Interhouse Athletics
The Interhouse Athletics Meeting was held on the 2nd of September 2009 at the Westbourne Oval. The event once again saw all our athletes giving of their best and recording excellent times and distances.
Two new records were set:
Ali Mitchley - u11 girls cricket ball
Edwin Solms - open boys 100m
The final results were as follows:
Junior Victor/Victrix Ludorum
Boys
Runner-up Wade Robert
Winner Daniel Gray
Girls
Runner-up Palesa Chabula
Winner Dana Son Hing
Senior Victor/Victrix Ludorum
Boys
Runner-up Matthew Scott
Winner Edwin Solms
Girls
Megan van Wyk / Shelby Neves
Stevens House proved to be far too strong for the other two houses and won the event comfortably.
Quad Athletics
The Independent Schools Athletics Meeting was hosted by Woodridge this year at the Westbourne Oval. The team was well led by captains Shelby Neves and Dillon Dorothy. Our athletes performed well, with the following deserving of special mention:
U10 Girls
Hanne Mertens 3rd long jump
Romy Hart 3rd 200m; 2nd 100m
U10 Boys
Daniel Gray 3rd cricket ball; 3rd 100m
U11 Girls
Ali Mitchley 3rd 600m; 1st cricket ball
U12 Girls
Callan Johnson 3rd 200m
Megan van Wyk 2nd 800m
U12 Boys
Matthew Scott 3rd 1500m; 3rd high jump
Wola Zingela 3rd shot put
Open Girls
Shelby Neves 1st 1500m; 1st 800m; 1st 100m
Tammy van Wyk 3rd shot put
Helene Oosthuizen 2nd cricket ball
Open Boys
Dillon Dorothy 3rd 1500m; 3rd 800m
Edwin Solms 2nd cricket ball
Special mention must be made of the girls’ captain Shelby Neves, who had a superb season, winning all her events at the Independent Schools Meeting.
Kevin Lees
2011 Girls Captain: Ali Mitchley
2011 Boys Captain: Guto Ocharo
Interhouse Athletics 2011
The Inter-House Athletics Day was held at the Westbourne Oval on the 9th of September. We were blessed with superb weather and a wonderful day was had by all involved.
The event once again saw all of our athletes giving of their best and recording good times and distances. A highlight of the day was the enthusiasm and impeccable behaviour displayed by all our pupils. For the second year in a row Brawn proved to be far too strong for Stevens and Francis and they were crowned worthy champions for 2011. The final points standings were as follows:
1st Brawn House 526 points
2nd Francis House 340 points
3rd Stevens House 256 points
Victor Ludorum Awards:
Junior: Girls: Marina Georgiou (Stevens)
Boys: Ben Pengelly (Brawn)
Senior: Girls: Romy Hart (Francis)
Boys: Guto Ocharo (Brawn)
The following athletes deserve special mention for breaking new records:
Guto Ocharo – open boys long jump; 100m
Carolina Lourencon – u/10 girls high jump
Romy Hart – u/12 girls 200m; 100m
The Quadrangular Athletics Day was hosted by St. Andrews Prep this year. This traditional fixture sees St George’s Prep, St Andrew’s Prep, DSG, Kingswood and Woodridge competing against each other in track and field events. No points tally is kept but the competition is fierce regardless. Our athletes did us proud and once again the behaviour of our pupils was exemplary.
The following deserve special mention:
Thabo Luthuli (u12 boys): 2nd 1500m; 2nd 200m
Carolina Lourencon (u10 girls): 1st high jump
Guto Ocharo (open boys): 2nd long jump; 3rd 200m; 2nd high jump; 3rd 100m
Ali Mitchley (open girls): 3rd 1500m
Eza Ketse (u/12 girls): 2nd shot put
Jessica Beukes (u/10 girls): 3rd 600m
Pieter Mertens (u/10 boys): 3rd 600m
Luca Schmidt (u/11 girls): 2nd 600m
Ben Pengelly (u/11 boys): 2nd 600m
Marina Georgiou (u/11 girls): 3rd high jump; 3rd 100m
Danny Gray (u/12 boys): 2nd long jump; 3rd high jump
Kanzo Nzotoyi (open boys): 3rd shot put
Moesha Ngqabayi (u/10 girls): 3rd 200m
Romy Hart (u/12 girls): 3rd 200m
Hanne Mertens (u/12 girls): 3rd 800m
Jessica McEwan (u/9 girls): 1st 75m
PeggyMcEwan (u/9 girls): 3rd 75m
Lemtha Sonamzi (u/9 boys): 1st 75m
A big thank you to all the parents who assisted with transport to Grahamstown.
Mr Kevin Lees
