Windhoek High School

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Windhoek High School (WHS) is a school in Windhoek, the capital of Namibia. Populary known as The Blue School, it was founded on 5 February 1917 making it is one of the oldest schools in the country.[1] Currently, WHS is rated among the top 100 schools in Africa.[2]

Facilities

WHS features a school hall for nearly 800 people, a computer centre, science laboratories, and a media centre. It also has a word-processing centre, a cafeteria and a big stadium called Vegkop, and an indoor heated swimming pool.

Windhoek High School also has three rugby fields, four tennis courts, a soccer field, two hockey fields, four netball courts, a 300 square meter gymnasium, a basketball and volleyball court. WHS is consistently successful in many kinds of sport.[3]

Cricket ground

The schools cricket ground first hosted a major match when Namibia played Scotland in a Twenty20 match on 4 October 2011, with the teams playing one another the following day. Further Twenty20 matches were held at the ground in November 2011 when Namibia played Kenya in eight matches at the school.[4] In the fifth Twenty20 between the sides, Namibia's Louis van der Westhuizen scored 145 runs from 54 balls, which is the third highest score ever made in a Twenty20 match.[5]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Windhoek high school website". wordpress. Retrieved 9 October 2011. 
  2. ↑ "africaalmanac". Retrieved 26 April 2012. 
  3. ↑ "WHS are triple champions". The Namibian. 2009-08-24. Retrieved 9 October 2011. 
  4. ↑ "Twenty20 Matches played on Windhoek High School, Windhoek". CricketArchive. Retrieved 6 November 2011. 
  5. ↑ "Individual Scores of 100 and More in a Twenty20 Match". CricketArchive. Retrieved 7 November 2011. 

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Coordinates: 22°34′06.75″S 17°05′20.75″E / 22.5685417°S 17.0890972°E / -22.5685417; 17.0890972

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