Summer Sports Captains and Vice-Captains
Congratulations to the following newly-elected summer sports leaders:
Indoor Hockey:
- Captain: Lucy Kane
- Vice-Captain: Rachel Kane
Tennis:
- Captain: Rachel Kane
- Vice-Captain: Lucy Kane
Touch Rugby:
- Captain: Loren-Kate Dicks
- Vice-Captain: Nihaal Effendi
Swimming:
- Captain: Skye Micklethwaite
- Vice-Captain: Isabella Keytel
Water Polo:
- Captain: Caitlyn Walter
- Vice Captain: Caroline Macdonald
Congratulations to you all.
Tennis
Maggie Krieg (Grade 11) participated in the schools’ Tennis Inter-Provincial tournament for the under 15 and under 19 age groups that took place from 10-13 January in Pretoria. This is the largest team competition in the country, boasting participation from over 350 players. Maggie and her team obtained an impressive 7th place out of 13 teams in her age category. What an achievement. We’re proud of you Maggie!
Water Polo
The Water Polo season is in full swing. The U19A and U16A teams started their pre-season training in January before schools opened. Congratulations to the grade 8s selected to represent Rustenburg U14A.
The RGHS First Team took part in the first round of the Reddam Night Series on Tuesday, 23 January. The team played against Somerset College at Reddam Constantia. Well done to the team on a hard-fought 4-2 victory.
| Date | Team | Opponent | Result | Goal Scorers |
| 23 January | 1st Team | Somerset College | Won 4-2 | Cara Gruber, Olivia Figaji, Jade Jarvis, Emily Readhead |
We would also like to congratulate the following players who represented Western Province in the December holidays.
WP u14B
- Jessica Gray
WP U15A
- Jade Jarvis
- Olivia Figaji
WP U15B
- Olivia Nejthardt
WP U16A
- Tatum Malherbe
U16 Non-Travelling reserve
- Emily Readhead
Indoor Hockey
We had a frantic start to the sporting calendar at Rustenburg, which saw all of our Grade 8 learners have an opportunity to try out for various team sports. With the selection process swiftly and thoroughly completed for Indoor Hockey, we played our first matches of the season on 24 January. We were able to put together eight teams this year, which is one more than in 2023, and several learners joined our social teams as the demand for Indoor Hockey continues to grow. All eight teams had fixtures in the first round, which featured matches against both St Cyprian’s School and Fairmont High School.
We are very proud of the performances we put in, especially considering most of our players haven’t had an opportunity to train with their new teams until match day.
See results below:
| Date | Team | Opponent | Result | Scorers |
| 24/01/2023 | RGHS 1 | St Cyprian’s 1 | Drew 0-0 | |
| 24/01/2023 | RGHS 2 | St Cyprian’s 3 | Lost 0-2 | |
| 24/01/2023 | RGHS 3 | St Cyprian’s 3 | Lost 0-2 | |
| 24/01/2023 | RGHS U14A | St Cyprian’s 4 | Lost 2-5 | Zoe-Jane Cole & Amy Penney |
| 24/01/2023 | RGHS 5 | St Cyprian’s 5 | Won 4-0 | Lola White x 2 & Ife Mbamalu x 2 |
| 24/01/2023 | RGHS U14B | Fairmont 6 | Won 2-1 | Lexie Miller & Jemma Douglas |
| 24/01/2023 | RGHS 7 | St Cyprian’s 8 | Won 1-0 | Emma Anderson |
| 24/01/2023 | RGHS 8 | Fairmont 9 | Lost 1-2 | Nina McDiarmid |
Congratulations to Payton Hendricks (Grade 9), Tara Neville-Smyly (Grade 10) and Ally Goulding (Grade 11) who made their first appearances for the Rustenburg 1st Indoor Hockey Team.
Open Water Swimming
Michaela Labuschagne (Grade 11) attended trials for the 2024 World Aquatic Open Water Swimming Championships that took place over the holidays. She competed in the 5km and 10km swim category, where she placed 7th position in a time of 1 hour, 8 minutes and 52 seconds, just 4 minutes behind the former Olympian swimmer. In the 10km swim, she came in position 8, with a time of 2 hours, 29 minutes and 13 seconds. This achievement qualified her to swim in the 2024 South African Open Water National Championships. Well done! We’re so proud of you.
Elite Self Defense
Naila Pandit (Grade 9), achieved an impressive green belt following her participation in the Krav Maga grading hosted by Elite Defense Academy. We are proud of your achievement.
Dance
Giselle Hesse (Grade 11) recently partook in the DanceStar qualifying dance competition. She danced incredibly and has qualified for the DanceStar World Dance Masters 2024 in Croatia for at least 7 dances (1 solo, 1 trio, 5 group dances). She will be representing SOUTH AFRICA at this international dance competition. Congratulations!