HIS MASTER'S VOICE AT SCHOOL
Sunday, October 24, 2010 at 06:36AM 
Al Maktoum School of Management Excellence Theatre
(Photo : Summerhill Stud)
AL MAKTOUM SCHOOL OF EXCELLENCE
“THE HORSEMEN’S OPENING”
The opportunity was too good to miss. The eve of the Ready To Run Gallops presented us with a window to showcase the Al Maktoum School Of Management Excellence to a gathering of racing’s luminaries. We had with us some of the game’s top names, including our gallops judges, and while there’s a way to go before the facility is complete and fully equipped, we won’t see a get-together of these proportions again until next year’s official opening, likely to be Summerhill Stallion Day. That’s when heads of state, politicians and the like will get their shot at it. But meanwhile, champion trainer, Mike de Kock was asked to preside over the “horsemen’s opening”.
It was also an occasion to recognise the judges and a few other players for their contributions to an event which has cemented itself into the constellation of racing’s starriest events.
The awardees were :
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Eamonn Cullen | Gradum Legum Baccalaurei Cum Laude |
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Jehan Malherbe | Gradum Legum Baccalaurei Cum Laude |
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Joey Ramsden | Gradum Legum Baccalaurei Cum Laude |
| Four Years Service (Click thumbnails to enlarge…) |
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Charl P. Pretorius | Gradum Literatum Bacclaurei (Honorium) Cum Laude |
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Craig Andrew Peters | Gradum Legum Bacclaurei (Honorium) Cum Laude |
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Dean Martin Kannemeyer | Gradum Legum Bacclaurei (Honorium) Cum Laude |
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Graeme Thomas Hawkins | Gradum Legum Bacclaurei (Honorium) Cum Laude |
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Michael Francois de Kock | Gradum Legum Bacclaurei (Honorium) Cum Laude |
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Michael Leonard Roberts | Gradum Legum Bacclaurei (Honorium) Cum Laude |
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Robert Yearham | Gradum Sponsorium Bacclaurei (Honorium) Cum Laude |
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Sean Tarry | Gradum Legum Bacclaurei (Honorium) Cum Laude |
| Riders (Five Years Service) | ||
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John Motaung | Gradum Equus Baccalauei Cum Laude |
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Prince Mdunjane | Gradum Equus Baccalauei Cum Laude |
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Thokozani Dlungwane | Gradum Equus Baccalauei Cum Laude |
As a test of what it would be like to be a student at the school, we re-ran the wonderful production which debuted on Summerhill’s Stallion Day, a creation of our “blogger”, Michael Nefdt, his brother Matthew Nefdt from iKind Media and their team which included graduates and students from the Durban University of Technology. If you haven’t seen it, you haven’t seen anything, so can we recommend that you click below to have a look at it.
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Summerhill Stallion Video 2010/2011
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