August continues with it’s busyness. In order to assist parents and participants with their planning, please find the ‘end-of-term’ sports dates.
| END OF TERM 3 / WINTER SPORTS PROGRAMME | ||
| SPORT | Description | DATE |
| Cross Country | ||
| Football | Last match – vs Beaulieu HS (Johannesburg) | |
| Last Team practice (no Wednesday practices in September) | Tuesday 13 September | |
| Last Social practice | Thursday 15 September | |
| Hockey | All practices end the week of… | Friday 16 September |
| Stayers Tournament | Saturday 17 September | |
| Outreach Clinic | 23 & 24 September | |
| Netball | ||
| PGSGU U14 & U16 | Thursday 1 September | |
| Play-offs | Saturday 3 September | |
| On-the-Move | Last session | Thursday 15 September |
| Squash | ||
| Last match | Monday 5 September |
Football
On Tuesday 30 August our 1st Football team played a match against a touring team from Johannesburg, Beaulieu College. On a beautiful sunny afternoon we witnessed the best Football of our season. Congratulations to Beaulieu on their 2-1 victory. Well done to our goal scorer, Carys Gates (Grade 10).
It was the last match for our Grade 12s – a very heartfelt thank you to each one of them for their contribution to Team Football this year. You are all legends!
From left to right: Aqeelah Ismail, Lia Naidoo, Naadirah Adam, Nikita Green (C), Hannah Hector (VC), Jenna Caldwell. In front (l-r): Phelo Xulu, Rachel Clark-Miller
Hockey
Hockey vs DF Malan and Springfield
On a cold and wet weekend, we welcomed our neighbours from the north, DF Malan. A home game that has proved to be scarce in 2022. Regardless of the weather, however, our supporters were out in their numbers and created a wonderful atmosphere for our players to be immersed in.
A massive thanks must go to the hockey parents who helped organise the braaiing and selling of chicken burgers, hot chocolate and other snacks and refreshments.
The U14B team also played a match against Springfield on Saturday morning, and despite their brave and heroic efforts, were defeated 8-0.
See all results below:
| TEAM | OPPONENT | RESULT | SCORERS |
| U14A | DF Malan | RGHS won 2-0 | Amelie Visser & Hayden Hatfield |
| U14B | DF Malan | RGHS won 1-0 | Hannah van Rensburg |
| U14B | Springfield | RGHS lost 0-8 | |
| U16A | DF Malan | RGHS lost 0-1 | |
| U16B | DF Malan | RGHS won 2-0 | Loren-Kate Dicks & Grace Hallett |
| U16C | DF Malan | RGHS drew 0-0 | |
| U19A | DF Malan | RGHS drew 1-1 | Jodie Blows |
| U19B | DF Malan | RGHS lost 1-2 | Ashleigh Rix |
| U19C | DF Malan | RGHS won 1-0 | Robyn Gordon |
Our final two league fixtures will see us taking on Herschel (away) and Fairmont (home) over the next two weekends
Hockey vs Herschel
Our penultimate fixture was against Herschel. In order to have all the matches played under lights on Friday, the hosting of the fixtures was split between Rustenburg and Herschel, with the “A” teams playing at Herschel. A tough night in terms of results for Rustenburg, but some truly commendable and special performances from a number of our teams, taking on some really strong Herschel opponents.
A special mention must be made to the U19C team who won their game 1-0, finishing as the only team in the school to have not lost a match for the duration of the 2022 season.
See all Herschel results below:
| TEAM | OPPONENT | RESULT | SCORERS |
| U14A | Herschel | RGHS lost 0-2 | |
| U14B | Herschel | RGHS lost 0-5 | |
| U16A | Herschel | RGHS lost 0-5 | |
| U16B | Herschel | RGHS lost 1-6 | Loren-Kate Dicks |
| U16C | Herschel | RGHS lost 0-3 | |
| U16D | Herschel | RGHS won 1-0 | Gabriella Sanya |
| U19A | Herschel | RGHS lost 1-2 | Nina von der Heyden |
| U19B | Herschel | RGHS lost 0-1 | |
| U19C | Herschel | RGHS won 1-0 | Caitlyn Barrable |
Our final league fixture will see us taking on Fairmont (home) on Friday 2 September.
Outreach Clinic
On 23 and 24 September, we will be running an Outreach Hockey Clinic. The aim of the clinic is to provide coaching to children from disadvantaged areas, who are not exposed to quality coaching.
We are looking for any assistance with old sticks, shin pads, hockey shoes, as well as assistance with food and refreshment packages. If you are able to offer any assistance, please contact Olu Ncukana at ncukanao@rghs.org.za.
Netball
CTHSN – U19A PLAY-OFFS VS FAIRMONT – Thursday 25 August
Our First team had ended third in the Southern Zone First league of the Cape Town High Schools Netball, where they were invited to play against the second-place finisher of the Northern Zone First league.
Travelling to Fairmont High school on Thursday, 25 August, our First team players were excited, nervous and focused. They took to the court with only one substitution after losing Luyanda Ndaba and Kathryn Hendricks to injury. Despite the challenges and difficulties that awaited our premier team, they were ready and determined.
We had a great start and were leading 7-4 after the first quarter with sharp work in defence from Kristen McGregor and shooting from Stella Lazarus. Fairmont bounced back and ended the half leading 13-9, RGHS only managing to score 2 goals in the quarter. The team got back into the game after absorbing the pressure with some encouraging words from Coach Vanessa. We were back in the game finishing the third quarter 17-18 to Fairmont; Anna Gray and Khanyi Malinga putting in a shift in defence to turnover the center pass before Zeetha Gain could capitalize. In a thrilling fourth and last quarter, the team were leading 20-18 with about 2 minutes to go. With a few loose balls and missed chances, we made it difficult for ourselves, allowing Fairmont back into the game that ended 22-22 at full-time. Incredible endurance was on display from our wingers, Result Machiya and Azra Mahmood and skipper and Center Charite Strauss running the court breathless at times to keep us in the game against a very tough opponent.
Into extra time of 4 minutes, the pressure was on and only clinical moments would carry us through. The team fought with grit and firepower, but in the end were beaten by a better and more clinical team who just did not miss on goal.
Results CTHSN PLAY-OFFS [SOUTH 3 VS NORTH 2]:
| Opponent | Result | Scores |
| U19 A vs Fairmont | Lost | 23 – 25 [EXTRA TIME] |
Back: Miss Van Der Westhuizen, Charite Strauss, Kathryn Hendricks, Zeetha Gain, Anna Gray, Coach Vanessa Lingeveld.
Front: Khanyisile Malinga, Result Machiya, Azra Mahmood, Stella Lazarus.
Absent: Ms Bell, Kristen McGregor, Luyanda Ndaba
WESTERFORD HIGH SCHOOL LEAGUE MATCH 9 – Thursday 18 AUGUST
Rustenburg Girls’ Netball teams played their last round of league fixtures at Westerford High School over two days due to the heavy rains. The first round of matches took place on Thursday 18 August featuring our U15A’s, U16A’s, U19B’s and U19A’s, with the second round of fixtures taking place on Wednesday 24 August with our U14A’s, B’s and C’s and our U16B’s and C’s. All nine teams were once again dominant on both days, ending the last fixture of the league with seven wins, one draw and one loss.
A difficult afternoon on the 18 August, as not only did the weather prove to be difficult, but so did Eskom. With load shedding scheduled for the afternoon, our U19’s had the challenge of contesting indoors with poor lighting and visibility; however, both teams earned their victories on the day.
On Wednesday 24 August, our Netball teams had a great outing, with a notable performance from the U14B’s and U16B’s. Kayleigh Scholtz from the U16B’s had a brilliant game completing multiple interceptions and showing outstanding defensive skills.
Congratulations to our U19Bs, U16Bs & Cs, U14Bs & Ds that have qualified for the CTHSN finals on Saturday, 3 September. The U19Bs and U16Bs have had an unbeaten season and are going to the finals to secure their winning streak and earn top honours as the best teams in Cape Town.
Results vs Westerford High were as follows:
| Opponent | Result | Scores |
| U14 A | Won | 19 – 11 |
| U14 B | Won | 23 – 6 |
| U14 C | Drew | 3 – 3 |
| U15 A | Lost | 7 – 10 |
| U16 A | Won | 19 – 12 |
| U16 B | Won | 25 – 7 |
| U16 C | Won | 18 – 2 |
| U19 B | Won | 31 – 11 |
| U19 A | Won | 24 – 16 |
We are extremely proud of all teams and their efforts to end off the season on a high. Well done to all our teams! Good luck to our U16A and U14A teams in the PGSGU tournament this Thursday.
Squash
On Friday 26 August our top 5 players represented Rustenburg very well at the PGSGU tournament held at the WPCC courts.
Although only 3 girls’ schools entered teams, the standard of play was of a high calibre. All 5 of our players won their matches against the players from Wynberg Girls’ High School and then all 5 of our players lost their matches to the players from Herschel Girls’ School. We were placed second overall.
In front: Tara Neville-Smyly, Lara Pienaar
Results of league matches played on Monday 29 August:
| A Team at Villagers vs Wynberg Girls HS | |||
| 29 August 2022 | Result | Games | Points |
| 1. Tara Neville-Smyly | Won | 3-0 | 1 |
| 2. Isla Barbour | Won | 3-0 | 1 |
| 3. Emma Phillipson | Walk over | 3-0 | 1 |
| 4. Morgan Hunter | Walk over | 3-0 | 1 |
| +2 bonus points for a win | 12-0 | Won 14-0 | |
| B Team at Villagers vs Herschel | |||
| 29 August 2022 | Result | Games | Points |
| 1. Morgan Hunter | Lost | 0-3 | 0 |
| 2. Lara Pienaar | Lost | 0-3 | 0 |
| 3. Debra Rossouw | Lost | 0-3 | 0 |
| 4. Hannah van Rensburg | Lost | 1-3 | 0 |
| +2 bonus points for a win | 1-12 | Lost 1-14 |
Water Polo
Water Polo has started! The PPL (Polo Premier league) tournament takes place this weekend, 2- 4 September. A number of our Rustenburg girls are in the teams as well as the RGHS Coach, Oliver de Sousa. A past pupil, Nicola Barrett is the manager of one of the franchises too, the Panthers.
We wish the following players all the best of luck for the first tournament of the new season:
Panthers team – coach Oliver
- Ashleigh Briers-Danks
- Jade Jarvis
- Bella Murray
- Olivia Nejthardt
- Emily Readhead
Leopards team
- Tatum Malherbe
Dragons Team
- Olivia Figaji
Biathlon
Skye Micklethwaite (Grade 10) was on the top step again this past weekend – this time at the Winter Biathlon Championships. Congratulations, Skye.
Latin Dancing
Hannah October and her partner competed at the Italian Club in Brooklyn on Saturday, winning the Junior Latin Championship section. Congratulations on this fine achievement, Hannah.
Dancing
A group of Rustenburg learners from THE DANCE CO took part in an international dance competition, the World Dance Movement in Italy in July this year where they did extremely well and brought home the silver medal. Locally they entered the Cape Dance Festival and they received gold for this dance. Congratulations and well done!
Rhythmic Gymnastics
The Western Cape Championship took from 19-21 August 2022.
There were 4 RGHS students who qualified this year to compete at level 10 in the WC Champs – this is out of a total 20 gymnasts who qualified from across the Western Cape – so Rustenburg is very well represented.
At level 10 – the gymnasts compete in two different age categories:
Lucy Walker (Grade 9) – under 15 years
Mariam Halday (Grade 10), Tamsin de Villiers (Grade 10) and Katherine McCree (Grade 11) – over 15 years.
All gymnasts perform 3 routines: Ribbon, Clubs and either Ball/Hoop.
Our gymnasts all performed very well and were selected as part of the Western Cape Gymnastics Team to compete at the 2022 GSA Gym Games in October.
Detailed results below:
- U15: Lucy Walker: 1st place overall; 1st in clubs and ribbon; 2nd in Hoop
- 15+ Katherine McCree: 2nd place overall; 2nd in Ball and Ribbon
- Tamsin de Villiers: 5th in Hoop and Ribbon
- Lucy, Tamsin and Mariam – all belong to Dynamic Rhythmic Gymnastics Club and Katherine – Cape Olympia.
