It is wonderful to have our learners, who observed the month of Ramadan and celebrated Eid, back on the sports fields this week. The sessions are back to full strength and it appears that the learners are pleased to be exercising with their peers again.
We have finalised our Winter Sports Captains:
CROSS COUNTRY
- Captain: Kensani Hlatshwayo
- Vice-captain: Kayla Ross
HOCKEY
- Captain: Micaela Ceruti
- Vice-captain: Nina von der Heyden
NETBALL
- Captain: Charite Strauss
- Vice-captain: Result Machiya
SQUASH
- Captain: Amy Basson
- Vice-captain: Lara Pienaar
Congratulations to all eight of you and good luck with your respective seasons.
School Sports
Cross Country – Trail Challenge
Due to the lack of Cross Country races, we have introduced the “Trail Challenge” that takes place every Wednesday afternoon. Runners are encouraged to test their speed over two loops of the 1.2km trail. A ladder has been set up with the top times for this 2.4km route.
At the moment, the top 3 spots on the ladder are as follows:
- 1. Skye Micklethwaite (Grade 10) 10:49
- 2. Kayla Ross (Grade 12) 11:19
- 3. Ella Dunbar (Grade 11) 12:13
Hockey
Hockey Report vs Bellville High School
The first league matches of 2022 were played on Saturday 7 May against Bellville High School. Bellville hosted our U14A, U16A, U19A and U19B teams, while the U14B, U16B and U19C played their fixtures at Rustenburg.
School league hockey has not been the same without spectators, and it was wonderful to hear the voices of parents, siblings and friends cheering us on from the sidelines. Congratulations to all the teams and coaches on a great set of results. A great way to start the season.
| TEAM | OPPONENT | RESULT | SCORERS |
| U14A | Bellville U14A | RGHS lost 0-1 | |
| U14B | Bellville U14B | RGHS won 2-1 | Scarlett Gallacher & Georgia Gordon |
| U16A | Bellville U16A | RGHS won 3-0 | Tamsin de Villiers x 2 & Christy Augustine |
| U16B | Bellville U16B | RGHs won 7-0 | Robyn White x 2, Othandwayo Melani, Zoe Bailey, Sophia Webster, Loren-Kate Dicks & Caitlyn Walter |
| U19A | Bellville U19A | RGHS won 4-0 | Lucy Kane x 2, Jodie Blows & Lisa Penney |
| U19B | Bellville U19B | RGHS won 2-0 | Erin Chase & Emily Gray |
| U19C | Bellville U19C | RGHS won 2-0 | Kate Biggs & Robyn Gordon |
Congratulations to Micaela Ceruti (Grade 12) and Jodie Blows (Grade 11) who reached the milestone of 25 caps for the U19A team. The pair have already made 18 appearances for the U19A team in 2022.
Squash
Results from league matches played on Monday 9 May.
| Monday 9 May | A Team at Villager vs Herschel | ||
| RGHS PLAYER | Result | Games | Points |
| 1. Tara Neville-Smyly | Won | 3-1 | 1 |
| 2. Amy Basson | Won | 3-1 | 1 |
| 3. Isla Barbour | Won | 3-2 | 1 |
| 4. Emma Phillipson | Lost | 1-3 | 0 |
| +2 bonus points for a win | 10-7 | Win 12-7 | |
| Monday 9 May | B Team at Westerford vs Westerford B’s | ||
| 1. Lara Pienaar | Lost | 0-3 | 0 |
| 2. Morgan Hunter | Won | 3-0 | 1 |
| 3. Debra Rossouw | Won | 3-0 | 1 |
| 4. Hannah van Rensburg | Won | 3-2 | 1 |
| +2 bonus points for a win | 9-5 | Win 11-5 |
Special mention must go to Morgan Hunter (Grade 9) for playing a really strong, consistent game; and to Hannah Van Rensburg (Grade 8) for making an epic comeback to win her game 3-2.
Non-School Sport
Deepsea Angling
Karla Rautmann (Grade 11) and her fellow U19 SADSAA teammates, Jan Harm du Plessis and Divan Burger won the SADSAA Senior Bottom Fish Nationals in East London, held from 26 April to 1 May. They were the only junior team at the competition. Karla, at age 17, was the youngest angler at the competition followed by her teammates being 18 and 19 years respectively. They beat 16 other teams to grab top honours and the gold medal. Karla also achieved the top Ladies position and ended up 13th overall out of 51 anglers. This is a tremendous achievement and one we are incredibly proud of!
Figure Skating
On 9 and 10 May Angel Yu (Grade 9) participated in the 25th South African National Figure Skating Championships at the Grandwest Ice Skating Arena where she placed 4th in the Novice Section. Congratulations on this fine achievement.
Surfski
Ellen Hodgkinson (Grade 9) entered her first open ocean surfski paddle event, Precient Freedom Paddle, which was held on 27 April. The long course went from Granger Bay round Robben Island and back. This year, they also had the inaugural short course of 8kms along the coast from Granger Bay towards Clifton and back to grow the junior participation in this sport.
Ellen won the short course Senior Open Women double ski, together with her partner who is also from Clifton Surf Lifesaving Club in a time of 52:37. They came a close second in doubles overall, behind mixed pair and one of whom was an Olympian K1 paddler.
The future looks bright for Ellen. Congratulations!
