Please diarise the following dates:
- PGSGU CROSS COUNTRY – Friday 31 August @ RGHS (this is a new date)
- PGSGU U14, U16 & U19 NETBALL – Saturday 1 September @ RGHS
- PGSGU U14 & U16 HOCKEY – Friday 7 September @ Wynberg Girls’ High School
- PGSGU U16 & U19 HOCKEY – Saturday 8 September @ Wynberg Girls’ High School
Saturday 20 October – Open Air Movie Night (venue RGHS) – Water Polo tour Fundraiser – please diarise & support!
WEEKLY NEWS:
CROSS COUNTRY
On Saturday 11 August our RGHS runners represented the Southern Zone at the Cape Metro Schools Cross Country Championships. The races were held at Fairmont High School over a lapped 2km route. Congratulations to each one of you.
Results were as follows:
U14
- Rachel Behne 16th
- Rose Williamson 35th
- Kayla Ross 38th
- Manina Viljoen 42nd
U15
- Rachel Noyce 11th
- Lara Rule 13th
- Chloe Sampson 24th
U16
- Megan Phillipson 10th
- Bianca Ravell 28th
U19
- Rebecca Behne 7th
HOCKEY
DERBY DAY vs RHENISH 17 & 18 August
| DATE | DAY | TIME | TEAM | OPPONENT | VENUE |
| 17-Aug | Friday | 15h30 | U19C | Rhenish | Rhenish Astro |
| 17-Aug | Friday | 16h15 | U16C | Rhenish | Rhenish Astro |
| 17-Aug | Friday | 17h00 | U16D | Rhenish | Rhenish Astro |
| DATE | DAY | TIME | TEAM | OPPONENT | VENUE |
| 18-Aug | Saturday | 08h00 | U14A | Rhenish | Rhenish Astro |
| 18-Aug | Saturday | 08h00 | U14C | Rhenish | Bloemhof Astro |
| 18-Aug | Saturday | 09h00 | U16A | Rhenish | Rhenish Astro |
| 18-Aug | Saturday | 09h00 | U16B | Rhenish | Bloemhof Astro |
| 18-Aug | Saturday | 10h00 | U19B | Rhenish | Rhenish Astro |
| 18-Aug | Saturday | 10h00 | U14B | Rhenish | Bloemhof Astro |
| 18-Aug | Saturday | 11h00 | U19A | Rhenish | Rhenish Astro |
| SOCCER | |||||
| DATE | DAY | TIME | TEAM | OPPONENT | VENUE |
| 19-Aug | Saturday | 10h30 | Junior | Rhenish | Rhenish |
HOCKEY MATCH REPORT
RGHS U19A vs Springfield Convent @ Springfield – Wednesday 8 August
In an evenly contested match, created by the battle of the midfields, RGHS were unlucky not to score early, but dominated the game for long periods of time.
Final score 0-0 and Player of the Match Georgia Hill (Gr 11)
NETBALL
FIXTURES: Saturday 18 August vs Rhenish in Stellenbosch
Rustenburg vs Herschel at Herschel
Thursday 16 August
| Herschel Indoor | Herschel outside court | RustenburgCourt 1 | RustenburgCourt 2 | |
| 15h30 | U16A | U16C | U14B | U14C |
| 16h10 | 1st Team | U16B | U14A |
Rustenburg vs Rhenish at Rhenish
Saturday 18 August – Bus leaving RGHS at 06h50, 10 seats available
| TIME | RHENISH COURT 1 | RHENISH COURT 2 | RHENISH COURT 3 |
| 08:30 | U16A | Rhenish U18C vsRust u16D | U14C |
| 09:15 | U14B | U16B | U16C |
| 10:00 | U14A | Rhenish U15B vs Rustenburg u16B | U19B |
| 10:45 | Rhenish U15A vs Rustenburg u16A | U14D | Rhenish u15C vs Rustenburg u16C |
| 11:30 | U19A |
SQUASH
Congratulations to Jordyn Campbell (Gr 10) who won the Girls U17 section of the African Open Squash Tournament held at UCT over the past weekend. What an excellent result.
Good luck to the following girls who will be representing RGHS at the annual PGSGU Inter-Schools Squash Tournament taking place at WPCC on Saturday 18 August: Jordyn Campbell (Captain), Cameron Alexander (Vice-captain), Stephanie Du and Isabella Rossouw.
SWIMMING
Daniella Solkow (Gr 11) competed in the SA short course Swimming Championships in Durban at the Kings Park venue last week. Congratulations on these excellent results.
- 50 Freestyle – A Finals, 26.55 placing 10th
- 100 Free – 59.70 – place 37
- 50 Breast – 34.72 – place 28
- 100 Breast – 1.15.29 – place 24
- 100 IM – 1.08.12 – place 30
- 50 Back – 31.89 – place 46
Relays:
- 4×50 Medley mixed – Bronze medal
- 4×100 Medley women – 8th
- 4×50 Free women – 6th
- 4×50 Free Mixed – 5th
- 4×200 Free women – 5th
- 4×50 Medley women – 6th
- 4×100 Free women – 6th
