Sports News and Results 25 May 2022

Sport will continue throughout the exams. The revised EXAM SPORTS PROGRAMME has been shared with all the learners.

Cross Country

The second league race of the season took place on Friday 20 May at SACS. On an interesting course with lots of twists and turns, uphills and downhills and with a light drizzle, Rustenburg had 10 runners brave the conditions.

The results are as follows:

• U14: Sofia Fiasconara 7^th; Nicole Smuts 14^th; Thanaa van der Schyff 16^th; Teagan Bowerman 17^th.
• U16: Bianca Witbooi 7^th; Mila Cheary 13^th; Iris Botha 14^th.
• U17: Annie Malherbe 2^nd.
• U18: Kayla Ross 7^th; Kensani Hlatshwayo 15^th.

Congratulations on these wonderful results.

The third league race is being held at Milnerton on Wednesday 25 May.

Hockey

CONGRATULATIONS:

Three of our current coaches have been included in the WP Coaching set-up:

• Olu Ncukana – the U18B coach
• Erin Coetzee – the U18B assistant coach
• Aaron Kuhn – the U16 North coach

Hockey Report vs Westerford High School

Exams got underway on Friday but that didn’t stop our hockey teams from putting on a show against Westerford. To give some of the teams who don’t usually get the opportunity to play under lights, matches were split between RGHS and Westerford. 

Our teams continued their good run of form, recording some excellent results. A special mention to the players who played for the U16D team, who came together as a team for the first time, and recorded a mammoth 8-0 victory.

With no matches this weekend, Mr Ncukana will be running a skills clinic on Friday afternoon to make sure that all players have the opportunity to stay sharp and keep putting together some really good performances. Make sure you sign up and don’t miss out.

TEAM	OPPONENT	RESULT	SCORERS
U14A	Westerford U14A	RGHS won 1-0	Megan Adam
U14B	Westerford U14B	RGHS drew 1-1	Juliette Visser
U16A	Westerford U16A	RGHS won 6-0	Ally Goulding x 3, Isla Barbour x 2 & Trinity Ngaka
U16B	Westerford U16B	RGHS won 6-0	Grace Hallett x 2, Zoe Bailey, Caitlyn Walter & Robyn White
U16C	Westerford U16C	RGHS won 4-0	Isabella Webber, Robyn-Lee Solomon, Taylor Staniland & Gabriella Sanya
U16D	Westerford U14C	RGHS won 8-0
U19A	Westerford U19A	RGHS won 5-0	Jodie Blows x 3, Tatum Malherbe & Ashleigh Dixon
U19B	Westerford U19B	RGHS won 5-0	Emma Naiker x 2, Taybah Williams, Ashleigh Rix & Hannah Lavery

Congratulations to all the coaches and teams. 

Netball

LEAGUE MATCH 2 VS ST. CYPRIANS SCHOOL

Rustenburg Girls’ Netball teams played against St. Cyprians on Thursday 19 May in only the second league fixture of the season. Thankfully no rain was forecast for the afternoon which allowed for all games to continue as scheduled.

All ten Netball teams took to the court, ending with 7 victories and 3 defeats. The junior sides had a few close finishes, losing out on only a few points in the end. The U14A’s had a brilliant game against the St. Cyprians U14A team. They were just one of three RGHS teams to reach beyond 20 goals on the day. Our U18A and B teams were once again dominant in their performances, pulling away from our opposition with a very healthy scoreline.  

Results vs St. Cyprians High School were as follows:

Opponent	Result	Scores
U14 A	Won	24-15
U14 B	Won	14-9
U14 C	Lost	3-7
U14 D	Won	5-3
U15 A	Lost	7-14
U16 A	Lost	10-14
U16 B	Won	16-10
U16 C vs U15 B	Won	5-2
U19 B	Won	26-7
U19 A	Won	27-14

After a two week break, it was great to be back out on the courts again. Another brilliant set of results going in favour of Rustenburg Girls’ Netball. Well done to all teams!

Squash

Well done to our B team for their win against Wynberg Girls’ High School on Monday 23 May.

Results are as follows:

Monday 23 May	B Team at Villagers vs Wynberg	Games	Points
1. Morgan Hunter	Lost	1-3	0
2. Debra Rossouw	Won	3-0	1
3. Shannon McDiarmid	Lost	2-3	0
4. Hannah van Rensburg	Won	3-0	1
+2 bonus points for a win		9-6	Win 11-6

• The A-Team have a BYE on Monday 30 May.
• The B Team is playing matches against Fairbairn HS at Villagers on Monday 30 May.