Sports Update 27 July 2023

Hockey Cape Town International Hockey Tournament The U19A and High-Performance Invitational Hockey teams returned to school on 18 July and landed straight back into the action. We hosted Framlingham College, a boarding school near Woodbridge, in the United Kingdom.  Our visitors definitely livened the place up, with a touring party …

Sports Update 20 July 2023

Welcome back to Term 3! All sport starts on Monday 24 July for all learners. Watch live: Western Province Hockey Wow! Where does one even begin? With 14 members of the Rustenburg Hockey community involved in National and Regional Tournaments for Western Province, the holiday period always promised to be …

Sports Update 22 June 2023

Squash Isla Barbour (Grade 10) has been selected to represent Western Province at the upcoming Squash Inter-Provincial Tournament that will take place during the June Holidays. Well done! We wish you all the best for the Tournament.  Photo: Isla Barbour at the 2023 NSGF tournament in Bloemfontein WP Hockey news …

Sports Update 15 June 2023

Football The Schools Soccer League continued on Wednesday, 7 June, with the Rustenburg 1st and 2nd teams playing against Westerford High School. Despite the cold, wet weather, Rustenburg was ready to face very strong competitors. The teams got on the football field and gave a nail-biting performance. The 1st team …

Sports Update 8 June 2023

On 16 May, a friendly football game was played between Rustenburg and a group of students visiting South Africa to study English at Bayswater Centre. Thirty young girls and boys arrived in three buses, excited to play some football. Most of them did not speak much English, but luckily sport …

Sports Update 25 May 2023

Football The Schools Soccer League continued on Wednesday 17 May and Thursday 18 May with Rustenburg 2nd team playing on Wednesday and 1st team playing on Thursday against Fish Hoek High School. Despite very strong competitors, the teams got on the football field and gave a nail biting performance. The …

Sports Update 18 May 2023

Squash The Western Province Youth Squash League continued with Rustenburg A1 vs Hershel High School. It started hard as 2 players were sick and were unable to play. This resulted in one of the players having to play 2 games. This was not a favourable approach but demonstrated sportsmanship when …

Sports Update 11 May 2023

National Girls’ School Festival – click here to read a full report. Winter Sports Captains Congratulations to the Winter Sports Captains and Vice Captains for 2023. Sport Code Names  Squash Captain: Morgan Hunter Vice Captain: Isla Barbour Cross Country Captain: Annie Malherbe Vice Captain: Amy Forbes Football Captain: Katherine Jowett Vice Captain: Emma …

National All Girls Festival: 27-30 April

The National Girls Schools Festival, also known as the “ALL GIRLS” festival took place over the long weekend, from Thursday 27 to Sunday 30 April, at Eunice Girls’ School in Bloemfontein. Rustenburg was well represented in this year’s festival, the first since pre-covid, as seven teams travelled to Bloemfontein to …

Sports Update 4 May 2023

National All Girls Festival: 27-30 April The National Girls Schools Festival, also known as the “ALL GIRLS” festival took place over the long weekend, from Thursday 27 to Sunday 30 April, at Eunice Girls’ School in Bloemfontein. Rustenburg was well represented in this year’s festival, the first since pre-covid, as …

Sports Update 20 April 2023

U16 Champions Cup Hockey and Netball Tournament Rustenburg hosted the 7th annual U16 Champions Cup Hockey and Netball tournament from 14-16 April. 16 hockey and 12 netball teams started arriving on the school campus from 11h00 on Friday morning, with the Diocesan School for Girls making their presence felt and …

Sports Update 13 April 2023

We are looking forwad to hosting the 2023 U16 Hockey and Netball Champions Cup Tournament this weekend. We have 16 Hockey Teams and 12 Netball Teams participating. Please show your support by coming to watch on either Friday, 14 April 2023 (13:00 to 19:00), Saturday 15 April (08:00-20:00) or Sunday …

Sports Update 30 March 2023

What a term it has been! We have had some incredible results and achievements from the various sporting codes this term. The growth in numbers for our Social Sports were beyond our initial programme and we had to split classes and even turn students away to a different sport, because …

Sports Update 23 March 2023

As we draw nearer to the end of the term, all summer sporting codes will be ending this week Friday 24 March. Preparations have started for a couple of the sports on the winter programme (namely; Netball and Hockey), as teams need to be finalized for the National Girls’ Schools’ …

Sports Update 16 March 2023

We are nearly at the end of a very busy Term 1. It has been great to see all the sporting codes grow in numbers, and strength. With most fixtures for summer sports being completed, winter sport trials have managed to get a head start, especially for Netball and Outdoor …

Sports Update 9 March 2023

END OF TERM DATES: Emails will be sent out regarding end-of-term dates to each sporting code, but here is a document for your record/reading in the meantime: End of Term 1 Dates Tennis End of Term 1 dates: It is the last round of matches for the season coming up …

Sports Update 2 March 2022

We welcome Ms Retha Sewe Lekgothoane who joins Rustenburg as the new Director of Sport.  Previously in charge of Sport Development with the Bergriver Municipality in Piketberg, Ms Lekgothoane has moved to Cape Town with her husband and 4-year-old son.  We hope they will be very happy at Rustenburg. Tennis …

Sports Update 23 February 2023

Tennis We almost had a clean sweep this week! Our 3rd team came so close – they drew in matches won, but unfortunately lost overall by the number of games won in their matches, which came to a difference of only 2 games. Such a close result! Great effort 3rd …

Sports Update 16 February 2023

Swimming Inter House Gala On Friday 10 February, we hosted our second annual Inter-House Gala with our new houses. On a scorching hot Friday morning, the gala ran swimmingly, with lots of eager learners keen to put on a show and give their houses the best possible chance of winning …

Sports Update 9 February 2023

Tennis We almost had a clean sweep in this last round of tennis matches. Our 4th and 5th teams had to go up against each other, so there could unfortunately only be one winner! The girls are showing great competitive spirits even within the teams. Challenge matches are happening almost …