The very busy month of August continues with the derby weekend against Rhenish Girls’ High. Rhenish will be hosting us in Stellenbosch on Friday 12 August and Saturday 13 August. Hockey matches will be played on Friday and Saturday – all teams are playing.
Football and Netball matches will be played on Saturday. Our 1st and 2nd Football teams will be playing matches. Only our U14A, B, C, D and U16B and C teams will be playing Netball matches.
Buses will depart from Rustenburg early on Saturday morning and return the players to Rustenburg around lunchtime on Saturday. Please ensure that your daughter has secured her place on the bus. Matches will continue even if it is raining. The Netball matches will be played in the Rhenish Indoor Centre.
Cross Country
Our runners ran in the Cross Country race hosted by Westerford on Wednesday 27 July. Over a challenging and technical route in sections, all runners were able to navigate the course successfully.
Results were as follows:
- U14: Abygael Kew 7th; Thanaa van der Schyff 11th; Nicole Smuts 12th; Teagan Bowerman 18th
- U15: Imani Magotsi 15th
- U16: Mila Cheary 11th; Ammarah Braaf 17th
- U17: Amy Forbes 6th
- U19: Kayla Ross 3rd; Kensani Hlatshwayo 10th
On Wednesday 3 August Rondebosch Boys hosted their annual race.
The following runners participated and their results are as follows:
- U14: Sofia Fiasconara 6th; Abygael Kew 7th; Morgan Faught 8th; Nicole Smuts 19th; Teagan Bowerman (position unknown)
- U15: Lily Irish 8th; Imani Magotsi 9th
- U16: Skye Micklethwaite 4th; Rachel Kane 9th; Mila Cheary 10th; Ammarah Braaf 17th
- U17: Annie Malherbe 4th; Robyn Biccard 5th; Amy Forbes 7th
- U19: Kayla Ross 6th; Hannah Lavery 8th; Kensani Hlatshwayo 11th
(Results received from RBHS are not accurate – if you have been omitted or have an incorrect finishing position please email Mrs Scott)
Football
On Wednesday 3 August Pinelands High School came to play a match against our 1st Football Team. Our coaches tried out many new combinations and used the match as practice for our upcoming derby against Rhenish. The Pinelands team were way too strong for us on the day and ended up scoring 4 goals to 0. Well done to Pinelands.
Hockey
We are back into the swing of things in term 3, and we played our first fixtures of the term against Parel Vallei, who were wonderful hosts out in Somerset West. The U19A team also played a make-up fixture against Springfield on Monday 1 August. The rest of the fixtures against Springfield will be played later in term 3.
We are very proud of the results achieved against some very strong Parel Vallei teams.
See below:
| TEAM | OPPONENT | RESULT | SCORERS |
| U14A | Parel Vallei | RGHS lost 0-2 | |
| U14B | Parel Vallei | RGHS drew 0-0 | |
| U16A | Parel Vallei | RGHS drew 1-1 | Ally Goulding |
| U16B | Parel Vallei | RGHS won 4-0 | Loren-Kate Dicks, Helen Bamford & Sophia Webster |
| U16C | Parel Vallei | RGHS won 2-0 | Salma Jacobs & Catherine Bisset |
| U16D | Parel Vallei | RGHS won 3-0 | Gabriella Sanya x 2 & Taylor Staniland |
| U19A | Parel Vallei | RGHS lost 1-3 | Amber de Villiers |
| U19A | Springfield | RGHS won 2-0 | Nina von der Heyden & Lucy Kane |
| U19B | Parel Vallei | RGHS drew 1-1 | Kayla Beattie |
| U19C | Parel Vallei | RGHS won 2-0 |
Congratulations to Alhaan Emeran (Grade 11) on reaching 25 caps for the U19A Hockey team.
Netball
Thursday 28 JULY
REDDAM HOUSE CONSTANTIA LEAGUE MATCH 5
Rustenburg Girls’ Netball teams played against Reddam House Constantia on Thursday 28 July at Reddam House.
Eight Netball teams travelled to Reddam on Thursday afternoon, and it turned out to be a tough day at the office for our Netball teams. Rustenburg only managed to walk away with 2 victories, with our U14B’s and first team managing to pull off wins. The Reddam junior teams, particularly their U15As and U16A displayed some incredible talent and teamwork on the court. They are definitely going to be our toughest opponents in the next two years. Though our teams always put in a good effort on the court, the results did not uphold the performance and it was a disappointing day for us. This was not all doom and gloom as they were ready to pick themselves up for the next fixture to come, with only the desire to improve and continue to work hard on their minds.
Results vs Reddam House Constantia were as follows:
| Opponent | Result | Scores |
| U14 A | Lost | 15 – 20 |
| U14 B | Won | 13 – 3 |
| U14 D vs U14 C | Lost | 8 – 10 |
| U15 A | Lost | 2 – 29 |
| U16 A | Lost | 5 – 22 |
| U16 B vs U15A | Lost | 12 – 23 |
| U19 B | Lost | 22 – 17 |
| U19 A | Won | 20 – 18 |
Well done to all teams for competing! Onwards and upwards!
Tuesday 2 August
FISH HOEK HIGH LEAGUE MATCH 6
Rustenburg hosted Fish Hoek High in a make-up fixture on Tuesday 2 August, where all ten teams took to the court in an epic battle for top honours and redemption from the previous week’s performances.
Our Netball teams put on some incredible performances with great results to show for it. Much applause for the U16A and U16C teams who contested for every point and left it all out on the court, coming from behind to win their games.
Our first team were not so lucky on the day as they met their match with some immense physicality and skill and went down by just 3 points in the end.
Results vs Fish Hoek High were as follows:
| Opponent | Result | Scores |
| U14 A | Won | 20 – 12 |
| U14 B | Draw | 15 – 15 |
| U14 C | Won | 11 – 4 |
| U14 D | Won | 7 – 5 |
| U15 A | Lost | 6 – 25 |
| U16 A | Won | 20 – 4 |
| U16 B | Won | 17 – 7 |
| U16 C | Won | 13 – 12 |
| U19 B | Won | 27 – 7 |
| U19 A | Lost | 27 – 30 |
As always, we are very proud of the commitment and hard work of our Netball players. Well done to all teams!
Thursday 4 August
JAN VAN RIEBEECK LEAGUE MATCH 7
Rustenburg Girls’ Netball teams were hosted by Jan Van Riebeeck on Thursday 4 August, in the third last league fixture of the season. On a cold, but beautiful day for Netball out in Cape Town CBD, right under Table Mountain, we were welcomed to an awesome venue for some great Netball to come.
Our Netball teams were great against JVR, pulling off five victories out of our seven matches. Once again, our U16A’s have continued their run of form and hammered the opposition 21-6. Some more dominance from our U14B’s and our U16B’s as they showcased their teamwork and fitness ending with a very favourable score line. The U19B’s were short of players for the last 2 fixtures and credit has to be given to Kate Ferguson and Lauren Henderson (from the U16A teams) for stepping in and filling the void – they fitted in seamlessly to help the U19B’s win both fixtures. Further acknowledgement and credit to the U19B regular starters for setting the standard and leading the team to these wins too. The Netball culture is growing immensely and we are extremely proud of all our players.
Results vs Jan Van Riebeeck were as follows:
| Opponent | Result | Scores |
| U14 A | Won | 20 – 18 |
| U14 B | Won | 24 – 7 |
| U15 A | Lost | 9 – 21 |
| U16 A | Won | 21 – 6 |
| U16 B | Won | 24 – 6 |
| U19 B | Won | 22 – 20 |
| U19 A | Lost | 38 – 47 |
Thank you to all who came out to show their support. Well done to all our teams!
Squash
Congratulations to our second Squash team:
| B Team at Old Mutual vs Cannons Creek | |||
| 25 July 2022 | Result | Games | Points |
| 1. Morgan Hunter | Won | 3-0 | 1 |
| 2. Lara Pienaar | Lost | 1-3 | 0 |
| 3. Debra Rossouw | Won | 3-0 | 1 |
| 4. Hannah van Rensburg | Won | 3-0 | 1 |
| +2 bonus points for a win | 10-3 | 12-3 |
Individual Sport Achievements
Karate
On 30 July Eleanor Cruise (Grade 11) participated in a regional karate competition in Belville. She was put up against both junior and senior opponents (a 32-year-old black belt who is the reigning SA champion, a 40+-year-old brown belt and girls of her own age who have brown and black belts). After many fighting matches, some blood, lots of sweat and surprisingly not many tears, Eleanor received 4 gold medals and 2 silver medals. This is such exciting news and Eleanor’s future looks bright. Congratulations on these achievements.
Netball
Anna Gray (Grade 12) represented CTSN (Cape Town School Netball) during the holidays. The team played brilliantly and won Gold medals. We are so very proud of you Anna.
Katja de Villiers (Grade 8) has competed in the Indoor Action Netball Tournament (Senior League) at the Montague Arena in Milnerton over the past 5 months. She is a member of the Poison Ivy Team. They won their league for which they received a trophy and the gold medals at the finals on Monday 1 August 2022. Congratulations on this excellent achievement.
Road Running
Biancha Witbooi (Grade 10) ran the Pinelands 5km race on Sunday 31 July. She was the first female to cross the line. Congratulations on this fine win, beating all the senior women as a junior runner is quite exceptional. Well done.
Anna Gray (Grade 12) ran the Totalsports Women’s Day race on 9 August and placed 5th junior. She ran an excellent time of 48:47 on an extremely hilly course. Well done, Anna.
Swimming
Jenna Renecle (Grade 11) swam in the Western Province Short Course Championships and the Cape Coastal Grand Prix during the holidays. She received two bronze medals for 50m breaststroke and 50m backstroke. Congratulations on these fabulous results.