The running of the St John's College Inter House athletics championship was first run in 1907 - some 111 years ago

The House system had originally catered for only 7 houses and of recent time with the inclusion of Fleming house, this has included 8 houses competing for this championship.

Certain events distances have changed over time as well as some of the weights for shot put, discus and javelin.

RECORD HOLDERS IN EVENTS NO LONGER HELD ARE LISTED BELOW

100 Yards U/19 - E Davidson1927/Bird 1930,10,2

100 Yards U/16 - D N Castens 1965 - 10,5 sec.

100 Yards U/15 - M P Walls, 1953 - 10,8 sec.

100 Yards U/14 - M P Walls, 1953 - 10,8 sec.

100 Yards U/13 - J P Andrew 1961 - 11,8 sec.

Mile U/19 - O Holtong 1961 - 4 min 34,2 sec.

Mile U/16 - R J Lilford - 4 min 54,2 sec.

199m Hurdles U/19 - M T G Coppin, 1982 - 15,4 sec.

100 Yards Hurdles U/16 - P I Drummond 1961 - 14,6 sec

100 Yards Hurdles U/15 - J P A Walters 1962 - 13,6 sec.

80 Yards Hurdles U/15 - N J Cotterell 1969 - 12,1 sec.

90 Yards Hurdles U/14 - J L Kuiper 1965 - 14,1 sec.

90 Yards Hurdles U/13 - R G H Drewett 1956 - 13,1 sec.

200m Hurdles U/16 - P V Clinton 1983 - 28,8 sec.

200m Hurdles Open - A P N Walton 1984 - 26,0 sec.

Shot Put Open (7.2kg) - W D Hefer 1986 - 12,30m

Short Put U 16 (5,4kg) - G Hewitt 1995 - 12,59m

Shot Put U 17 (5,4kg) - A Havinga 1996 - 14,17m

Shot Put Open (6.3 kg) - A Havinga 1997 - 13,87m

80m Hurdles U/14 - K Lewis 2001 – 11,41 sec.

100m Hurdles U/15 - K Lewis 2002 – 13,33 sec.

100m Hurdles U/16 - RTS Meleniclis 1992 – 12,8 sec.

100m Hurdles U/17 - RTS Meleniclis 1993 – 12,8 sec.

100m Open Hurdles - RTS Meleniclis 1993 – 13,1 sec.

300m Hurdles U/17 - M Heyns 1994 40,7 sec.

300m Hurdles U/17 - G Houlston 1991 39,6 sec.

Hockey

The game of hockey started at St John’s in 1931, with a total of 76 pupils participating.

The game was played on an ash field and then moved onto grass in the early 1940’s.

Hockey continued to be played on grass and the St John's College fields were used for many years in hosting the traditional Aitken Tournament quarter & semi-finals. In 2001 St John's acquired one of the first synthetic surfaces in Johannesburg on the old Rugby B field.

This has been an outstanding facility ever since, contributing to the increased development of hockey at the school, and in the province, with St John's becoming one of the top hockey-playing schools in Gauteng and arguably the country.

The original surface was recently replaced with a world-class blue surface following the international trend and has also become our National men’s and women’s teams training ground on occasions when in the province.

Hockey is run during the winter season and currently, St John’s College has 20 teams participating in the boys’ school league

The large number of boys currently participating in the sport exceeds all those of our rival schools. The school regularly competes against other schools with matches being played on Wednesdays and Saturdays.

St John’s participates in all of the top hockey festivals in and around the country.

St John’s is regularly one of the main contenders for the annual Aitken & Boden tournament which consists of an open and U15 section. This tournament is regarded as the largest schoolboy tournament in S.A. with 48 schools in the open section and 32 in the U15 section. St John’s consistently finishes in the top four in both these divisions.

St John’s is fortunate to have an outstanding coaching structure and complemented by outstanding coaches. All the A teams are being coached by staff who have either played, coached, or are currently involved in hockey at either provincial or national level.

ST JOHN’S HOCKEY - S.A. NATIONAL REPRESENTATIVES:

1957 - SA Springbok Team Jackie James (OJ 1943)

1960 - SA Springbok Team Russell Endean (OJ 1941)

1981 - SA Schools U18A Mike Rindle

1988 - SA Schools U18A Greg Darke

1989 - SA Schools U18A Greg Darke

1992 - SA Schools U18A Paul Spencer

SA Men’s U21 Greg Darke (OJ 1989)

1994 - 99 SA Men’s Indoor Greg Darke (OJ 1989)

1995 - SA Men’s U21 Paul Spencer (OJ 1992)

1995 - 97 SA Schools U18A Brett Tucker

1998 - 2000 SA Men’s U21 Brett Tucker (OJ 1997)

1998 - SA Commonwealth Games Squad Brett Tucker (OJ 1997)

1999 - SA Schools U16A Ricky Gay

2000 - SA Schools U18A Ricky Gay

SA Olympic Squad Brett Tucker (OJ 1997)

2001 - SA Schools U18A Ricky Gay

SA Men’s U21 Brett Tucker (OJ 1997)

2003 - SA Schools U/17A team Rory Brinkmann

SA Schools U/16B team Timothy Schultz

SA Men’s U21 Ricky Gay (OJ 2001)

2004 - SA Schools U/18A Rory Brinkmann

SA Schools U/17A Oliver Whiteley

SA Men’s U21 Richard Gay (OJ 2001)

2005 - SA Schools U/16A Dimitri Ratnayaka

SA Schools U/16B Paledi Makgolane

SA Schools U/16 Squad Tato Legodi

SA Men’s Richard Gay (OJ 2001)

2006 - SA Men’s World cup team Brett Tucker (OJ 1997)

2008 - SA Schools U18A Dimitri Ratnayake

SA Schools U18A Thato Legodi (OJ 2007)

SA Men’s U21 Oliver Whitely (OJ 2005)

2008 - 2014 Walsh Men’s (Commonwealth Games) Richard Gay (OJ 2001) Glasgow 2014

2009 -

2010 -

2011 - SA Schools U/16A team Kyle Lion-Cachet

2012 - SA Men’s team Oliver Whitely (OJ 2005)

2013 - SA Schools U/18A team Kyle Lion-Cachet

2014 - SA Schools U18B Walter Pfaff

2015 - 17 SA Men’s Indoor team Matthew Becker (OJ 2010)

2016 - SA Men’s U21 World Cup team Kyle Lion-Cachet (OJ 2013) India

SA Men’s U21 World Cup team Walter Pfaff (OJ 2014) India

2017 - SA Schools U/16 Squad Murray Dittmarr

2018 - SA Schools U/17 Squad Murray Dittmar

SA Schools U/16 Squad Kabelo Mokanyane

2019 - SA Schools U18B Cameron Fullerton

SA Schools U18B Murray Dittmar

SA Schools U18B Connor Esterhuizen

2020 - SA Men’s U21 Team Tumi Ramphele (OJ 2018)

2021 - SA Men’s Coach – Tokyo Olympic Games Garreth Ewing SJC Head Coach