May Individual Achievers

Well done to each of these girls on their outstanding individual achievements:

MEGAN SMITH - TRIATHLONS

Congratulations to Megan Smith who competed in the Trinity Sprint Triathlon during the holidays.  She came 2nd in the ladies section and 9th overall which is an amazing achievement.  She also competed in the Sun City Sprint Triathlon and came 2nd in her age group, 12th lady and 48th overall out of 500 athletes.  Outstanding!

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NICOLE BRINK - AFRIKAANS SPEAKER FESTIVAL

Nicole Brink, Kayla Jack, Bontle Kgogo Natasja Troskie participated in the Littleton Manor Best Speaker Festival for Afrikaans. The gr. 8 team received a silver certificate for their speeches on Oorlog and Nicole Brink Gr. 8 received a silver certificate and came in the top 5 of the junior section with her speech on STERRE !

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PRESIDENT'S AWARDS - KATHRYN DAVIES, KRISTEN ACHEAMPONG, BIANCA PRINSLOO

Congratulations to Kathryn Davies and Kristen Acheampong on their GOLD award and to Bianca Prinsloo on her SILVER award.

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KARATE  - CLAUDIA DOBSON & ZOE DUFFIELD

Congratulations to Claudia Dobson who attained her junior black belt in Karate and has been welcomed into the Black Belt Academy.  Claudia also received her 2nd Official National (Protea) colours - awarded by SASCOC. Also to Claudia and Zoe Duffield who have both been seleted for the SA Karate team to participate in the AUSC Zone 6 Championship in Harare.

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EQUESTRIAN - NICOLE GOUGH

Congratulations to Nicole Gough who came 1st in both her classes in the Elementary Dressage Level 3 at the SANESA Qualifier no 3.

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VEGA VIVE CHALLENGE WINNERS - ETHEL MAKOVAH, SINENHLANHLA MCHUNU, ROFHIWA MUKHONDO, ORATILE THOTHEKA

Congratulations to our girls for winning the VEGA Vive competition where they were required to present a brand offering for Tomi  Shoes.  These four girls won the competition for the Randburg campus and received their medals and prize money in assembly from the Principal of the campus.

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SQUASH - PROVINCIAL REPRESENTATIVES - GABRIELLA BEAUCHAMP, KATHRYN HUMPHREY, LEXI GALATIS, TYLA BARKER

Congratulations to the following girls who have been selected to represent Central Gauteng at the Inter-Provincial Tournament in June:

Gabriella Beauchamp – U 19A
Kathryn Humphrey, Lexi Galatis and Tyla Barker – U16 squad – A and B teams still to be confirmed.

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TEGAN KOREVAAR - SA ROWER

Congratulations to our top rower at Saints - Tegan Korevaar who has been selected to row for South Africa at the Junior World Champs in Rotterdam.  Congratulations too to our BC representatives Mitch Booyse, Jordan Pepermans & Max Silber.

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CHESS 

The "Chess for All Tournament" at St. Mary's was open to all schools and hosted teams of 4 players. Our team consisted of:

• Kayla-Ann Jack, Grade 8
• Amber Beresford, Grade 8
• Zanne Smit, Grade 9
• Simingenkosi Ncube, Grade 11

The results are as follows:

1. 1. Monument
2. 2. Dainfern
3. 3. Crawford Sandton
4. 4.St. Stithians
5. 5. St. Mary's 5
6. 6. Assumption Convent
7. 7. Brescia House
8. 8. St. Mary's 1
9. 9. St. Mary's 3
10. 10 St. Mary's 2
11. 11. St Mary's 4

Simingenkosi Ncube won all her matches and placed first for the number 4 board position.

DANI KNIGHT

We are all super proud of Danielle Knight (Grade 11) who came 10th in the Lyrical Solo Senior dance category in Croatia this weekend. A total of 32 countries and 5500 dancers competed in the World Dance Masters. The opportunity to dance on an international stage and be coached by international choreographers has been inspirational for Danielle and an experience of a lifetime.