Andile Mokgakane of Northwood School has been selected for the South African U19 side that was announced to take on current Under-19 World Champion West Indies in July. The team, will take on the Caribbean side in a five-match Youth One-Day International series from 9-19 July in Pietermaritzburg and…
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Northwood is KZN’s Top Surfing School for 4th Consecutive Year
KZN Schools Surfing Results Letter:
The 2017 KZN Schools Tag-team Surfing Championships went down at Dairy Beach in clean 2-3ft contestable surf. Our generous sponsor -O’Neill Clothing’s banners were gently flapping in the westerly that was trickling through, making for the perfect setting fo…
Culture at Northwood 2017 Update
Almost at the half way mark of 2017 and Northwood continues to be a hub of cultural activity!
Here’s a little highlight of what’s been happening this year so far:
The newly formed Northwood Choir had great success performing at the Northlands Girls’ Choir Festival
Julian Gaul (grd 1…
Northwood 1st XV Take the Win vs Clifton
On Saturday the 27th of May Northwood school hosted Clifton.
The Knights kicked-off playing towards the school. Northwood managed a great start building up some solid phases with outside centre Mac Mudara scoring in the corner within the first 3 minutes.
With a few handling errors from both si…
Save the Date for Old Boys Day 2017
Northwood’s annual Old Boys Day will take place on 3rd of June this year, and forms part of the "Reunion Weekend" which includes the school and Old Boys golf day, a special Old Boys assembly and breakfast, as well as the traditional Reunion Dinner held the night before match day. Northwood par…
Northwood 1st Team Hockey vs St Charles, 3 – 1 to the Knights
On Saturday 6th May Northwood took on St Charles in the midday slot in Pietermaritzburg. It was a hot afternoon and the pitch was tricky, however the Northwood boys didn’t let this bother them and began the game at a blistering pace with good movement off the ball and solid ball-speed as well. It …
Anti-Discrimination Talk by Mr Lyle – 10 Months of Awareness at Northwood
Discrimination may take many forms, such as race, gender, age, religion, societal, disability and so many other types; societies all over the world are constantly grappling with this grave problem. Even today in SA, our society remains fractured because of the cruel policy of Apartheid; it is and wi…
Northwood 2017 DOTA 2 Online Championships
eSports, or electronic sports, are a form of competition whereby teams and individuals compete in multiplayer video games. Northwood is proud to be associated with Mind Sports South Africa (MSSA) in this regard. The MSSA is the South African Federation for board games, card games, eSports, robotics …
Northwood Squash Teams Equally Matched vs Competitive Jeppe
Over the weekend Northwood travelled up to JHB to play against Jeppe Boys' High.
The thin air at that altitude makes a remarkable difference. The ball travels faster and bounces higher. And the lungs start to burn sooner.
8 of our boys making up Northwood's 1st and 2nd teams, made the trip up to J…
Northwood 1st XI Hockey Tour / Festival Round-up April 2017
In beginning of the Easter holidays, the Northwood 1st XI travelled to the Founders Festival being hosted by Potch Boys High. The festival was played in excellent sportsmanship from most of the teams there that transferred into some excellent hockey being played. The Northwood Knights took on Queens…