Wynberg Boys' High School is a

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English medium boys high school situated in the suburb of Wynberg of

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in the

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province of

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. Founded in 1841, it is one of the best academic schools in Cape Town, it is the second oldest school in the South Africa.

History

In 1841, John McNaughton re-opened the doors of his school, the "Established School at Wynberg", in ''Glebe Cottage'' with 16 pupils enrolled. McNaughton's school shared the cottage with the Lady D'Urban School of Industry for young ladies. Initially a co-educational school, it limited enrollment to boys in 1853. The senior and junior schools operated as one school until 1943 when they separated. In 1845, the school moved to Bryndewyn Cottage. In 1863, the Government relegated the school to the status of "second class elementary school" and instructed the headmaster, Mr. MacNaughton to close on 27 February. Permission was granted to change Wynberg Boys to a private school on 2 March. A building was purchased from the Higgs estate in 1876, and in 1891, Sir Herbert Baker designed new buildings that opened in 1892. In 1980, the school moved to its current site on the Hawthornden Estate in Wynberg. Wynberg Boys High Entrance

The school has two museums. Two books have been written on Wynberg: ''The History of a School'' (1961) by English teacher Doug Thompson, and ''A School Reflects'' (1991) by Old Boy Roger Goodwin. The school's motto, ''Supera Moras'', can be translated from Latin as ''Overcome Difficulties''. There is an unofficial motto that is used frequently for marketing, "Brothers in an endless chain"

Sporting activities

Wynberg Boys' High School has a competitive sporting tradition. Students take part in sporting competitions, with schools from

and sometimes from other parts of South Africa, as well as occasional competitions with visiting international teams. Rivals include

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, and

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as well as

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. The school offers sporting facilities such as an astro turf area, a swimming pool, tennis and squash courts, four rugby fields, and the WBHS cricket field, which was renamed in 2010 as "The Jacques Kallis Oval" in honour of the World cricketer of the year and former Wynberg Boy.

Culture

The WBHS music department boasts a large collection of bands that play a range of music from jazz to classical. Choir and band members are offered professional training. WBHS has three fundemental school bands: the Concert Band, the Steel Band and the Jazz Band, however also has smaller ensembles for guitarists and string players. With a nod to the Scottish history of the school, Wynberg is one of only a handful of schools that has a bagpipe band. The Wynberg Boys' and Girls' High bands come together every year to form the Combined Band, playing at many inter-school events. Every year Wynberg Boys' High School holds a memorial day celebrating the school's founding. The school pays tribute to Wynberg Old Boys who died fighting in

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and the

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. In World War I, 42 Wynberg Old Boys were killed.

Notable alumni

Rugby

* Toskie Smith, Springbok forward (1891–96)
Dave Stewart
Springbok centre/flyhalf (1960–65)

Namibian Prop (2014)

Springbok prop (1960)

Springbok no. 8 (1960–65) * Lionel Wilson, Springbok fullback (1960–65) *

Rob Louw Robert James Louw (born 26 March 1955) is a South African rugby footballer who represented South Africa 19 times in international test rugby union. He also played in the Western Province teams that won the Currie Cup five consecutive times. So ...

, Springbok flank (1980–84) *

Sikhumbuzo Notshe Sikhumbuzo Notshe (born 28 May 1993) is a South African professional rugby union player who currently plays for the Cell C Sharks in Super Rugby and in the Currie Cup. His regular playing position is flanker. Career Youth Notshe represented ...

, Springbok flank (2018) *

Gary Gold Gary Gold (born 6 July 1967) is a South African rugby union coach who has coached at various levels of the game in England, Japan and South Africa. He was until December 2022 the head coach of the United States. Coaching career London Irish G ...

, Former Springbok, Western Province rugby coach, Current head coach at Worcester Warriors.

Cricket

Jacques Kallis Jacques Henry Kallis (born 16 October 1975) is a South African cricket coach and former cricketer. Widely regarded as one of the greatest cricketers of all time and as South Africa's greatest batsman ever, he is a right-handed batsman and righ ...

, South African

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Allan Lamb Allan Joseph Lamb (born 20 June 1954) is a South African-born former English cricketer, who played for the first-class teams of Western Province and Northamptonshire. Making his Test debut in 1982, he was a fixture in the Test and One-Day Inter ...

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* Garth Le Roux, South African

Charl Willoughby Charl Myles Willoughby (born 3 December 1974) is a retired South African cricketer who played two Tests and three One Day Internationals for South Africa between 2000 and 2003. He played for Boland and Western Province before spending two s ...

, South African

* Shadley van Schalkwyk, Chevrolet Knights cricketer * Dominic Telo,

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and Derbyshire cricketer *

Richard Levi Richard Ernst Levi (born 14 January 1988) is an English-South African cricketer. He played in the 2006 U-19 Cricket World Cup in Sri Lanka. He currently plays for Western Province, Cape Cobras and Northamptonshire. He attended Wynberg Boys' Hig ...

cricketer and South African cricketer

Hockey

* Wayne Denne, South African Hockey Team * Rhett Halkett, South Africa Hockey Captain 2013 * Lloyd Norris-Jones, South African Hockey Team * Ian Haley, South African Hockey Team

Other

* Vic Clapham, founder of the Comrades Marathon *

Hendrik Verwoerd Hendrik Frensch Verwoerd (; 8 September 1901 – 6 September 1966) was a South African politician, a scholar of applied psychology and sociology, and chief editor of '' Die Transvaler'' newspaper. He is commonly regarded as the architect ...

, Former Prime Minister of South Africa *

Andrew Feinstein Andrew Josef Feinstein (born 16 March 1964) is a South African former politician who currently resides in the United Kingdom. Early life and education Andrew Feinstein was born in Cape Town to Jewish parents Josef Feinstein and Erika Hemmer. ...

, South African politician * Michael Gelfand, distinguished Professor of tropical medicine

Notable staff

* Jani Allan, columnist and radio commentator

References

External links

Wynberg Boys' High official site
{{Authority control Schools in Cape Town Educational institutions established in 1841 Boarding schools in South Africa Boys' schools in South Africa 1841 establishments in the Cape Colony Wynberg, Cape Town Herbert Baker buildings and structures