Dalians' rugby achievements

Dale College in King William's Town is celebrating its 150th birthday this year and the celebrations are centred on the Reunion Day this Saturday. 

 

It is a big occasion and Queen's College will come down from the mountains to celebrate with Dale, as they have been doing since 1891.

 

Hennie Otto has sent us a great document of Dale's rugby achievements since 1963. Of course there have been many more before then, including Springboks Sonny Taberer in 1906, Cocky Brooks, Brem Neill, CB Jennings, Peewee Howe and HO de Villiers. The field on which Dale will play against Queen's is named for CB Jennings who played for Border while he was still at school. That was in 1934 when Border shared the Currie Cup with Western Province. CB's son Mike played for South Africa and his other son Trevor for =Eastern Province.

 

In the list Hennie sent us there are the many Dalians who achieved greatness at cricket, waterpolo and hockey. Cricketers include the late Hilton Ackerman and the great Makhaya Ntini.

 

At the first opportunity the late Steve Tshwete, who became the minister of sport, known as Mr Fixit, enrolled his son at Dale. He said: "When I grew up I so admired those boys in their blazers and bashers."

 

 

 

South Africa: Mike Jennings, Gcobani Bobo, Bandise Maku, Bjorn Basson, 

Bjorn Basson, Keegan Daniel

 

New Zealand: Gregg Somerville

 

France: Stephen Hall

 

USA: Owen Lentz (Old Queenian who Played for Dale on Tour to France – 1998)

 

Zimbabwe: Robbie du Rand

 

Greece: Chejon Wantenaar Fernandes

 

Barbarians: Gcobani Bobo

 

South Africa A: Chumani Booi, Bandise Maku

 

Emerging Springboks: Bandise Maku, Bjorn Basson

 

Sevens Springbok: Luke Smith, Tobela Mdaka, Nicholas Eyre, Gareth Krause, Oginga Sivundla, Gcobani Bobo (captain), Shannon Rick, Lubabalo Mtembu, Shane Spring

 

Junior Springboks': Arnie Kruger

 

South African Gazelles: Michael Jennings, Len Gerber

 

South African Barbarians: Richard Bennett

 

South African Country Districts: Michael Jennings, Len Gerber

 

South African Students: Nicholas Eyre, Mkona Sokhana

 

South African President's XV: Len Gerber

 

South Africa Under-23: Stephen Hall

 

South Africa Under-21: Tobela Mdaka, Chumani Booi, Ondela Kiva, Bandise Maku, Keegan Daniel

 

South Africa Under-20: Lubabalo Mtembu

 

South Africa Under-19: Kaunda Ntunja, Lonwabo Mtimka

 

South African Schools: Craig Coyle–Meybery (captain), Stephen Hall, Gcobani Bobo, Lonwabo Mtimka, Kaunda Ntunja (captain), Mandilakhe Tile, Sinovuyo Nyoka, Andile Jho, Bangihlombe Kobese, 

 

South African Schools Academy: Marcus Levey, Brendan Whittles