in the educational sector. TMC bid farewell to Mr Dave Wiggett, High School Headmaster of 6 and a half years (2016-July 2022). Dave will be remembered for his forward-thinking leadership, energy and inspiring change within the College, across all phases. We welcomed Mr Davies to TMC on 1 September 2022 in the position of High School Headmaster. Mr Davies brings with him a wealth of knowledge and decades of experience in the educational space. Today Today Thomas More is a co-educational, interdenominational Christian-based school accepting pupils from Grade 0000 to Grade 12. Its boarding establishment closed in 2002. The school is situated on a conservancy estate of 20 hectares and has 1 163 pupils. All pupils are put into houses (Hurley, Savory, or Dalberg) that compete against each other in events such as the interhouse galas and sports day as well as cultural events. The Long Walk The Long Walk (originally called "the fifty mile walk") is a tradition of Thomas More College. The first "fifty mile walk" was in March 1963 and was instigated and organised by Michael Leffler who was a staff member when the school opened in 1962, and remained as House Master of the boarding school until his retirement in the early 1980s. Michael Leffler's inspiration for the walk came from John F. Kennedy in 1962, when he challenged his fellow Americans to walk a event annually. In March every year, approximately 1 300 students, parents, past pupils, teachers and other visitors set off in the hope of completing the 80 km. The earliest walks were from Pietermaritzburg to Greytown, away from Kloof. In the early 1960s there were no more than 30 participants on the Long Walk. Later walks still started in Pietermaritzburg, but students would then walk 80 km toward the coast, finishing at the school. It was easier than the walk to Greytown because there were fewer steep hills to walk up. In the 1970s, the walk started from, and finished in, the school grounds, with the bell adjacent to The Great House being rung when finishers arrived. In 1974, due to an error, the distance walked was 86 kilometers and only 21 people out of 350 starters finished the walk. The current route starts from the school grounds in Kloof, and winds its way through the suburbs of Kloof and Hillcrest, before finishing back at the school Kloof. From 2004, the finish