A new trophy was presented this year. We have included individual medley as part of our programme,and we thank the Dowdall family for the handsome trophy for the Open Individual medley,which wasawarded this year to D.Taylor. To all those who did so much this year in coaching swimmers and organising fixtures, especially to Mr Garrett, Mr Decker, Mr Tucker and Mr Van Loggerenberg,as well as to D. Taylor as Captain of Swimming, I give my thanks. T.A. team with A. Hickson, C. Murray, C. Doyle and L. Comins making up the team on most occasions. Mr Dave Phillips continues with his coaching classes on Thursdays and almost all our team players are getting good advice and coaching from him.We look to the future there fore with a fair amount of confidence,convinced that play ing the game and enjoying it, is better than playing to win at all costs. However, we would like to win more than we do at the moment! K.G. FISH Tennis I think that we have bottomed out now and that we can expect some exciting things to happen in the future. We have had a full year of tennis for a change as no longer we are only a Winter sports programme; Mrs H. Gibson and Mr de Beer have seen to it that we have a full range of games in the 1st and 4th terms. Our Seniors still compete in the Denness Trophy matches played in Pietermaritzburg every Wednesday and although we play our best, the 1st team never get beyond the wooden spoon or "last but one" stage. This is not through want of trying but club tennis for the local boys give them an edge that we boarders do not seem to have. We fielded three teamsagain and everybody enjoyed their matches. We have lost two of our stalwarts in B. Mungle and P. Quantrill, both of whom have left the school, but this happened after the Denness Trophy fortunately. Our first team consisted of: A. Laight, B. Mungle, P. Khun and K. MacPherson, with A. Davidson playing when he could. In the Vic King Doubles competition played on 3rd September, we tried a senior combination of A. Laight and A. Lawrie. We were drawn in the same section asWestville who eventually won the day, but we won more matches than we lost — giving DHS a fright going down 5-4. In the second such competition, a new one played amongst Durban Schools for the Osborne Trophy we sent down K. MacPherson and P. Kuhn who did themselves proud with some very good tennis beating Dirkie Uys and Mansfield but going out to DHS. This is a very young side and we will hear more of them next year. Our school championships ended a l ittle surpris ingly, being played out between two Fourth Formers — A. Davidson and K. MacPherson, with the former running out the winner. Our Junior Title went to P. Kuhn who beat K. MacPherson in a very fine match. Two teams participated in an Under 15 league during the first term and acquitted themselves well, the A side coming second to Westville A. The team was P. Kuhn, K. MacPherson, A. Davidson, A. Hickson and J. Hopewell. The Under 14 matches played in Pietermaritzburg among schools on a non-competition basis,(there is no trophy), are always a good thing. Our team of M. Phill ips, C. Coetzee,J. Nel and J. Woodburn played very attractive tennis beating Michaelhouse, Alexandra and College B while losing to College and Hilton. The Bonnefin trophy for the Under 13 also saw three teams in the field and we lost to our age-old enemies Highbury and Maritzburg College.Again P. Kuhn headed our Waterpolo 1983 Credit this season must go to all those playing who partici pated in Waterpolo for their enthusiasm, despite a lack of training facilities and match preparation. Practice sessions not only provide the time for essential fitness training and skill development but perhaps more importantly for pro moting motivational and team spirit. The latter were, however, seldom lacking, despite the difficulties and on no occasion was any Kearsney side dominated by fitter and better prepared opposition. The modified fixtures and the tournament in Uitenhage provided the 1st team with more matches than possible in any other season. At the tournament in the Eastern Cape a very good foundation for the season was established with 13 of Kearsney's top players being exposed to some of the best schools' polo in the country. This was followed by an inten sive, short season in Natal. The 1st team produced some good waterpolo and al though lacking essential "team tactics" individual skills and determination were always apparent. The Under 15 age group showed promising talent and I look forward to the next two years to see these players develop with the facilities they deserve. They should,com bined with the two regular Under 15 First team players, provide a strong foundation for future Waterpolo at Kearsney. The Under 14's were the age group most affected by the drought and lack of facilities. Hopefully this can be made up in future seasons. Three players achieved Natal representation with D. Taylor selected for the Natal Schools'A'side and P. van der Schyff and P.J. Dunnett for the Natal Colts side. Finally I would like to express my appreciation to all those who helped keep Waterpolo "alive" at Kearsney in 1983 and in particular to the Captain of the School, D. Taylor and the staff who supported me. Regular Players: 1st Team: Under 15: D. Taylor (Capt.)(Honours) K. Dicks G. Catlin R. Drysdale H. Dowdall G. Dunnett I. Dunlop R. Hatch P. Dunnett (Colours) S. Kuhn I. Hopewell N. Lutz S. Olive J. Meijer C. Tedder D. Milne P. van der Schyff(Colours) C. Pringle A. Walker C. Vincent D. Walker 68
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