Indoor Hockey
We played our penultimate fixtures of the season against Fairmont, with our U14B team impressing against Westerford. On a blistering day in the North of Cape Town, all of our teams were tested and pushed to the limit in a series of nail-biting games. With regular coaches Ms Sasha Sivertsen and Ms Erin Coetzee away on provincial duty, we were fortunate to have our Captain and Vice-Captain, Lucy and Rachel Kane step in to do some coaching on the day. Thank you to Ms Mandi Jonker for her assistance at Westerford.
Unfortunately, goal scorers were not captured accurately this week, and selected scorers have been included in the results.
See results below:
| Date | Team | Opponent | Result | Scorers |
| 28/02/2024 | RGHS 1 | Fairmont 1 | Lost 1-2 | Tatum Malherbe |
| 28/02/2024 | RGHS 2 | Fairmont 2 | Won 1-0 | |
| 28/02/2024 | RGHS 3 | Fairmont 3 | Lost 2-3 | |
| 28/02/2024 | RGHS 4 | Fairmont 4 | Lost 0-2 | |
| 28/02/2024 | RGHS 5 | Fairmont 6 | Won 3-0 | |
| 28/02/2024 | RGHS 6 | Fairmont 7 | Won 3-0 | |
| 28/02/2024 | RGHS U14A | Fairmont U14A | Drew 1-1 | Zoe-Jane Cole |
| 28/02/2024 | RGHS U14B | Westerford 5 | Won 6-0 |
A big congratulations to Ms Sasha Sivertsen and Ms Erin Coetzee who were selected to represent the WP A and Disas teams respectively, at the most recent edition of the Senior Indoor Hockey IPT. We continue to be immensely proud of you.
A reminder that PGSGU Indoor Hockey is on 11 March at Herschel. Be sure to come and support our First Team, as they hope to defend their title.
Swimming
The Rustenburg swimming team took part in the annual A-League gala on Thursday, 29 February. The gala was hosted by Milnerton High School at Rondebosch Boys.
The swimmers did incredibly well, a special mention goes to Caitlin Evans who broke the u14 Backstroke 50m record.
Thank you to all the supporters that came to support the team.
New record:
- Caitlin Evans u14 Breaststroke 50m – 36:50
Overall results:
- 1 Herschel Girls School 224
- 2 St Cyprian’s School 186
- 3 Stellenberg High School 177
- 4 Rustenburg Girls’ High School 167
Tennis
The teams played their final tennis league fixtures this week. Unfortunately due to the weather, the 1st Team match was canceled on Monday. It has been a season filled with many victories but also a few frustrations, we thank the TICs and players for their dedication to the sport.
| Date | Team Opposition Score |
| Tuesday 5 March | 5th Team St Cyprians Won 8-4 |
| Tuesday 5 March | 6th Team Westerford Won 10-2 |
Touch Rugby
| Date | Team Opposition Score |
| Tuesday 27 February | 1st Team Claremont High School Won14-1 |
| Thursday 29 February | 3rd Team 4th Team Lost 2-4 |
Water Polo
The U16 Water Polo team played a catch-up match against Rhenish. The team travelled to Rhenish and faced a formidable opponent. There were many lessons to learn from this match. The U14 Team closed off their season by playing in a friendly round-robin tournament at Westerford.
| Date | Team Opposition Score |
| Friday 1 March | U16 Rhenish Lost 1-14 |
| Friday 1 March | U14 Fish Hoek Won 4-1 |
| U14 Somerset College Lost 4-5 | |
| U14 St Cyprians Lost 1-4 | |
| U14 Wynberg Won 6-1 |
Lifesaving
Imani Magotsi and Ellen Hodgkinson (Grade 11s) both competed in the Western Cape Lifesaving Championships held at Milnerton over the weekend of 24-25 February. The girls’ field saw strong competition in that it included current Junior European, Commonwealth Games and World Championship athletes, three current World Champions, the current British Champion, the current South African Champion and the national German team all competing.
Imani placed in the top 10 in almost all of her events, most notably placing 6th in the U17 Iron Woman race (comprising a surf swim, board, surf ski and run leg).
Ellen also placed in the top 10 positions in most of her events and walked away with 5 medals: a bronze and a silver for individual events (U17 board and ski) and two bronze and a silver for the team events. Ellen placed 7th in the U17 Iron Woman event.
Both Imani and Ellen do voluntary life-saving duties throughout the season and we thank them for their service in keeping our beachgoers safe.
Open Water Swimming
Good luck to Michaela Labuschagne (Grade 11) (10km and 5km events) and Caitlin Evans (Grade 8) (5km and 3km events) who will leave for the SwimSA Open Water Championships in Jeffreys Bay this weekend. Good luck!
