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Grey video

2011-02-05T09:14:00.000+02:00

Greybokke

2010-11-19T21:04:00.000+02:00

Grey Boereorkes

2010-11-04T08:36:00.002+02:00

"PREPARED TO POACH"

2010-10-31T09:06:00.001+02:00

SA Rugby het ‘n artikel geplaas waarin aantygings gemaak is dat Grey spelers koop en soms selfs van Grey se seuns se name genoem. Bekende Old Grey Ian Small- Smith, pa van William Small-Smith, vanjaar se eerste span kaptein het hul geantwoord.

RESPONSE TO YOUR ARTICLE ENTITLED ‘PREPARED TO POACH’ PUBLISHED IN YOUR OCTOBER 2010 EDITION

1. The above article begs a response.

2. I write to you in my capacity as an old Grey, sponsor of boys currently at Grey and as a parent who has hardly missed a game that the Grey 1st team played in the last two years.

3. Grey College Secondary School offers no sporting bursaries whatsoever to its scholars. It does however assist parents with fees if the parents are unable to pay school or boarding fees. The applicants for such assistance need to provide compelling information about their inability to pay school or boarding fees. They do so by completing forms which are colloquially referred to as ‘bursary forms’. The school will accommodate children under these circumstances if it is at all possible. In fact legislation requires the schools to be accommodative under these circumstances. Every child who applies to be accepted at Grey is informed of this procedure and the parents are encouraged to confidentially approach the school in the event the parents have difficulty with paying the fees.

4. The article is a peculiar one and the ‘lengthy investigations’ you had apparently done on this topic is a very generous description of your efforts to write what is supposed to be a well-researched, balanced and responsible article.

5. You refer to the following boys who came to Grey after grade 8: Neethling Fouche, Nicholaas Immelman, Ruwellyn Isbel, Tyron Schultz and Kevin Luiters and Neil Jordaan. You, on the balance of the article, want the readers to believe that these boys were ‘poached’ or offered bursaries to attend Grey. The obvious way of establishing whether this was the case was to make contact with either the boys or their parents and enquire from them directly what the circumstances were which caused them to move their children to Grey College. You didn’t do this basic and logical exercise because it may be argued that you didn’t want to spoil a good story with the truth.

6. Had you made this very basic enquiry you would have found that every single mentioned boy’s parents, but for Ruwellyn Isbel’s, pay the full school and boarding fees. In every single instance the parents will be able to provide proof of this fact.

7. Ruwellyn Isbel is sponsored by an old Grey to attend Grey. His mother, with the greatest of respect to her as a single parent and wonderful God-fearing woman, is simply unable to afford it to send her son to Grey or any other school for that matter. Nothing prevented her from having completed a ‘bursary form’ for financial assistance but the fact is it wasn’t necessary. Ruwellyn is financially fully supported by an individual who has Ruwellyn’s interest at heart, first and foremost. The individual supporting Ruwellyn had a son at Grey who tragically died a few years ago. The sponsor can hardly be criticized under these circumstances and he gets absolutely no discount on any school or boarding fees from Grey.

8. In fact there are a few other boys at Grey that are also either partly or fully supported by old Grey’s. In all their cases their parents are unable to meet the financial obligations they encountered when their sons went to Grey.

9. If one looks at probabilities, take the following given facts: The Grey boys who made the SA Schools team this year, Paul Jordaan (father an old Grey), Johan Goosen, William Small-Smith (father an old Grey), Kevin Luiters, Neethling Fouche and Anrich Bitzi all pay their own school and boarding fees and they have been paying it since the arrived at Grey years ago. Not one of them receives any financial assistance from the school. Proof of this can be provided. If these boys don’t get financial incentives or bursaries from Grey College, what are the probabilities that youngsters as young as 13 (Grade 7 according to your article), with hardly any track record or credentials, would be offered money to come to Grey College.

10. The suggestion that coaches won’t speak to the boys of the other schools directly, but get the captain or other players to do the talking is equally improbable. I try to imagine a coach trying to get one of his 13 year old players to persuade another 13 year old boy that the latter should rather attend a school 800km away than his current school but honestly my imagination fails me on this one. The allegation that ‘some of the Grey PE u/16 players said that the Grey College coach sent a player, in most cases the captain, to approach them on the school’s behalf’ simply fails to withstand closer scrutiny. Are the anonymous Grey PE boys saying that they were approached by more than one boy, including the captain who said that the coach has sent them to speak to the Grey PE boys on behalf of Grey College? That would defeat the object of a ‘subtle approach’ entirely, wouldn’t it? In all honesty, and with the utmost of respect which I have for Grey PE, their superb headmaster and proud old boys, this story seems ‘a bridge to far’. Yet it found its way into your magazine. One wonders if it would have had Grey lost against Grey PE this year. In fact if my memory serves me correct Grey Bloem beat Grey PE’s u/16 side quite easily this year. It is weird then that the Grey coach would want to recruit players in an age group that his team were the stronger one on the day and then to use his players to facilitate the approach to boys who, if they would move to Grey, would in all likelihood compete for their place and position in a team against the very boys who ‘lured’ them to Grey on instructions of the coach. It just doesn’t have the ring of truth, does it?

11. Had it truly occurred and serious approaches were in fact made, and not just one kid trying to persuade another one that his school is the better one, I would have expected the Grey PE boys to tell their coach, the coach to tell the headmaster and the headmaster informing the Grey College headmaster of the tactics employed by the coach in question.

12. In fact simple statistics would show that ever since I actively started to follow Grey College sport in 1972, I recall only Jan Serfontein who moved from Grey PE to Grey Bloem. He moved because his parents moved. It is clear that the approaches you allege the coaches get the players to make on behalf of Grey to the Grey PE boys, was either a miserable failure (and has been for 40 years) or at least an exaggeration by the Grey PE boys concerned.

13. You also refer to Marcel van der Merwe who came to Grey in his matric year (2009). Had you spoken to anyone of significance at Grey, Paarl Boys High, Marcel himself or his father you may well have found a perfectly valid reason and explanation why he made the move. He certainly wasn’t recruited by Grey as you suggest. He certainly wasn’t paid by Grey to make the move. A responsible journalist would have attempted to speak to an informed individual about Marcel’s reason for moving to Grey but you elected to use this as an example of Grey recruiting players rather than finding out what caused him to move.

14. In conclusion I am disappointed that you published this article. Your agenda is one that doesn’t serve the cause of objective, intelligent and responsible journalism. In fact it is clearly bias. This is illustrated by the fact that you indicate in your article that you are withholding the names of the players who made the allegations but you have no hesitation to mention the names of the players at Grey who you would like your readers to believe where probably recruited.

15. Let me know if you require the contact details of any of the parents of this year’s 1st team in the event you wish to continue with your ‘lengthy investigations’.

IAN SMALL-SMITH

Worldwide chat for the Grey Reunie!

2010-10-13T11:57:00.000+02:00

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2010 ZA School players from Grey

2010-09-09T15:17:00.002+02:00

Grey versus Affies

2010-05-19T08:06:00.000+02:00

Grey at Kersney College 2010

2010-05-09T09:30:00.000+02:00

Haai versus Grey

2010-05-09T09:20:00.002+02:00

Winston

2010-04-17T10:03:00.001+02:00

(via Gus Silber’s Twitter Overflow Blog) Great take on the mampara's currently in ZA!

Die oorspronklike Grey Bom 92-93

2010-03-30T20:06:00.001+02:00

Stablitz

2010-03-30T19:42:00.001+02:00

The silent assassin

2010-02-24T13:22:00.000+02:00

Gert Coetzee writes in The Witness: "WHEN Grey College headmaster Johan Volsteedt took the scripture reading during the school assembly yesterday morning he referred to Ruben Kruger as a “man among men”."

Merry Christmas

2009-12-11T17:15:00.000+02:00

Obituary: Wiley Badenhorst - Passed on 27 November 2009

2009-11-30T11:56:00.003+02:00

The details of memorial service of the late Wiley Badenhorst are as follows:

Date: Thursday, 10 December Time: 11:0am

Location: NG church Constantia Kruin in Constantiakloof (cnr Yolandie/ Liebenberg), the church is opposite Constantia Primary school.

Please make an effort to attend. Wiley was an honourary member of the Grey Reunie.

A Grey Gentlemen at heart. He lived for the occasion on which he could represent his Alma Mater. Wiley was passionate about Grey College and thrived on any event that he could interact with and influence people in the Grey way.

Wiley was driven in the fact that the Reunie was a medium by which all Old Greys could benefit and he encouraged all around him and especially new Old Greys he met to participate and become part of the Old Grey family. Wiley was steadfast in his dealings with all and was stern in the fact that the interests of Grey College and the Reunie should be prevalent in all his actions.

Wiley’s influence at the Gauteng Branch and the National Committee level will be remembered in the annuals of the Grey College history. Wiley spent many years focussing on the interests of Grey College, not only time but also his passion, drive and energy will sorely be missed. He was a man who stood out amongst his peers and drove issues that others would dare to try. The Grey College fraternity has lost a true Grey Gentleman.

The Grey College National Reunie Committee as well as all Old Greys hereby pass our condolences on to his family and friends. You are all in our thoughts and prayers and may your suffering be short as the memories of his presence be ever near. May God bless Wiley on his new journey and lay a soft hand of blessing on all those dear and close to him.

May the memory of Wiley linger on in time and may we all learn from all his experiences and grow in his memory.

Wiley Badenhorst you will be missed.

1 Thessalonians 4:17-18

Then we who are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air. And thus we shall always be with the Lord. Therefore comfort one another with these words.

God Bless

The Grey College Family.

Koshuis (Early eighties)

2009-11-15T10:35:00.000+02:00

London Old Greys

2009-11-09T08:11:00.002+02:00

Talent

2009-10-27T21:17:00.000+02:00

Mike Bandey writes in Education about more than good marks: "Just as parents of talented rugby players are likely to send their children to Grey College, Bloemfontein, the school that has produced more Springboks than any other, so parents of able academic children will choose a Westerford because of its academic reputation."

The only problem is that for every Springbok that Grey has produced, it produces 10 academics of equal value!

Minibrakke

2009-10-16T07:51:00.000+02:00

1984 Ruby team

2009-10-12T15:15:00.000+02:00

1984~2009 Reunie

2009-10-12T14:09:00.000+02:00

Guske malaya waa

2009-10-11T19:18:00.000+02:00

Johan Froneman

2009-10-05T11:42:00.000+02:00

Visit to the Koppies game reserve

2009-10-03T20:35:00.000+02:00

Die koor

2009-10-01T19:55:00.000+02:00

Journal of the Boer War

2009-09-28T21:50:00.001+02:00

Commando has for many years been regarded as one of the best narratives of war and adventure in the English language. While still in his teens Deneys Reitz served in the Boer forces during the South African War and, after fighting to the bitter end, chose exile in Madagascar rather than life under the British flag. It was during those years of banishment that he set down, while it was still vivid in his memory, this record of battle and guerilla warfare. The word 'commando' has been made familiar to us, these last few years, by the exploits of those picked men who harried the enemy by many spectacular and desperate stratagems in the Second World War. It was originally, of course, the Boer word used for those mobile columns of fighting men which, despite their inferiority in numbers and supplies, held out and hit back so vigorously against the British in South Africa. This chronicle of forced marches, ambuscades, night attacks and narrow escapes shows why the Boer resistance took so long to crack. Fritz learned the craft of the guerilla under such masters as Botha, Delarey and Smuts, and from Smuts he learned, too, in due course the arts of peace, for it was Smuts who persuaded Reitz to return to South Africa and help in building the young Dominion. In that capacity Reitz showed the same qualities of wisdom, courage and leadership which he had developed as a fighting man, and he crowned a brilliant career of public service to the Union of South Africa by becoming its High Commissioner in London.

Read the book Commando online here. Preview the book on Google here.

Sir George Grey: A historical biography

2009-09-28T21:29:00.001+02:00

Read the book online here. All the other books about Sir George Grey are available here.

Profile picture

2009-09-28T08:18:00.000+02:00

Save this picture as your profile picture, to celebrate 125 year Reunie anniversary. Graphics by Struan Anderson.

Aan Bloemfontein se weste kant

2009-09-27T13:45:00.002+02:00

Halala Grey College

2009-09-27T13:42:00.000+02:00

Jopie Fourie se einde

2009-09-26T09:06:00.000+02:00

Lees in die Afrikaanse Wikipedia oor Jopie Fourie se einde: "Met vaste stem begin Josef Gesang 20:8 sing: "Als wy de doodsvallei betreën, Laat ons elke aardse vriend alleen..." Aan die end van die tweede versreël klink die order - die skote val en kommandant Josef Fourie stort neer."

Jean Baptist van Riet

2009-09-25T19:35:00.000+02:00

I've never heard such a load of...

2009-09-25T14:58:00.000+02:00

Bram Fischer's revolution at Grey

2009-09-25T14:39:00.001+02:00

Preview Bram Fischer: Afrikaner revolutionary here.

Reginald Turvey: Artist

2009-09-25T14:17:00.003+02:00

Read about Turvey here.

The war memoirs of Commandant Ludwig Krause, 1899-1900

2009-09-25T13:59:00.000+02:00

Preview the book on Google Books, The war memoirs of Commandant Ludwig Krause, 1899-1900.

Unbeaten record broken

2009-09-25T12:40:00.000+02:00

Grey College scrumhalf Pieter Rademan is quoted in Grey day for junior rugby: "I am very sad that Grey Bloem lost to Paul Roos because our unbeaten record has been broken. It was my dream to be unbeaten, but at the end of the day I had to make the decision, and playing for the SA U18s was more important."

Global warning

2009-09-25T12:33:00.000+02:00

Ian van Zyl is quoted in "Going Places": "I don’t just paint the veld, I paint what I feel. I try to interpret the times in which we live through wildlife. You have to understand the nature of what you are capturing - look at habitats, prey, predators, how the whole thing meshes together. I try to portray scale which is very difficult. It is like trying to capture the wind and the noise of the veld in a fraction of a mm of paint.”

School days 1985

2009-09-22T15:55:00.001+02:00

In this photo: Kevin Tiran, Mark Clur, Sean Ranger, Andre Hugo, Christoffel van Deventer, Giovanni Ziboni, Ian Patterson, Warren Michael Loader, Pierre Bezuidenhout, Godfrey Frayne, Kenny Williams, Laine Barnard, Daren Papenfus, Glen Fichard, Gerald Steyn, Murray Burbage?, Christian B Erasmus

Topsi Venter

2009-09-20T20:08:00.002+02:00

From the book, Fooding about with Topsi, published by Eie Ruimte Publishing: "Eddy was a Grey College scholar who had gone on to the Free State University and his father who was a lawyer in Harrismith, decided that London was the legal centre to further Eddy’s education. He became an advocate at the Inner Temple in London. He came back to SA to marry Eugenie Steyn (born 1896) the only daughter of the then President of the Free State Republic N.T. Steyn’s younger brother, Jan Steyn (of the legal firm Steyn & Vorster) and his Italian wife Antonette Vergotin; fondly called Dolli."

Check out the preview of the book, here, including some excellent recipes.

The Total Rugby show

2009-09-20T20:02:00.001+02:00

LISTEN TO THIS TOTAL RUGBY SHOW

In this episode: "Two of the current South Africa team, Francois Steyn and Bismarck du Plessis, are products of the famed Grey College in Bloemfontein. They follow in the footsteps of some illustrious predecessors including Morne du Plessis, one of the all-time great Springboks. We spoke with him this week about his career in rugby."

Stabilis

2009-09-16T09:40:00.002+02:00

Download the June Stabilis here.

Download the March Stabilis here.

Getroud met Rugby

2009-09-16T05:57:00.003+02:00

Ruan's eagle eye spotted the team of '86s photo in the background...

The bloggers of Rugby365

2009-09-04T06:33:00.002+02:00

Nico du Plessis, an ardent Grey man living in Chicago, writes on Rugby365 about a different side of the Stellenbosch clash between Paul Roos and Grey College recently.

We don't take jokes!

2009-08-10T19:40:00.005+02:00

Dit lyk soos klomp grapmakers verloor het teen 'n tamatiesous bottel?

Six of the best: SA schools 2009

2009-08-04T08:21:00.003+02:00

Jeannie Cook: "Photo taken at last nights capping of SA Schools team in Kimberley. They make us PROUD!!!"

Grey football tournament

2009-08-02T20:07:00.002+02:00

fifa.com writes in SA schools embrace football: "For a school that has produced a record number of South African rugby and cricket players, Grey College in Mangaung/Bloemfontein has now set its sights on producing South Africa's future football greats."

Jo'burg Noggins

2009-08-02T08:06:00.002+02:00

Die Greybokke

2009-07-26T17:00:00.002+02:00

Grey se nuwe 6 SA Skole rugby spelers saam met ons Bokke!

Boks visit their alma mater with snor

2009-07-23T09:38:00.002+02:00

Read about the Grey boks visiting Grey College here.

Andrew Bester

2009-07-05T18:25:00.002+02:00

We don't import players

2009-07-05T18:09:00.000+02:00

Gareth Duncan writes in Grey Bloem: ‘We don’t import players’: "First-team coach Dries van der Wal insists Grey College do not buy players from other provinces."

Morne speaks about the B & I Lions

2009-06-30T08:17:00.001+02:00

Grey se 2009 span

2009-06-25T10:20:00.002+02:00

Noggins 4 June 2009 Johannesburg

2009-06-16T10:18:00.002+02:00

Eion du Toit en die nuwe Voortrekkers

2009-05-21T11:39:00.003+02:00

Zille losing the plot

2009-05-14T15:54:00.002+02:00

Jannie Momberg writes in News24: "The ANC will stumble in the coming years, all governing parties do, but for Zille and the DA's criticism to resonate, they will have to show a more nuanced understanding of the South African political landscape."

Boishaai game

2009-05-13T07:56:00.003+02:00

Donderdagmiddag, die velde le in afwagting

Dink jul Vollies het geld op die game gesit?

Anderkant toe

Let's end it off and go home..........................

Fotos: Ruan van der Merwe

Doughnut and coke!

2009-05-12T20:16:00.001+02:00

Buks Schutte, Robert Ebersohn (Springbok Sevens player) Werner Struwig, Derick Anderson –

The photo was taken at the Jan Katz ladies Bar where 62 Old Greys in the Western Cape have met on Monday evening 11 May for traditional Grey College tuck-shop food – Doughnut and coke!

My Oupa se fotos

2009-05-06T11:01:00.004+02:00

Ek het die volgende fotos ontdek in my oupa se papiere. Hulle is van die 1938 trek herdenking.

Kees se fotos!

2009-04-05T11:10:00.002+02:00

Marius van der Merwe, Kees Stevens. Wimmer Roets en Thys Botha.

Weskaap Noggins

2009-03-30T19:35:00.005+02:00

The rain in Bloemfontein

2009-03-02T21:07:00.002+02:00

Grey Kollege Mondelinge Geskiedenis

2009-03-02T07:52:00.003+02:00

Klaas (eion@telkomsa.net) skryf: "Ek het in November en Desember 35 Old Greys van 1942 tot 2003, 5 per dekade voor die kamera laat sit en gemiddeld met elkeen meer as ‘n uur ‘n onderhoud gevoer oor hul dae op Grey. Ek het met Springbokke gepraat soos Charl Marais en Dawie Snyman en met ouens gepraat wat in die laer spanne gespeel het. Met Skoolkapteins soos Bubu Arndt, Jaco van der Walt en Wilhelm Landman en van die stoutste ouens wat Grey ooit beleef het soos Fred Vorster en Gavin Wolhuter. In Totaal het ek 80 ure (4000 minute opgeneem) en ek het die eerste drie episodes (vier ure gereed) op een DVD!

Episode een: Ek was op Grey...kom kyk en luister na staaltjies wat Grey gemaak het wat hy vandag is en ek belowe jou jy gaan huil van die lag, maar ook huil soos ‘n baba! (1H 23 minute)

Episode twee: Rugby Legends...Elke ou wat ‘n rugby trui oor sy kop getreke het is ‘n legend, laat Dawie Snyman en Wilhelm jou vertel oor Morne du Plessis se rugby dae op skool en luister na die interessante insidente op en vanaf die veld! (1 H 57 minute)

Episode drie: S’time we play the Tralies...Wanneer is Sentraal die eerste keer geverf, hoe voel dit om teen Sentraal te verloor en ander interessante insidente! (50 minute)

Die DVD is geredigeer soos ‘n dokumenter met fotos by en kan by Klaas bestel word teen R150 (plus R25 posgeld) So menere ondersteun die projek en bestel jou DVD by eion@telkomsa.net en Klaas sal die besonderhede deur stuur."

National committee meeting

2009-02-27T12:33:00.002+02:00

Noggins, Thursday 5 February 2009

2009-02-05T11:11:00.002+02:00

Noggins from 6pm onwards at the Pigeon House, Pirates Sports Club, Greenside. Join the brakke from a drink. View map here.

50 jarige herdenking van vleuels kursus

2009-01-30T09:53:00.001+02:00

Die 50 jarige herdenking van ons vleuels kursus was 'n swierige gelentheid wat oor twee dae in November plaasgevind het, en die meegaande foto was geneem tydens die gala dinee. Die vyf Ou Grey vlieeniers op die foto (van links na regs) is Peter Searle, Chris v d Post, Dennis Earp, Neels Meiring en Bob King. Die teenwoordigheid van Luitenant Generaal Dennis Earp as eregas was weens sy destydse rol as vlieg instrukteur (spesifiek my vlieg instrukteur) op die kursus, en in later jare was hy aangestel as Hoof van die Lugmag, en natuurlik was hy ook die oudste seun van Grey se bekende Engelse onderwyser, Mnr Hudson John Schreiner Earp - ook beter bekend as "Ploddy" onder die leerlinge! Grey het 'n sterk teenwoordigheid op hierdie kursus gehad, 'n groep vlieeniers wat 'n belangrike bydrae tot die lugvaart in Suid Afrika gemaak het.

Ou Grey Groete,
Bob King (Matriek 1956)

Vollies on YouTube

2009-01-30T09:36:00.001+02:00

The King and Queen's Ball

2008-12-30T15:08:00.002+02:00

Johan Volsteedt

2008-12-03T12:27:00.002+02:00

Lerato Matsaneng writes in Principal’s Office: Johan Volsteedt: "[the school's pride is] the loyalty of our pupils , our educators, previous pupils, the children’s parents and the school’s parallel-medium policy, which creates moderate South Africans."

Brussow looks up to idol Burger

2008-11-30T12:12:00.002+02:00

SAPA-AFP reports in Boks: Brussow looks up to idol Burger: "He’s a former pupil of the famous rugby school, Grey College in Bloemfontein, and joins other former Grey pupils, Ruan Pienaar, Frans Steyn and Bismarck du Plessis, in the current national team."

Brother Frans commemorates Hansie

2008-11-30T06:53:00.002+02:00

bdnews24.com writes in Brother Frans commemorates Hansie: "Q: What was the most emotional moment during the shooting of this movie?

A: I invited my parents to the funeral scene that was shot at Grey College in Bloemfontein and that obviously was very emotional for them and me. But the most emotional scene for me was when we did the scene at the King Commission where Hansie breaks down and walks out of the room. My dad, Hansie's bodyguard and I followed him into a small room where he just collapsed on the floor, crying. My dad took him in his arms and we all were in tears and I could remember that day very clearly. While we shot this scene, the emotions were so real that all the crew members had tears in their eyes!"

Hansie, no tragic hero

2008-11-18T20:39:00.002+02:00

Bishwajit Roy writes in Hansie, no tragic hero: "If someone somehow gets to know that you are in the beautiful city of Bloemfontein to cover the cricket series or you have any link with the game then there's no way out for you, he or she will make you go to at least one place which is the prestigious Grey College."

Ruan van der Merwe in Venice

2008-11-14T17:02:00.002+02:00

Ruan van der Merwe would like to identify a fellow old Grey in the picture. Leave a comment if you known.

Ryk Neethling talks on 702 about his book

2008-11-08T12:46:00.018+02:00

Read about Ryk's book launch on Radio 702. Die brak swem soe goed dat jy kan sweer hy is 'n gebore labrador.

Christmas Noggins

2008-11-07T06:21:00.004+02:00

Wes

The winner...

Oom Wiley

Chair person, crack, ...

John

Maniac

Louw blow

2008-11-04T17:58:00.002+02:00

KSA Shark writes in sharksworld about Louw blow for the Cheetahs: "The Cheetahs Super 14 preparations started on a sad note on Monday. Sarel Louw broke his ankle in the Cheetahs first field training session at Grey College."

Dinner at the Spur

2008-10-30T20:42:00.002+02:00

Rayner having dinner at the Spur with his favourite tshirt.

More Tuck shop memories

2008-10-30T12:18:00.000+02:00

'n Paar matrieks in die tuck shop 1986.

Memories of doughnuts and coke

2008-10-29T17:47:00.002+02:00

This picture brought back memories of the tuckshop and doughnuts and coke, read the Grey Reunie blog...

The Newest Bok

2008-10-29T09:18:00.002+02:00

Sport24 writes in Brüssow Grey’s newest Bok: "Brüssow becomes Grey College’s 32nd Springbok as the Bloemfontein institution moves ever closer to becoming the school with the most Springboks – after Bishops (34) and Paul Roos (33)."

The bastion of Afrikaner education

2008-10-29T07:59:00.004+02:00

Bruce Faser writes in No holy cows in sins of the past: "Cilliers soon found himself at that bastion of Afrikaner education in the Free State, Grey College."

Last week I encountered a person who had been to school in Bloemfontein, not Grey College. I did not tell him about my pedigree, and he proceeded to inform me about how he hated Grey College because the pupils there were not Afrikaners. He proceeded to label all the pupils at Grey College as Rooinekke. I read the article by Fraser and smiled at the irony of these two extreme statements. Grey College is a bastion of parallelism and has been for 153 years.

Our old secretary in bonnie Scotland!

2008-10-26T10:46:00.001+02:00

Laughing stock

2008-10-24T15:33:00.001+02:00

Bulls versus Sharks

2008-10-24T15:27:00.002+02:00

Hansie Cronje History

2008-10-18T06:52:00.002+02:00

satishzagade2 writes in Hansie Cronje History: "Born in Bloemfontein, Cronje matriculated in 1987 from the prestigious Grey College school in Bloemfontein. An excellent all round sportsman, he represented the then Orange Free State in cricket and rugby at schools level. Cronje also went to the University of Orange Free State and there he left with a Bachelor of Commerce (also known as a 'B-Com'). His father Ewie had played for Orange Free State in the 1960s, and Hansie's older brother Frans had also played first-class cricket."

Robotic bar tender

2008-10-17T18:49:00.001+02:00

A man walked into a very high-tech bar. As he sat down on a stool he noticed that the bartender was a robot. The robot clicked to attention and asked, "Sir, what will you have?"

The man thought a moment then replied? "A martini please."
The robot clicked a couple of times and mixed the best martini the man had ever had.
The robot then asked, "Sir, what is your IQ?" The man answered "Oh, about 164."

The robot then proceeded to discuss the 'theory of relativity', inter-stellar space travel', the latest medical breakthroughs, etc...
The man was most impressed. He left the bar but thought he would try a different tact. He returned and took a seat.

Again the robot clicked and asked what he would have? "A martini please."
Again it was superb.? The robot again asked "What is your IQ sir?"
This time the man answered , "Oh about 100".

So the robot started discussing NASCAR racing, the latest basketball scores, and what to expect the Dodgers to do this week end.

The guy had to try it one more time. So he left, returned and took a stool.... Again a martini, and the question, "What is your IQ?" This time the man drawled out " Uh..... bout 50".

The robot clicked then leaned close and very slowly asked,

"A-r-e y-o-u a BULLS s-u-p-p-o-r-t-e-r-?????"

Jannie and Kim

2008-10-16T20:46:00.001+02:00

The class Reunie of 1988

2008-10-15T18:45:00.000+02:00

Qwaqwa

2008-10-14T05:10:00.003+02:00

Dipuo Johanna Malakoane writes in HEY, I LIKE QWAQWA, WHAT A NICE AND CIVILISED PLACE!: "you moved to Bloem- went to any of the following: Escourt, Treverton, Eunice or Grey College"

AGM 2008

2008-10-09T17:22:00.002+02:00

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN OF THE ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING OF THE GREY COLLEGE REUNIE TO BE HELD ON FRIDAY 10 OCTOBER 2008 AT 12:00 IN THE BOARD, GREY SECONDARY SCHOOL, BLOEMFONTEIN

HIERMEE WORD U IN KENNIS GESTEL VAN DIE ALGEMENE JAARVERGADERING VAN DIE GREY KOLLEGE REüNIE WAT SAL PLAASVIND OP VRYDAG 10 OKTOBER 2008 OM 12:00 IN DIE RAADSAAL VAN DIE SEKONDêRE SKOOL BLOEMFONTEIN

AGENDA

1. WELCOME / VERWELKOMING

2. ATTENDANCE REGISTER / TEENWOORDIGHEIDSREGISTER

3. APOLOGIES / VERSKONINGS

4. IN MEMORY OF / TER NAGEDAGTENIS AAN:

5. MINUTES OF PREVIOUS MEETING / VORIGE NOTULE

Approval / Goedkeuring

Matters arising / Sake voortspruitend

6. CHAIRMAN’S REPORT / VOORSITTER SE VERSLAG

7. FINANCIAL REPORT / FINANSIëLE VERSLAG

8. APPOINTMENT OF AUDITORS / AANSTELLING VAN OUDITEURE

9. REPORT BY THE PRINCIPAL OF THE PRIMARY SCHOOL / VERSLAG DEUR DIE HOOF VAN DIE PRIMêRE SKOOL

10. REPORT BY THE PRINCIPAL OF THE SECONDARY SCHOOL / VERSLAG DEUR DIE HOOF VAN DIE SEKONDêRE SKOOL

11. MEMBERSHIP FEES / LEDEGELD

12. AMENDMENT TO THE CONSTITUTION (as per notice given) / WYSIGING VAN DIE GRONDWET (soos per kennisgewing gegee)

13. BRANCHES / TAKKE

Structure of branch activities / Struktuur van takbedrywighede

Scholars in need / Behoeftige skoliere

Befondsing van takke

Besoeke in 2009

14. FORMAL DINNER ATTENDANCE: CLASS REUNIES / FORMELE DINEE-BYWONING: KLASREüNIES

15. 125 YEAR CELEBRATIONS

16. NEW HONORARY MEMBERS (To be accompanied by confidential CV, written proposal, seconded by two persons) / NUWE ERELEDE (Vergesel wees van vertroulike CV, skriftelike voorstel en twee sekondante)

17. ELECTION OF COMMITTEE / VERKIESING VAN KOMITEE

18. GENERAL / ALEMEEN

Noggins, 2 October 2008

2008-10-03T20:08:00.002+02:00

Famous chicken

2008-10-02T07:00:00.000+02:00

Join us at the Pigeon House, Pirates Sports Club, Greenside from 6pm onwards (Thursday, 2 October 2008.)

A lighter side?

2008-10-02T06:18:00.004+02:00

Hayibo.com writes in The devil made me do it, says lone viewer of Hansie movie : "Meanwhile the film's distributors have confirmed that Grey College in Bloemfontein has bought a print and will be showing it non-stop to its pupils for the next 300 years to remind them that nothing is wrong as long as you're forgiven by adolescent boys at your old high school."

It is strange how people in ZA are self depreciating.

School fees in cows

2008-09-29T06:35:00.004+02:00

Fred Khumalo writes in "Is he just warming the boss’s bench for another’s buttocks?": "Now, imagine our top schools such as King Edward VIII, Crawford, Bishops, Grey College, Hilton and others being turned into cattle sheds, as parents rush to pay school fees — in livestock."

Fred, we all agree Grey is a top school but King Edward VIII was the one who abdicated to marry Wallis (I don't think there is a school named after him!!!

The Polish uprising

2008-09-24T22:53:00.003+02:00

Anne writes in The SAAF and Warsaw: "Robert R. (Bob) KLETTE Pilot. Attended Grey College. Flew through heavy anti-aircraft fire with three of the aircraft's four engines hit. After dropping the cargo, he turned for home. The control panel was blank, all the gauges and instruments were broken. In the pitch dark night, he managed to make an emergency landing on a Warsaw airfield. The Germans took the crew prisoner. Died April 2001? in Somerset West."

'I'm either mad or brave, or a bit of both'

2008-09-24T06:56:00.002+02:00

Frank Rautenbach is quoted in 'I'm either mad or brave, or a bit of both' written by Theresa Smith: "My first reaction was 'wow, what an honour' and I knew that if I phoned my dad he'd be in tears, because he was at Grey's (College) and knew the family well."

Best SA Rugby school

2008-09-24T06:53:00.000+02:00

Best SA Rugby school: Vol II

Written by KevinD

Tuesday, 23 September 2008

The best Rugby schools in South Africa must surely be Paarl Gym and Grey Bloemfontein?! Here are my teams for a 'final'!

	Paarl Gim	Grey Bloem
15	Pieter Rossouw	Dawie Snyman *
14	Kobus Burger *	Jaco Reinach
13	Marius Joubert *	Pieter Muller *
12	De Wet Barry	Helgard Muller *
11	Jean de Villiers	Francois Steyn
10	Chris Rossouw	Robbie Blair
9	Jacques Visser *	Ruan Pienaar
8	Ashley Johnson	Morne du Plessis
7	Schalk Burger *	Theuns Stofberg
6	Schalk Burger Jnr *	Ruben Kruger
5	Schalk Burger Snr *	Gerrie Britz
4	Kobus Wiese	Francois vd Merwe
3	Balie Swart	Jannie du Plessis *
2	Mornay Visser *	Bismarck du Plessis *
1	Andre Pollard	CJ vd Linde
	Ongelukkiges	Ongelukkiges
	Hennie Daniller	Ollie le Roux
	Johan Swart	Heinrich Fuls
	Johan Blaauw	Naka Droske
	Deon Joubert *	Johan Styger
	Louis Koen	Jackie Snyman *
		Charl Marais
		Tiaan Liebenberg
		Heinrich Brussow
		Gerbrand Grobler
		Werner Swanepoel
		Adriaan Strauss

For Afrikaans go to:

http://dieburgerblogs.mweb.co.za/ViewBlog.aspx?blogid=70

The beauty of truth

2008-09-21T07:35:00.006+02:00

Janet Smith writes in The beatification of St Hansie: "The beauty of truth, after all, is that it is so entirely subjective."

Janet Smith piece is really biased and refers to the Hansie film but the article appears under the section of Crime & Courts. As a film critic she is pretty kak and as a crime reporter just as bad. The subject matter is a film so address it on its artistic merits and by bringing in your subjective feelings about Hansie, Janet, you have become just as subjective as the people you criticize.
The article is really poor journalism which starts at it's title, "The beautification of St Hansie"? Beautification is a Catholic concept, and would have been alien to someone brought up as a Calvinist.
Along the way he is called a racist, cheat and liar. Janet justifies his exclusion from society and and in so doing insults the single biggest premise of Christianity, forgiveness. In Christianity, forgiveness is not subjective, it is obligatory.
I went to Hansie's funeral not because he was a great captain or a good cricket player. The reason was because he had the guts to admit to his wrongdoing and take the consequences. It was unlike the belligerents who did similar actions and never had the guts to admit their indiscretions. Smith never mentions them, as it was Hansie who is her scapegoat.

Torn apart by inept police work

2008-09-21T07:34:00.000+02:00

Bronwynne Jooste writes in A bond of love torn apart by murder: "They met at Stellenbosch University and seemed well-matched. Both were bright. Inge, a mathematical statistics masters student, matriculated from DF Malan High School in Bellville and Fred was one of the top pupils at Grey College in Bloemfontein. They had been dating for a year when she was murdered."

Inept police work is what has caused the greatest rift!