
crawls. At this point the usual procedure was to drink out of the ladies shoes before
heading off to the next house. No more will be said about these escapades.
The Roxy Rhythm Bar in Melville with Brother Vincent as our handbrake often turned
into very late nights and very quiet Friday mornings.
I remember having tickets for the Michael Jackson concert and the only one I could
force to come with me was Willem. What are friends for? Willem also went to see ZZ
Top but didn’t like them too much! He was jealous of their beards.
Willem loves animals and Socks and Megan were always part of the school and
everyone on campus knew who their boss was.
At the end of each term, we always used to have fantastic staff parties and on one of
these occasions, at Glenda Anderson’s house, Willem and I managed to put a huge
rock in the passenger side of Carol Ansell’s box Renault. The car immediately tilted to
the left. After the party, we all stood and watched Carol Ansell drive home sideways
without even noticing that her car was at an acute slant and how she got home we still
wonder to this day.
Willem and I used to have great fun on evenings when Mr Paul Davies, the then
headmaster, when he would entertain and we would sit in The prep school playground
with a six pack and keep switching the lights off in his house periodically. Needless to
say, Willem was called to his office the next morning to get an electrician in to sort out
these power surges.
Our fields, buildings, gardens, swimming pool, cricket pitches hold testament to Willem’s
huge contribution in maintaining our facilities which no other school can match.
We wish Willem good luck, good health and our thanks go with him in the next stage of
his life. We are really going to miss you.
Please charge your glasses as we propose a toast to the super man of St David’s
Marist Inanda.

Castle, W J

2012 Jungalaw

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  • Pièce
  • 2012

32 A4 colour photos

St David's Marist Inanda

Brother Anthony Docherty (1928 - 2010)

  • ZA ZAR STDS 20200032
  • Pièce
  • October 2010

Biographical details of Brother Anthony and Memories of Old Boys

St David's Marist Inanda

2016 75th Jubilee Mass

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  • Pièce
  • 2016

Colour photo

St David's Marist Inanda

1980 Cricket Oval

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  • Pièce
  • 1980's

Eight A6 colour photos circa 1980

St David's College Inanda

Ladies Committee Members from 1951 - 1962

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  • Pièce
  • 2012

Ladies Committee Members
Ladies Committee – started in 1951
1951 E. Owen; E. Jacobson; N. Adams; F Livingstone
1954 E. Owen (Chmn); E. Jacobson; N. Adams; M. McQuade; R. Leo; A. Stodel; F. Livingstone; N. Davis; V. Brophy;
J.Olwyn; S. Wilson; M. Hartmann; E. Hesketh-Mare; I. O’Connor; E. Knight; M. Quinlan; E. Blane; ; P. Duckles;
S. Swanson; B. Fine; T. Kirchmann; Br Edwin
1955 F. Livingstone (Chmn); S. Swanson (Vice-Chmn); C. Hawkins; E. Jacobson; P. Duckles; E. Owen; S. Stodel;
R. Leo; M. Hartmann; E. Sprake; M. Quinlan; J. Barenberg; N. Adams; J. Olwyn; B. Fine; N. Heath
1956 S. Swanson (Chmn); A. Barenbrug (Vice-Chman); R. Leo; N. Richardson; C. Hawkins; P. Duckles; J. Stodel;
F. Lingstone; E. Brophy; E. Owwen; E. Sprake
1957 S. Swanson (Chmn); F. Lingstone (Vice-Chmn); J.Olwyn; N. Heath; R. Palmer-Owen; C. Hawkins; E. Owen;
A. Barenbrug; N. Richardson; M. Hartmann; J. Stodel; B. Fine; R. Leo; A. Sprake; T. Kirchmann; E. Brophy;
M. Hope-Jones
1958 V. Heath; F. Livingstone; N. Adams; S. Swanson; B. Fine; P. Brophy; J. Olwyn; M. Hartmann; C. Hawkins;
R. Leo; A. Sprake; A. Barenbrug; N. Richardson; T. Kirchmann; M. Hope-Jones; M. Davis; N. Curnow; R.
Palmer-Owen
1959 F. Livingstone (Chmn); J. Olwyn; M. Hope-Jones; N. Adams; B. Fine; M. Hartmann; C. Hawkins; A. Sprake;
A. Baranbrug; N. Richardson; N. Davis; N. Curnow; P. Benson; M. Leipold; A. Damsbo; E. Bowker
1960 Mention in Yearbook, but no list
1961 Mention In Headmaster’s Report, but no photo, no list
1962 Incorporated into the PTA – last gesture/donation of surplus funds towards building of Fine Arts Block
The Committee then continued as the Ladies Catering Committee, Swop Shop etc.

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The Legend of the Champagnat Medal by Walter Cronje

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The Legend of the Champagnat Medallion
Up until the late 1980’s players selected for the First XV Rugby team would be presented with a
Champagnat Medallion which was to be sewn into the front of the collar of the prized black and gold
rugby shirt. The intention of the medallion was to keep its bearer safe and free from injury. Each
medallion contained a tiny perspex dome, enclosing a small piece of dark cloth approximately one
square millimetre in size. Legend has it that the cloth piece was a portion of one of Blessed (in those
days) Marcellin’s actual black habits he once wore. At the end of each season the medallions were
surrendered to the school and were sent back to the Vatican to be blessed and returned for use by
the next team. It’s unsure exactly when the practice ceased.

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Jubilee Marcellin Champagnat Photo Composition

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Photo of the Marcellin Champagnat photo composition for the Jubilee Year. The original hangs above the entrance door in the Champagnat Hall Foyer.

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Interview with Dave Smith 1997 to 2022

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Interview with Dave Smith – Staff – 1997 to date
Dave came to St David’s from Bryanston High School in 1997 as head of the Geography department. His
first impression of the school was that it was very small having come from a big co-ed high school with
1300 pupils to teach two matric classes with 5 pupils in one and 12 in the other whereas Bryanston had
three classes with 30 pupils in each. Currently 60 to 70 pupils take Geography as a matric subject which
shows the growth in the number of pupils attending the school.
Paul Edey was the headmaster and together with Kevin Brewer, chairman of the board, motivated the
development plan for the school. At the time the quad housed an ablution block and the pavilion was a
Zozo hut! The school wasn’t very competitive apart from cricket but is now very competitive and is in the
top echelon of the pantheon of boys’ schools.
The leadership programme has grown enormously. In 1997 Dave took all the matrics to a camp in the
Magaliesburg and now there are camps for every grade. The camp, specifically for the prefects with the
main focus on leadership has also grown and now any matric can get a leadership scroll other than
prefects. Thirty two matrics in 2012 received leadership scrolls.
Dave was appointed housemaster of College house in 2000 and senior deputy headmaster in 2003
overseeing student affairs and school administration. He is also editor of the school magazine and sees not
just the physical changes in the school but in the number of pupils and the range of activities on offer. St
David’s has become one of the top boys’ schools worldwide with the vision that was created by Paul Edey
and continued by Malcolm Williams. However the school does have an achilles heel, rugby.
Dave believes St David’s to be an incredibly happy school with the boys having their own identity. There is
a sense of tradition and what makes a good tradition. One regret Dave has is that he gave up mentoring
the matrics when he became deputy headmaster.
On the staff, the characters he has encountered include the likes of Rod Smith, Belinda Marais and Annika
Carter to name but a few. Malcolm William’s concept of “Presence” has been unbelievable and the energy
he put into everything he did.
JLE December 2013

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