St. Alban's College is a

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, boarding,

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and day high school for boys situated in the suburb of

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in the

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province of

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. It was founded in 1963 by

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. Its history, influence, wealth, and academic reputation have made it one of the most prestigious schools in South Africa. The sister school is called St. Mary's Diocesan School for Girls, Pretoria.

History

The school was founded on 1 February 1963 with a student body of 37 boys and 3 masters. It now has 580 boys and 43 teachers plus support staff. The founder-Headmaster,

, was a South African

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er, who worked for twenty years at the school. Paul Marsh was headmaster during a transitional phase lasting for four years. Ronnie Todd introduced many radical changes during his ten years as headmaster, and following his position as headmaster went on to open St Peter's College. The fourth headmaster was Grant Nupen, who was one of the 37 Foundation Scholars in 1963 and went on to become the first Head Boy, a position he held for three years. Under the direction of the fifth headmaster, Tom Hamilton, the school celebrated its 50th birthday in 2013.

Headmasters

Sport

Sports offered include rugby and hockey (the main sports in the winter time), cricket, swimming, rowing, basketball and water polo (in summer). Other sports are golf, soccer, tennis, squash, athletics and cross-country running (also known as bounds). The sports that are played at the school are: * Archery *

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* Cross country *

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* Mountain biking *

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Music

The St Alban's College chapel choir attended the World Choir Games for the first time in the school's history in 2008. In 2010, the choir completed a tour of the

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, where it toured the East Coast and performed at places including the

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The school has a singing group, the Barbershop Boys, comprising singers selected from the chapel choir, usually around 15-20 boys, who sing a cappella. The Barbershop Boys began the school's "Music Tours" with their tour to

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in 2004.

Notable Old Boys

List of the matriculants of St Alban's College are in alphabetical order. *

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(Class of 2009) - South African professional rugby player * Roger Goode - Radio DJ * Jean-Philip Grobler (Class of 2001) - AKA St. Lucia, front-man for the band St. Lucia (musician) * Kurt Haupt (Class of 2007) - South African-German rugby player *

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(Class of 2013) - Springbok and Blue Bulls rugby player * Michael Kumbirai (Class of 2014) - South African professional rugby player *

Bongi Mbonambi Mbongeni Theo 'Bongi' Mbonambi (born 7 January 1991) is a South African professional rugby union player, He currently plays as a hooker for the URC team and also the South Africa national rugby team. His position is hooker and he previously ...

(Class of 2009) Springbok professional rugby player * Simon Miller (Class of 2019) - South African professional rugby player * Abongile Nonkontwana (Class of 2013) - South African professional rugby player *

David Rattray David Grey Rattray (6 September 1958 – 26 January 2007) was a South African historian of the 1879 Anglo-Zulu war in South Africa, also well known as a tour guide. Biography Rattray was born in Johannesburg, matriculated from the St. Alban's C ...

(Class of 1976) - historian, fellow of the Royal Geographical Society (1958 – 2007) * John Smith (Class of 2008) - Olympic gold medalist for Rowing, light weight coxless four, 2012 London Olympics. * Richard Sterne (Class of 1999) - South African professional golfer * Jabulani Tsambo (Class of 1998) - South African hip-hop artist *

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(Class of 1989) - South African professional cricket & rugby player

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Saint Alban's College Anglican schools in South Africa Boarding schools in South Africa Private schools in Gauteng Boys' schools in South Africa Schools in Pretoria Educational institutions established in 1963 1963 establishments in South Africa