Sports news: Our lady of Fatima

HOLIDAY SPORTS RESULTS

Over the holidays 14 high school pupils and 10 junior school pupils participated in various inter-provincial tournaments for their respective sports codes.

High School

KZN Hockey:

• Charly-Rose Boyall representing the KZN U14A Hockey team finished 1^st in the A section and Charly was awarded the “Player of the Tournament”
• Bailey O’Brien and Miley Davidson representing the KZN U14B Hockey team finished 1^st in the B section.
• Gianna Marcon representing and captaining the KZN U14C Hockey team finished 4^th in the B section.
• Gabi Howarth and Mia Lopes representing the KZN U16A Hockey team finished 3^rd in the A section.
• Isabella Slater representing the KZN U16B Hockey team finished 10^th in the A section.
• Jenna Shaw representing the KZN U18B Hockey team finished 4^th in the B section.
• Mrs Wedderbern coached the KZN U18A Hockey team which finished 3^rd in the A section.
• Mr Smith coached the KZN U18B Boys team and finished 7^th in the A league.

Netball:

• Mika Gouws and Nomaswazi Vilakazi representing the KZN U14A Netball team finished 11^th.
• Avela Ngubane representing the KZN U14B Netball team finished 13th
• Emma Schoombee and Khanya Mkhize representing the KZN U16A Netball team finished 10^th Congratulations to Emma and Khanya on being selected for the SA U16 Netball squad. This team does not compete but is a recognition of achievement in the tournament. Well done girls.
• Kenia Grote representing the KZN U16B Netball team finished 17^th

Duathlon:

• Alexis Hewitt and Ava Moore took part in SA Duathlon Champs on Sunday 7^th Alexis placed 1^st in her age group 14-15 and overall 1^st place in the super sprint event. Ava placed 1^st in the U19 age group and overall 2^nd place in the sprint event.

KZN Rugby:

• Asanda Manyoni representing the KZN U18 Rugby team finished 3^rd.

SPAR Hockey Tournament

Our first hockey team played a good weekend of hockey winning 4 games, drawing one and narrowly losing on an unfortunate counter attack vs St John’s.

The team scored 24 goals, only conceding 1, but due to the structure of the pools, the team finished in 5th in place. The team remained in good spirits throughout the weekend, and it was an enjoyable end to the season.

Surfski

Grace took part in the 2024 SA Surfski Championships held in Durban last weekend. She was the youngest female to take on the 23 km paddle from DUC to Umdloti and won the U16 Female Surfski Champ for 2024.

High School Independent Schools Sports Festival

The 1^st team Tennis, Netball and Hockey competed in the Independent Schools Sports Festival, at St Stithian’s at the end of last term. This is always an enjoyable festival to conclude the seasons.

Cross Country

Our high school cross country runners competed in their last league run of the season at Kearsney. This was their toughest run yet! Well done to all the girls who committed to the leagues runs, as well as the early morning trainings.

Three of our runners participated in the KZN Christian School Sports SA, provincial championships. Riley Fredanus van Gelder finished 2^nd in U19, Alexis Hewitt finished 2^nd in U14 and Meg Graham finished 1^st in U14. All three girls will go on to compete in the next event in Ermelo at the end of July.

Action Netball

Zoey Quigley, Mika Gouws and Alexis Ahearne play for the ‘Jumping Flea’s’ action netball team. The team are the youngest team to compete in the Ladies 2 division, and had a phenomenal season finishing 1^st overall.

Swimming

Riley Gouws participated in the Prestige Gala where there were over 40 swimming teams from all over the country participating in the gala. Riley’s results are below:

Girls 13-14 200m free – 10^th overall

Girls 13-14 100m free – 7^th overall

Girls 13-14 50m free – 5^th overall

Girls 13-14 200m IM – 16^th overall

Girls 13-14 50m fly – 10^th overall

Girls 13-14 100m free – 7^th overall

Report sent from Our Lady Of Fatima