- Rondebosch Boys' School
Infobox Secondary school
name = Rondebosch Boys' School
motto = "Altius et Latius"
established = 1897
city =Cape Town
country =South Africa
type = All Boys State School
headmaster = Martin Barker (High), Tony Ryan (Preparatory)
grades = 1 - 12
Address = Rondebosch
free_label_1 = Houses
free_1 = Andrews, Canigou, Fletcher, Marchand, Ramage
website = [http://www.rondebosch.com/ www.rondebosch.com]Rondebosch Boys' High School and Rondebosch Boys' Preparatory School make up a
state school situated in the suburb ofRondebosch inCape Town ,Western Cape ,South Africa . It was founded in1897 .Academics
Of the 150 final-year students in 2006, 58 achieved an "A" aggregate and over 90% achieved matric endorsement in the [http://wced.wcape.gov.za/ Western Cape Education Department exams] . [cite web|title=2006 Senior Certificate Results|publisher=Rondebosch Boys' High School|url=http://www.rondebosch.com/full_story.asp?nid=7448|accessdate=5 April 2007]
Subsequent to RBHS's 2006 matric results, RBHS headmaster Martin Barker attended a function at the Presidential Guest House in Pretoria where he accepted an award from the Deputy President, Ms
Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka , for Rondebosch having more than 100 matric boys writing higher grademathematics . There are only 13 otherstate schools in South Africa which attained this accolade. This is in addition to the award made to the school by the Premier of the Western Cape for Rondebosch being in the top 10 schools in the Province and for having the highest number of higher gradePhysical Science passes in the Province.Rondebosch has also won the
UCT Mathematics Competition for eight of the past nine years from 1999 to 2007. [cite web|title=UCT Mathematics Competition|url=http://www.mth.uct.ac.za/competition|accessdate=5 April 2007]Culture
The school offers a range of cultural activities and societies.
The senior
debating team won theRotary Trophy for three consecutive years from 1993-1995. [cite web|url=http://www.rbhs.co.za/default.asp?page=8|title=Headmaster's Address: Speech Night 2005] The choir has performed in theCape Town City Hall on regular occasions, and the school has won many awards for music atEisteddfod s. The school puts on plays, both one-act and longer, and has won the Montague Play Festival recently. The annual "Cabaret in the Quad" is popular and is usually sold out before opening night. [cite web|url=http://www.rondebosch.com/full_story.asp?nid=7006|title=A night with the stars]ports
Rondebosch is the traditional rival of the nearby school Diocesan College (Bishops). Derby sport matches between the schools are played twice a year in both rugby and
cricket , as well as in a number of other sports. Along with SACS, these three schools participate in the annual Triangular athletics event.Notable alumni
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John Allison , publisher and editor of Opera magazine
*Ken Andrew , politician
* David Becker, professional speaker, coach and 'mindmaster' [http://www.allankleynhans.com/events/mind.asp Profile on www.allankleynhans.com, accessed 9 September 2008]
*Justin Bergh , singer
*Ryan Coetzee , strategist for the Democratic Alliance
* Michael Corbett,Chief Justice of South Africa
*Allan McLeod Cormack , winner of the 1979Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for work on the development ofComputer assisted tomography (CAT scan)
*Jannie de Villiers , former rector of theUniversity of Stellenbosch
*David Earl , composer and concert pianist
*Robert Fokkens , composer
*Nick Gevers , well known science fiction critic and editor
*Richard Haigh , Associate Director of Music and Organist at the Roman Catholic Cathedral inDallas
*Tim Jenkin , political prisoner, author, escapee from Pretoria Central Prison
*Daniel Rajna , principal ballet dancer with the Cape Town City Ballet Company
*Richard Spring , MP and Vice Chairman of the Conservative Party
* Sir Robert Clarkson Tredgold, Chief Justice of theFederation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland
*Lyall Watson , author of Supernature
*Ernest Wentzel , civil rights lawyer
*Zapiro , cartoonistInternational sports players
occer
Gary Bailey [ [Kyle whitcher] ]Tennis
Neil Broad urfing
Ian Armstrong
Cricket
Gary Kirsten ,HD Ackerman ,John Commins ,John Nel ,Jonathan Trott , Kenny Jackson,Paul Kirsten ,Bryan Baguley ,Ryan Maron ,Louis-Marc Germishuys ,Ralph Coetzee Rugby
Springboks:
Gerald Thompson ,Frank Mellish ,Jackie Tindall ,Willie Rousseau ,Bennie Osler ,Stanley Osler ,Jock van Niekerk ,Mervyn Ellis ,Jack Gage ,Alvi van der Merwe ,John Apsey ,Dendy Lawton ,James Starke ,Mike Lawless ,Ian McCallum ,Roy McCallum ,Chris Pope ,Derek van den Berg ,Joel Stransky (who was at Rondebosch till his under 16 year),Gcobani Bobo andHanyani Shimange .*
England :Frank Mellish
*France :Eric Melvill
*Ireland :Dion O'Cuinneagain (captain), who also captained the South African Sevens side
*USA Sevens :Dallen Stanford [ [http://www.sportsleader.co.za/dallenstanford Www.sportsleader.co.za, accessed on 9 September 2008.] ]Notable past teachers
*
Sydney Skaife
* [http://www.tickey.co.za/ Tickey de Jager]External links
* [http://www.rondebosch.com/ Rondebosch Boys' official site]
* [http://rondebosch.wordpress.com/ Photographs and images of Rondebosch]References
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