Rustenburg host the U16 Hockey and Netball Champions Cup tournament on 8 and 9 April this year. It is the 6th edition of this tournament after the 2-year pandemic. We have 15 Hockey Teams and 14 Netball teams attending our tournament. In total, we have 450 participants – players, coaches and management. We have secured a sponsor for the event, Varsity College. T-shirts and goody bags are currently being manufactured and printed, however, we are still looking for goodies to place in the goody bags. If there is someone out there who can provide 450 of an item for us to swell these bags we would so appreciate you making contact with us. Thanks in advance should you be able to assist us.
Sign-up for Winter sport started on Monday 21 March and closes on Friday 25 March at noon. Please make sure you are on one of the Sports registers for Terms 2 and 3.
Our 1st Football and Netball Teams will be competing in the Reddam Tournaments from 31 March to 2 April. Our U19A Fairmont Easter Tournament team will be participating from 30 March to 2 April at Fairmont and the surrounding schools. We wish all our players and coaches the best of luck.
School Sport
On-the-Move
The On-the-Move activity started in March 2021 and has become very popular with the participants. Anyone may participate in this activity on Tuesdays and/or Thursdays. Learners walk or run the trail route on the campus up to a maximum of 3 laps in an afternoon. In this way, they accumulate kilometres and work their way into the Rusty Runners Club (RRC).
Membership of the RRC starts with 25km completed.
The Awards are as follows:
| Bronze standard – 25km |
| Silver standard – 50km |
| Gold standard – 75 km |
| Platinum standard – 100km |
| Double Gold standard – 150 km |
| Double Platinum standard – 200km |
We are very excited to announce our first member to achieve the PLATINUM standard.
| TOTAL kms | NAME | SURNAME | FORM |
| NEW PLATINUM 100km+ | |||
| 101 | Morgan | Hunter | B4 |
The following participants have reached new milestones this past term:
| TOTAL kms | NAME | SURNAME | FORM |
| NEW GOLD 75km + | |||
| 88 | Sienna | de Pomeroy-Legg | B5 |
| 85 | Danica | Turner | C6 |
| 82 | Isabella | Wright | B5 |
| 81 | Ameera | Coe | B |
| 80 | Meera | Beattie | C5 |
| 79 | Alex | Arendse | B |
| 77 | Mthombo | Gwadiso | B |
| TOTAL kms | NAME | SURNAME | FORM |
| NEW SILVER 50km + | |||
| 63 | Michaela | Smith | C3 |
| 62 | Megan | McKenzie | D |
| 59 | Ella | Booysen | C6 |
| 58 | Madison | Bailey | B |
| 55 | Natalie | Mawman | E6 |
| 53 | Aa’ishah | Khan | E |
| 51 | Jorja | Annison | D |
| 51 | Rania | Higgins | C5 |
| 50 | Caitlin | Jackson | D |
| 50 | Sihle | Maswana | B |
Special mention should be made of Lizé Solomons in Grade 8 who has already completed 30 kilometres in her first term at Rustenburg.
| TOTAL kms | NAME | SURNAME | FORM |
| NEW BRONZE 25km + | |||
| 38 | Tayla | Alberts | C3 |
| 38 | Madison | Bailey | B5 |
| 33 | Maya | Vogt | B2 |
| 31 | Vedika | Kalan | B |
| 31 | Logan | Johnston | B1 |
| 31 | Genna | Van Der Walt | B4 |
| 30 | Isabella | Ghignone | B |
| 30 | Aaliyah | Ismail | B |
| 30 | Lucy | James | C1 |
| 30 | Lizé | Solomons | A4 |
| 29 | Sarah | Essack | B |
| 29 | Lirandzu | Simango | B6 |
| 28 | Rachel | Van Schalkwyk | D |
| 28 | Raya | Nathoo | B |
| 28 | Tamsyn | Arendse | C |
| 28 | Megan | Damstra | B6 |
| 28 | Catherine | Hayward | B |
| 28 | Lindokuhle | Mdunyelwa | C2 |
| 28 | Khanyisile | Nokwali | B5 |
| 27 | Payal | Somai | D |
| 27 | Nia | McGowan | C |
| 27 | Tina | Tsutsu | B |
| 27 | Gemma | Forbes | C5 |
| 27 | Haniya | Hashim | B4 |
| 27 | Jenna | Thomas | B1 |
| 26 | Lucy | James | C |
| 26 | Isabel | Gomes | B |
| 26 | Genna | Van Der Walt | B |
| 26 | Huda | Kasker | C |
| 26 | Cassidy | Philander | C3 |
| 25 | Asiyah | Adams | B5 |
| 25 | Hannah | Dammert | B |
Outdoor Hockey
Hockey Report for DF Malan and Milnerton
For the second consecutive weekend, our teams were out at various pre-season festivals.
The RGHS U14A team played in the SALT DF Malan Tournament, where matches were played at DF Malan and Durbanville High School. It is great to see how happy all the learners are, and a massive thank you to the U14A Coach and Parents for a wonderful weekend.
SALT DF Malan U14A Results:
| OPPONENT | SCORE |
| Paarl Girls | 0-1 |
| Bloemhof | 0-5 |
| Rhenish | 0-0 |
| Parel Vallei | 0-0 |
| DF Malan | 0-0 |
| Paarl Gim | 0-2 |
| Stellenberg | 0-0 |
Congratulations to our U14A SALT DF Malan Tournament Team.
While our U16A team got a break and are looking forward to playing in the Rustenburg Champions Cup on 8 and 9 April, the RGHS U19 team took part in the Milnerton Hockey Festival. The matches were played at Edgemead High School and Elkanah House.
Milnerton Hockey Festival Results:
| OPPONENT | SCORE | SCORERS |
| Edgemead | 3-0 | Ally Goulding, Amber de Villiers & Christy Augustine |
| Elkanah | 5-0 | Jodie Blows x 3, Nina von der Heyden & Christy Augustine |
| Parel Vallei | 5-0 | Jodie Blows x 3, Nina von der Heyden & Christy Augustine |
| The Settlers | 3-1 | Lucy Kane x 2 & Isla Barbour |
Congratulations to our U19A Milnerton Hockey Festival Team.
Netball
RGHS U19A (1st Team) played a warm-up match against Westerford on Tuesday 22 March. The team played exceptionally well and won 36-15. This bodes well for a good season ahead.
Well done to Coach Vanessa and our players.
Swimming
It was fun to enjoy another A-league gala and we thank Rondebosch Boys High School for hosting this event. We do hope that we will be back to the wonderfully newly renovated 50m pool at Newlands in 2023. Results of the A-league gala swum at RBHS on Wednesday 16 March.
| 1st | Herschel | 232 |
| 2nd | St Cyprians | 217 |
| 3rd | Springfield | 177 |
| 4th | Stellenberg | 164 |
| 5th | Rustenburg | 156 |
| 6th | DF Malan | 131 |
| 7th | Fairmont | 115 |
| 8th | Milnerton | 78 |
| 9th | DSK | 64 |
Individual Swimming news:
Skye Micklethwaite (Grade 10) competed in the Level 3 Championships held this past weekend.
Skye swam exceptionally well and PB’d in 6 out of her 8 events and qualified for the South African Regional Championships in one of her events.
Skye placed first in the 200m backstroke and 100m fly events and second in the 400m freestyle.
Her all-female relay team came first in all their events and her mixed team came third in their one relay.
Congratulations on these outstanding and well-deserved results.
Touch Rugby
Exciting news for 4 of the RGHS WP Touch Rugby players as they have been included in a U18 Squad to potentially represent SA at the 2023 World Cup in Manchester, UK. Congratulations to Alhaan Emeran; Saarah Magiet; Azra Mahmood (Grade 11s) and Loren-Kate Dicks (Grade 10).
Non-School Sport
Deepsea Angling
Karla Rautmann (Grade 11) has been selected to represent WPDSAA (Western Province Deep Sea Angling Association) in the U19 team at the Junior Bottom Fish Nationals to be fished in Port St Francis from 27 March to 2 April 2022.
Karla was also selected to represent SADSAA (South African Deep Sea Angling Association) in the U19 team to fish in the Senior Bottom Fish Nationals to be held in East London from 26 April to 1 May 2022. SADSAA colours is the intermediate phase between Provincial Colours and National/ Protea Colours and as such, selection for a SADSAA team is a tremendous achievement and honour. Huge congratulations on your selection and good luck for the upcoming tournaments.