Old Boys empower future sportsmen

WESTVILLE Boys’ High School (WBHS) officially opened its stunning new school gym, situated on Bowdens Field, on Friday and the event was attended by major sponsors, donors, parents, Old Boys and staff.

Functional training is a concept that has taken off in many schools around the country and WBHS is extremely grateful for the financial contributions received for the development of the new facility.

Head of School for 2019, Daniel Trevethan, thanked the donors on behalf of the school body, and emphasised the huge impact the new gym would have for all of the school’s sportsmen. Special thanks were given to Petru Blewett, a current parent who freely contributed her expertise in designing and driving this project.

Trevethan also thanked the WBHS Foundation and Pam Hayward from WBHS.

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“This would not have been possible without the financial drive launched by the Old Boys of 1988, under the leadership of Craig Coombe and Matthew Blewett,” said Trevethan.

Within days of the launch, R500 000 rolled in. This continued to grow with contributions by parents, Westville Old Boys’ Association (WOBA), Old Boys and corporate sponsors.

A similar but smaller gym concept was launched on Commons Field earlier this year by WOBA chairman, Dieter Kriese. This has made a huge positive difference to the training and practices of the school’s U14 and U15 teams.

“There is no doubt that semi-professionalism in school sport seems to be a fact of life today, and it is important that our coaches are able to directly observe the conditional routines of our boys, particularly in the contact sports,” said Trevethan.

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