A belated congratulations to 2 of our staff members for completing the Cape Town Marathon on Sunday 16 October. Both Ms Susan Viljoen and Ms Marga Smith did us proud!
The revised Sport timetable for the examination period will be shared with the learners early next week. Sport will continue throughout the assessment weeks that start on Monday 7 November and will end on Friday 2 December. Sport attendance and participation will still be compulsory for all Grade 8s and 9s with sessions starting and ending earlier in the day.
We celebrated our matric sport learners on Friday 21 October. The following learners received colours and trophies for their achievements this year:
| MATRICS 2022 | ||
| SPORT | CITATION | NAME |
| SWIMMING | Best U19 swimmer | Tyra Phipson |
| TENNIS | Best senior player | Juliana Barrish |
| Most improved senior | Simone de Villiers | |
| WATER POLO | Best senior player | Anna Gray |
| Best senior player | Jamie Kelly | |
| Most improved player | Shelby le Roux | |
| CROSS COUNTRY | Best U19 runner | Kayla Ross |
| FOOTBALL | Best senior player | Aqeelah Ismail |
| Most improved player | Katherine Jowett | |
| NETBALL | Best U19 player | Result Machiya |
| SQUASH | Best senior player | Emma Phillipson |
| Most improved senior | Amy Basson | |
| RGHS COLOURS AWARDED | ||
| SWIMMING | HALF COLOURS | Erin Daffarn |
| TENNIS | FULL COLOURS | Juliana Barrish |
| WATER POLO | FULL COLOURS | Anna Gray |
| WATER POLO | FULL COLOURS | Jaime Kelly |
| NETBALL | HALF COLOURS | Result Machiya |
| NETBALL | FULL COLOURS | Anna Gray |
Congratulations to you all!
Swimming
Rustenburg competed in the ‘Combined Gala’ at Rondebosch Boys High School on Thursday 20 October. We entered an A and B team. The RGHS A team placed 3rd and the B team placed 7th out of 9 schools. Well done to all our swimmers.
The past weekend, Michaela Labuschagne (Grade 9) took part in a gala where she qualified to represent WP at SANJ (South African National Juniors) in March 2023. At this gala, she swam a Senior B National qualifying time for the 800-meter freestyle event, clocking 9.59.79 as well as swimming SANJ times in the 400 and 200-meter freestyle, the 100 and 200-meter backstroke events. What an outstanding achievement this is. Congratulations and good luck with all the hard work that is ongoing.
Tennis
| TERM 4 TENNIS RESULTS Week starting 17 October 2022 | |||
| LEAGUE | 1st LEAGUE | 2nd LEAGUE | 2nd LEAGUE |
| TEAM | RGHS 1st | RGHS 2 | RGHS 3 |
| DATE | 21 Oct | 21 Oct | 21 Oct |
| OPPOSITION | Westerford | St Cyprians 3 | Springfield 1 |
| SCORE | Won 12-0 | Won 12-0 | Lost 4-8 |
| GAMES | Games 37-10 | Games 36-11 | Games 16-30 |
| TERM 4 TENNIS RESULTS Week starting 24 October 2022 | |||
| LEAGUE | 3rd LEAGUE | 3rd LEAGUE | 4th LEAGUE |
| TEAM | RGHS 4 | RGHS 5 | RGHS 6 |
| DATE | 25 Oct | 25 Oct | 25 Oct |
| OPPOSITION | St Cyprians 5 | Herschel 6 | Westerford |
| SCORE | Won 10-2 | Lost 2-10 | Won 12-2 |
| GAMES | Games 32-19 | Games 10-23 | Games 38-15 |
Biathle
Breaking news:
Skye Micklethwaite (Grade 10) is currently representing South Africa at the World Biathle Championships in Machico, Madeira Island, Portugal. This morning, 27 October, Skye and her partner, Luke Tinhof, placed 5th in the Biathle mixed relay event. Her Mum has this to say: “ The course is tough with soft sand and sharp turns. The competition field is also tough so this is an excellent outcome! Now it’s rest and refocus for Sunday’s individual race.”
Do know that Rustenburg is rooting for you, Skye. Good luck!
Dancing
Hannah October (Grade 8) competed in the WP Dance championships on Saturday at the Parow Civic Centre. She and her partner won all 5 dances (samba, cha-cha, rumba, paso-doble and jive) in the Junior Championship. Congratulations, Hannah.
