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 1st 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 1st in the B section.
- Gianna Marcon representing and captaining the KZN U14C Hockey team finished 4th in the B section.
- Gabi Howarth and Mia Lopes representing the KZN U16A Hockey team finished 3rd in the A section.
- Isabella Slater representing the KZN U16B Hockey team finished 10th in the A section.
- Jenna Shaw representing the KZN U18B Hockey team finished 4th in the B section.
- Mrs Wedderbern coached the KZN U18A Hockey team which finished 3rd in the A section.
- Mr Smith coached the KZN U18B Boys team and finished 7th in the A league.
Netball:
- Mika Gouws and Nomaswazi Vilakazi representing the KZN U14A Netball team finished 11th.
- Avela Ngubane representing the KZN U14B Netball team finished 13th
- Emma Schoombee and Khanya Mkhize representing the KZN U16A Netball team finished 10th 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 17th
Duathlon:
- Alexis Hewitt and Ava Moore took part in SA Duathlon Champs on Sunday 7th Alexis placed 1st in her age group 14-15 and overall 1st place in the super sprint event. Ava placed 1st in the U19 age group and overall 2nd place in the sprint event.
KZN Rugby:
- Asanda Manyoni representing the KZN U18 Rugby team finished 3rd.
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 1st 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.
| ISSF RESULTS | ||
| TENNIS | NETBALL | HOCKEY |
| Vs Reodean lost 0 – 2 | Vs Kingsmead won 21 – 20 | Vs St Mary’s Pretoria Won 3 – 0 |
| Vs St Mary’s Pretoria lost 0 – 2 | Vs Roedean won 22 – 10 | Vs St Dominic’s Lost 0 – 3 |
| Vs Kingsmead lost 0 – 2 | Vs St Dominic’s Lost 13 – 17 | Vs St Teresa’s Won 3 – 0 |
| Vs St Stithian’s lost 0 – 2 | Vs St Mary’s Waverley Lost 13 – 18 | Vs Brescia House Won 1- 0 |
| Vs St Mary’s Waverley lost 0 – 2 | Vs St Andrew’s Won 15 – 11 | Vs St Andrew’s Lost 0 – 2 |
| Vs St John’s lost 0 – 2 | Vs St Andrews Drew 19 – 19 | Vs Kingsmead Lost 0 – 2 |
| Vs Epworth lost 0 – 2 | Vs St Teresa’s Won 37 – 4 | |
| Vs St Dominic’s drew 1 – 1 | ||
| Vs Brescia House lost 0 – 2 | ||
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.
| CROSS COUNTRY LEAGUE – KEARSNEY | |
| U15 | U17 |
| Meg Graham 2nd | Ava Moore 2nd |
| Amber Leibbrandt 3rd | Rebecca Gould 11th |
| Reilly Abbott 8th | |
| Tylah Anne Stirton 10th | |
Three of our runners participated in the KZN Christian School Sports SA, provincial championships. Riley Fredanus van Gelder finished 2nd in U19, Alexis Hewitt finished 2nd in U14 and Meg Graham finished 1st 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 1st 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 – 10th overall
Girls 13-14 100m free – 7th overall
Girls 13-14 50m free – 5th overall
Girls 13-14 200m IM – 16th overall
Girls 13-14 50m fly – 10th overall
Girls 13-14 100m free – 7th overall
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