Newsletter 8: 2013 Athletics: The District Athletics Championships was held at Pilditch on Saturday 16 February. Three of our pupils were invited to take part with excellent results. Matthew Joubert - 2nd place for Boys u 13 Long Jump Caroline Mosime - 4th place for Girls u 13 100m Sprint Deborah Yemek - 3rd place for Girls u 9 60m and 80m Sprints. Well done to these athletes who performed so well even though it was not athletics season. Swimming: The A swimming team came 3rd at the gala at Tygervalley on Friday last week. The B team kept trying. Well done to all these swimmers that give of their best every gala and during practices. We swam our last friendly galas on Friday. A reminder that we will be swimming in the Inter Primary Galas on Wednesday 6 March – A Team and Friday 8 March – B Team. Details and arrangements will follow. Some of the B Team swimmers will be swimming in the A team relays but swimmers will be notified of the events that they will be swimming.
Cricket: The Open A team played a sensational match against Brooklyn Primary. They beat Brooklyn by 233 runs. Murray Hudson-Lamb scored 203 not out – 19 sixes and 17 fours. Ruan du Preez scored 52 not out. The Open B team lost by 1 run and all the other matches on Wednesday were rained out. Tennis: The Girls Tennis League team beat Laerskool Elardus Park by 15 games last week and the Boys Tennis League team beat Doxa Deo by 21 games. Well done to our up and coming tennis players.
Fixtures for next week
Monday
25 February
Boys Tennis League Match against Laerskool Lynnwood @ WPS Girls Tennis League Match against Laerskool Garsfontein @ WPS
Tuesday
26 February
Open A Cricket match against Northridge Primary @ WPS Open B Cricket match against Northridge Primary @ Northridge
Wednesday
27 February
u 11 A Cricket match against Northridge Primary @ WPS u 10 A Cricket match against Northridge Primary @ Northridge
Thursday
28 February
u 9 Cricket match against Northridge Primary @ Northridge
Buses for the cricket will leave at 13:15 and return after the matches at approx 17:00