Andre Bredenkamp is one of South Africa's leading high altitude mountaineers. He successfully climbed Mt. Everest in May 2004 approaching the mountain from Tibet in China, and became the 4th South African to climb the mountain. He returned in 2007 and climbed Everest for a second time, from the Nepal side.

 

The 3rd annual Conference for English Language Teachers was held in the Centenary Centre at Hilton College on 11 May. The event has grown phenomenally in its short life, with 181 delegates registering this year. The array of presentations and talks are intent upon meeting the needs of high school and primary school teachers from both private and government schools and thus provides a unique opportunity for interaction between these diverse groups.

The Junior Interhouse Longest Driving Competition took place on Tuesday 8 May.  Each House has three competitors who hit three balls each which must land within a certain area on the driving range.  The distance of all balls which land in play are then added together to give an overall total for that House. The longest drive was by Keaton Bottriell (293m) from Churchill and the overall competition was won by Churchill followed by Ellis and Pearce.