A very warm welcome back to School Sport at Rustenburg.
Term 1, as always, has had a very busy start. We are looking forward to many sporting fixtures, tournaments and tours. For your interest and to assist you with planning please view the 2023 Sport Dates and Fixtures to access the fixtures for all sporting codes, as well as the Term 1 Sports Programme 2023.
*(Please visit these links regularly as they are in a working document where information will be added as we receive it.)
Our first three days back at school started off with the Grade 8 sports trials for swimming, tennis, water polo, and indoor hockey. We are excited to have some new and exciting talent come up through all the sporting codes!
Grade 8 Inter-house Trail Run
The Sports Department kicked off the year with the annual Grade 8 Sports day. We hosted the Grade 8 first Trail Run event in the new houses. There was some great running on display, and it was fantastic to see the school spirit as well as some of the parents supporting on the side of the field.
The results were as follows:
House Race Points
| INTER-HOUSE TRAIL EVENT | Race 1 | Race 2 | TOTAL POINTS | Final Positions |
| CORVUS | 98 | 26 | 124 | 3rd |
| CYGNUS | 114 | 37 | 151 | 1st |
| LACERTA | 102 | 29 | 131 | 2nd |
| LEPUS | 66 | 38 | 104 | 5th |
| PAVO | 80 | 26 | 106 | 4th |
Individual Race Results:
| Position | Name | Surname | Form | House |
| 1 | Rylie | Hodgekiss | A6 | Lacerta |
| 2 | Ella | Vossgatter | A3 | Corvus |
| 3 | Payton | Hendricks | A1 | Cygnus |
| 4 | Jenni | Manning | A2 | Cygnus |
| 5 | Jessica | Gray | A2 | Lacerta |
| 6 | Reese | Edwards | A2 | Corvus |
| 7 | Reolebogile | Sello | A6 | Pavo |
| 8 | Samantha | Stevens | A3 | Lepus |
| 9 | Leeya | Israel | A3 | Cygnus |
| 10 | Kayla | Malherbe | A1 | Pavo |
Water Polo
Rustenburg Girls’ Water Polo Players Jade Jarvis (Grade 9) and Olivia Figaji (Grade 9), represented the Western Province U14A Team at last year’s Schools Water Polo SA (SWPSA) Inter-Provincial Tournament (IPT), from 10-14 December at Northwood School, Durban.
The WP U14A team reached the final where they faced the Central Gauteng U14A, but only managed to walk away with the Silver medal. We are extremely proud of Jade and Olivia for their excellence in the Water Polo pool, well done on your achievements!
Rustenburg Girls’ Water Polo players Bella Murray (Grade 10) and Tatum Malherbe (Grade 10) represented the Western Province U54A Team at last year’s Schools Water Polo SA (SWPSA) Inter-Provincial Tournament (IPT), from 10-14 December at Crawford International, Durban.
The WP U15A team reached the 3rd place play-off where they faced Zimbabwe and managed to bag the third-place bronze medal. We are extremely proud of these learners and their excellence in the Water Polo pool, well done on your achievements!
Sailing
Congratulations to Isabella Keytel (Grade 11) who participated in the 2022 South African Sailing Youth Nationals championship! She sailed in the Ilca 6’ class that took place at the Vaal Dam from 16 – 21 December.
Isabella did not compete in her usual fleet due to minimal wind; she therefore had to opt for a bigger sail for this race! She placed 5th overall in her fleet, out of 24 competitors. What a fantastic achievement, we are so proud of you!
Dance
Izzy Gomes (Grade 10) has been selected to represent Africa in a dance competition in Croatia in May this year. She will be attending with her dance group and has worked extremely hard for this achievement. Congratulations!