CBC rock musical opens this week

New York, London, Las Vegas, L.A…and now Bulawayo. The Broadway musical, Rock of Ages, has played to enthusiastic audiences around the world and even made it on to the silver screen. Now the epic tale - a triumph of rock music against all odds - comes to the Bulawayo Theatre, courtesy of Christian Brothers' College Drama and Music Department.

Teachers attend Cambridge courses in Tanzania and SA

Two groups of CBC teachers traveled during the holidays to attend Cambridge International courses, one group to Dar Es Salaam in Tanzania, and the other to Johannesburg.

Pre-season hockey shows promising First Team

CBC took part in the annual Inter-CBC Hockey Tournament, hosted by Springs, at the beginning of the school holidays, and finished a respectable fourth, with second, third and fourth decided on goal difference.

CBC U15s take prizes on SA rugby tour

The U15 rugby team left Bulawayo early on a wet Thursday morning (April 4) and headed for the border. We arrived at about 8am and passed through the Zim side easily, but queued for three hours trying to get into SA -and then, finally, we were on our way.

First Team Rugby off to a good start

CBC's First Team Rugby has had a scintillating start to the season, adding another victory to its pre-season score sheet as it triumphed 29-15 over CBC Boksburg, a visiting team from South Africa. The match was played on April 24, well into the school holidays, and the kick-off was at 3pm.

CBC First Team soccer kicks off season with a bang

In a pre-season match played against Gifford on the weekend, CBC showed signs of a first team bursting with potential and ready to move into the big leagues.

Looking back:
Not so bad after all, say Form Ones

I looked to the left, and I saw an older boy who could care less whether I existed or not; I turned to my right and saw an even older boy carrying a bag heavier than mine. All I could see was a jungle, and I was like a small beetle in that jungle, filled with eagles and hornets and many other dangerous creatures.

Glamorous Miss Earth Zimbabwe visits CBC

CBC was graced with a dash of glamour on Monday when Miss Earth Zimbabwe, Dimitra Markou, visited the college to support the Bulawayo City Council's water conservation campaign.

Bulawayo company sponsors U15 tour to SA

Bulawayo company, Shield Security, has been a 'God-send' in the fundraising endeavours of theU15 Rugby Tour to South Africa in April.

CBC athlete chosen to represent Zimbabwe

CBC's athletics season has ended on a high note, with college athlete, A. Manyathela, not only winning gold in the 300m hurdles event at the National Athletics Meet held in Harare over the weekend, but also being selected to represent Zimbabwe on May 2 and 3 in Harare.

Bloemfontein Rally sheds new light for local CBC Edmund Rice Society

At the end of last month, six Edmund Rice Society members travelled to Assissi, Bloemfontein in South Africa for the Inter-CBC Edmund Rice Rally.

Rowland takes first place in the "toughest race on earth"

Zimbabwean-born CBC Old Boy, Daniel Rowland, on Saturday completed The Long March of the Atacama Crossing 2013 in a time of 26 hours 17 minutes and 51 seconds beating 131 other competitors from around the globe to take first position. The grueling 250km race, known as the world's toughest endurance competition, is held annually in Chile.

Form One Camp:
Exciting and exhausting, all rolled into one

As the siren rang, I quickly stuffed my books into my back-pack and ran to the car park to collect my overnight bag from my mother.

Victoria Falls

O Victoria Falls, how great art thou,
A beauty everlasting, Forever and now.
Generation to generation, your soil becomes old,
But your opened your gates, to our Green and Gold.

CBC cricket records good wins against Hellenics

CBC's junior cricket teams recorded strong wins when they met Harare's Hellenics recently, including the U14 A team which won by nine wickets, U15 A by one wicket and U16 A by five wickets.

CBC takes silver at Inter District Athletics Meet

The CBC-inspired Imbizo District Athletics Team narrowly missed first place at the recently-held Inter-District Meet at the NUST Athletics grounds, recording some outstanding individual achievements and even breaking national records.

Nyasha goes through to Public Speaking finals

CBC Public Speaking aficionado, Nyasha Dzinotyiwei, has been chosen as one of the 10 finalists to go through to the High Schools Public Speaking Competition, sponsored by the Rotary Club of Belmont.
The finals will be held on March 13 at the Bulawayo Theatre where the overall winner will be selected.
Dzinotyiwei, being pegged as the favourite for the title, went through to the competition on the basis of his win in the CBC Inter House Public Speaking Competition, where he impressed judges with his speech entitled "Look Where We Are."

CBC Media Club Travels To Vic Falls

Ten members of the CBC Media Club traveled to Victoria Falls on February 14, the first out-of-town trip for the newly-established club.
The 10 students, accompanied by teachers, Mr. S Moyo and Mrs. V Kee-Tui were: I Ncube, K Chidakwa, B Mayur, R Karner, N Mazibuko, M Nkomo, L Moyo, M Sithole, A Pretorious and Z Maidwell.

All the right moves:
Great start to CBC chess season

CBC chess has had a successful start to the 2013 season, with juniors showing promise of living up to the legacy left behind by last year's graduating seniors.

Speech marks:
Houses battle it out in Public Speaking

Despite stiff competition from the other houses, Andreans managed to sweep the board at this year’s Inter House Public Speaking Competition, taking first place in both the junior and the senior category.

CBC takes 26 gold medals at district athletics meet

CBC has continued its dominance of the Inter Schools Athletics Competition in the Imbizo District, once again scooping the lion’s share of gold medals, winning a staggering 26, compared to its closest rival, Masiyephambili, which won seven..

CBC Seniors silence Petra

First Team cricket recorded a convincing win when it played Petra recently, winning by 262 runs with some outstanding individual performances.

CBC's volleyball win: a sign of great things to come

CBC's First Team Volleyball traveled recently to Harare to the CHISZ Tournament held at St George's, putting on a sterling display which saw them beat South Eastern College, St George's A and St George's B on their way to their way to the semi-finals.

U17 waterpolo tour to SA

CBC's U17 waterpolo team last week traveled to Hilton in South Africa where it played six games and won four, including the main game.
The highlight, said coach, Mr K Muhomba, was playing in the main game, in a pool twice the length of the CBC pool, and beating the host team's A side 7-2.

CBC golfers excel in Harare

CBC took part in the Inter Schools Golf Tournament in Harare recently, where the team achieved outstanding results, coming in 4th out of a total of 11 schools.

The capacity to hope:
ERS visits Isaiah Home for Abandoned Children

On Saturday February 2, a small group of members from the Edmund Rice Society, made up of Bubele Sibanda, Cruz Mashingaidze, and myself and accompanied by Mr. Chingwere and Brandon Khoza, visited the Isaiah Home for Abandoned children.

Double century wins batsman a place in CBC hall of fame

In a momentous outing against Harare team, Hellenics, on the weekend, CBC's 2nd Team won the match by a remarkable 256 runs, credit going largely to batsman, Nathan James, who was ably-partnered by Adrian Ncube.

Superstition, stickers and sowing:
How Valentine's Day is marked around the world

Every February 14, across Zimbabwe and all over the world, candy, flowers and gifts are exchanged by loved ones, all in the name of St.Valentine. Valentine's Day is almost here again and most of us are going to spend it with our special somebody. People eagerly await this day in February when they can express their heartfelt emotions to those they love and cherish.

The beauty that lies within:
Never-before-seen photos of the CBC grounds


Last Friday saw the Media Club initiating new "cubs" into the pride…Form Ones to be precise.

Second chances
"Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts."
(Winston Churchill)

The phrase "If, at first, you don't succeed, try, try again", has been used and re-used, to the point where it has become a clich'e. Yet the meaning and validity of this statement is as true today as it was a century ago.

CBC students honoured for academic excellence

The opening prayer by college Chaplain, Mr P Bonett, spoke about boys who, in their academic achievement, had brought honour to their teachers, their parents and themselves…an honour which was publicly recognised at CBC's recently-held Academic Excellence Awards based on the 2012 Cambridge International examination results.

The voice of experience:
Tips to help you adapt to Form One

There I was, so nervous as it was my first day of secondary school. Everything was new, but I immediately knew that I had a bright future at CBC as everyone was warm-hearted. Back then, in Form One, we used to act like primary school kids. It took a while for us to grow up, we used to talk in class and sometimes there would be noise, we didn't understand responsibility and discipline. But we quickly managed to change for the better, because once you start fooling around, you don't produce good marks but, rather, marks equivalent to the noise made. As the saying goes, "you reap what you sow".

Long serving CBC staff members retire

The College bade farewell to two long-serving members of the Ground Staff at the end of 2012. Both Mr Richard Ndlovu and Mr James M Dube retired after over 26 years at the College. In a presentation ceremony Mr Myles Thompson, the Administrator, handed over ploughs to the two retirees and expressed the the sincere thanks of the College to both of them for their long and loyal service as Security Guards, and wished them a healthy and happy retirement.

There, their and they’re:
The most abused words in the English language

It's one of the most common mistakes made in the English language, and one which adults, as well as students, frequently make: mixing up the homophones "there", "their" and "they're". Feel like you'll just never get it right? Here's a quick and easy explanation, with tips, to help you along your way.

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