CV Matthew Stuart Dicks

1. MATTHEW STUART DICKS
PERSONALDETAILS
12 Muirfield Village
Mt Edgecombe Country Club
Mt Edgecombe
4302
Contact Details : Cell Phone : 079 5095295
Home Phone : 031 5027437
Email Address : matthewdicks98@gmail.com
Linkedin : bit.ly/MatthewDicks98
PERSONALSTATEMENT
A self motivated, hard working and honest individual who is busy
completing his final year at Maritzburg College. I am looking forward to
study locally or abroad in 2017 in the field of Commerce and to play
cricket at the highest level afforded . I am a resilient and sociable person
who enjoys taking on challenges, learning and adapting.
EDUCATION
2012 – 2016 : Maritzburg College
Grade 8 – Matric (2016)
2005 – 2011 : Durban Preparatory High School (DPHS)
Grade 1 – Grade 7
SUBJECT
Grade 12 Matric
Term 1 2016 JUNE 2016 TRIALS
2016
English – 1st Language 80% 80% 81%
Afrikaans – 2nd Language 65% 73% 68%
Mathamatics 94% 93% 87%
Accounting 85% 91% 84%
Economics 96% 94% 96%
Physical Science – Chemistry and Physics 84% 90% 87%
LO 90% 78% 86%
SPORTING CAREER

2. Cricket : 2016 * KZN U19 Inland Cricket side
* Wicket Keeper and No. 4 batsman for Martizburg
College
* Vice Captain of Maritzburg College
* SA U17 Invitational Side Cubs Week
2015 * Opening batsman for Maritzburg College first X1
* KZN U17 Inland Cricket Side
2014 Opening batsman for Maritzburg College first X1
2013 Opening batsman for Maritzburg College U15A
Captain
Wicket Keeper
2012 Opening batsman for Maritzburg College U14A
Captain – 1st term
Wicket Keeper
2011 Captain of DPHS first X1
Opening batsman
Wicket keeper
Hockey : 2016 2nd team for Maritzburg College
2015 3rd team for Martizburg College
2014-2013 U16B team for Martizburg College
2012 I14A team for Maritzburg College
2011 1st team for DPHS
AWARDS AND ACHIEVEMENTS
SPORT
2016 KZN Provincial Honors for Cricket – U19 KZN selection
Cricketer of the Year Award for Martizburg College (92 Caps 1st XI)
2015 KZN Provincial Colors for Cricket – U17 KZN selection
SA U17 Invitational Side
2013 KZN Provincial Colors for Cricket
2011 KZN Provincial Colors for Cricket
2011 Awarded the Jaques Kallis Cricket Scholarship to Maritzburg College

3. ACADEMIC AND OTHER
2016 Academic Honors (over 85% aggregate)
Boarder of the Year Award for Maritzburg College 2016
2011 Speech and Drama Award at DPHS
2009-2010 Speech and Drama Award from the South African Drama Association
INTERESTS
CRICKET
Cricket is my passion and has giving me many opportunities to meet different people
from all walks of life and to travel.
Cricket is a game of strategy and I enjoy the challenge of trying to find out what the
other teams strategy is and trying to combat it by constantly changing mine. It is a
mind game where you learn a lot about others and more about yourself, being flexible
and adapting under pressure.
I have travelled a lot for cricket going on the Leopards Tour in 2014 to England and
in 2016 to Sri Lanka. Playing in these very different conditions taught me endurance
and perseverance.
OTHER INTERESTS
Playing golf and surfing is what I do in my free time. It’s time out with my friends
and I still enjoy the competitiveness without the pressure to perform.
BOARDING
Being a boarder has given me the opportunity to be independent from an early age.
Making life long friendships and being sociable in an environment that encourages
you to participate with individuals from all walks of life. I have learnt about “grit”,
sticking it out to the end and dealing with difficult situations and bearing out hard
times and figuring out how to cope on my own. It has made me understand who I
really am and what my strengths are and how through persistence and determination I
have been able to achieve a great deal with both academics and sport. It has been an
adventure and has stood me in good stead helping give me a clear idea of my future
and what I want to achieve academically and on the sports front.