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The
Uplands College annual Honours and
Speech Day event was held on 23
October 2008. Uplands celebrated
the achievements of our pupils and
acknowledge the contribution they
have made to 2008the success of
the College.
Mr Peter van Kets, the guest speaker,
shared his experiences of crossing
the Atlantic Ocean (approximately
5400 km) from the Canary Islands
to Antiqua in the Caribbean in a
rowing boat. It is a fascinating
and inspirational story of two men
pursuing their dream, the preparation
they put in, their perseverance,
their resilience, breaking through
every pain barrier to win the race
and to be crowned World Champions.
The pupils were the focus of his
speech which was enjoyed by everyone
and his sense of humour added the
appropriate spice to the event.
Special
Awards:
Entrepreneur
of the Year –
Celliers Verster
The Marisa Longuinho
Award – Roxanne
Rubino
Sportsman of the Year
– James Rosenfeldt
Sportswoman of the Year
– Kelsey Matus
The Thomson Trophy for
the Cultural Person of the Year
- Alexandra Matthews
The Arthur Gaydon-Connock
Cup – Gustav
Mathey
The Hyson Trophy for
Endeavour –
Elsa van Velden
The Tecklenburg Trophy
for Good Fellowship
– Elsa van Velden
The Founders Award
– Alexandra Matthews
Academic
Winners for each Grade:
Gr
8 – Michelle
Rorich
Gr 9 –
Roxanne Carlse
Gr 10
– Dieter Kalwa
Gr 11
– Amy Vieler
Gr 12 (Dux Scholar)
– Amy Comley
Gr 12 (Proxime Accesit)
– Alexandra Matthews
Academic
Colours:
Academic
Colours were awarded to Gr 12s who
attained an average of between 70-74%
throughout the year (in alphabetical
order):
Kristill
Bezuidenhout
Lindsay Howland
Rebecca Jeal
Graham Pote
Shanine Viljoen
Academic
Honours
Academic
Honours were
awarded to Gr 12 pupils who attained
an average of 75% and above (in
alphabetical order):
Amy
Comley
Tammy Harrison
Anica Jansen van Vuuren
Alexandra Matthews
Jo-Ann Stratford
Elsa van Velden |
