Soccer Star is capped in China

Sarah Walker was selected to represent the South African U-20 Women’s National Team (Basetsana) at a 4 Nations CFA Tournament in Xiamen City, China from the 6th to the 10th May. South Africa played three matches against Thailand, Vietnam and China. Sarah received three full International Caps by being in the starting 11 for all three matches.  We are so proud of our latest national soccer star at the Girls' College.

Well done to all the players who played in the Parktown Girls’ Tournament on Saturday. They beat Parktown 5-2, Rand High 1-0 and then lost to Curro 2-1. Well done to Kekgethegile Mohasoa who was awarded the trophy for the U17 Player of the Tournament.

Water Polo players are off to the Czech Republic

Zànne Smit, Jennifer Everett, Jordan Wedderburn and Tatum Lomax have all been selected to represent South Africa as part of the womens' water polo team chosen to compete at the EU Nations Cup in the Czech Republic.  This is an outstanding achievement for our school and for these girls individually, we wish them well.  

Wings for Life World Runner

Kamryn Norton recently ran her charity race for her charity, Spinal Research.  She managed to raise $211 dollars exceeding her target. Kamryn was ranked 14th in the world and 2nd in South Africa and was only 150m away from the winner in her age group category.  The "catcher car" caught up to her at 22.76Km which is a phenomenal achievement.  Well done Kam!

WITS integrated experience day 

A group of our grade 11s attended the WITS Integrated Experience day hosted by the faculties of Science, Commerce and Engineering.  We loved the fact that our students really enjoyed their experience solving a scenario which enailed investigating the possible cause of an aeroplane crash after attending a series of lectures.

Students who represented our school were:

Amber Beresford, Nicole Brink, Chiyedza Chimunda, Phuti Hanyane, Jessica James, Rutendo Kawelenga, Lindiwe Mabanga, Tayla Orsmond, Sita Singh, Rachel van Rooyen.

Gauteng Schools Netball Player

Well done to Amara Agbai who has been selected to represent Gauteng U16 netball and compete at the nationals in June.

National Youth Squad Divers

Congratulations to Bailey Heydra, Bailey Davenport  and Grace Brammer who competed in the SA Youth Nationals and the SA Senior Nationals and posted some fantastic results. All 3 divers were selected for the National Youth Squad.  Bailey Heydra was awarded the Victrix Ludorum trophy at Youth Nationals and then went on to compete with Grace Brammer in Germany and Norway.

Hockey Southern Gauteng Hockey Representatives

Well done to the following players who have been selected for the Southern Gauteng Hockey Teams:

• U14A Lily St Clair, Siwe Khumalo
• U14C Lilli Schoepflin, Isabella Ali, Khanya Ndamane
• U14D Emma Patterson
• U16C Sarah Varghese
• U16D Chloé Scherius
• U18A Cloé de Souza, Caitlin Readhead
• U18B Julia Letcher, Erin Batchelor
• U18C Gina Breetzke           

(Photograph pending...)

Karate

Well done to Claudia Dobson and Emma O’Gorman who competed in the Arnold Classic Karate Championships this past weekend. Claudia won bronze medals in the Kata and Kumite and Emma won a Silver for Kumite and a bronze for Kata.

Cross Country

Well done to all the runners who competed in the events this season and especially to the following runners who were selected for the Northern Districts Team that ran in the Inter-district Championships.

• Seniors:          Kamryn Norton, Katerina Gabriel, Skye Tucker, Hannah Schutte
• Juniors:          Jenna-Lee Markgraaff, Holly Crews

And for the first time, the senior girls qualified for the team Inter-League Event.

Our St Stithians Girls’ College Cross Country team received silver medals for the Inter League Team Cross Country competition.  They were placed 2nd and will go on to compete at individuals for the Northern Districts Team at the Inter-district Championships.

 

Dramatic Performances

Our Senior Drama students performed at the Arts and Culture Festival held at the Joburg Theatre recently. The performers were adjudicated by seasoned professionals Jaques De Silva and Dorothy Anne Gould. We are extremely proud of the calibre of their work and how they conducted themselves on a professional stage.Congratulations to our only Grade 10 entered into the festival, Rachel Cohen, who was adjudicated alongside Grade 12 and 11 performers and received a commendable B+.

The following performers all received an A for their pieces: in the physical theatre section Rae Attridge, Rhea Gill and Raquel Correia; in the duologue section, Laila Albarudi and Katherine Thompson in Grade 11 and Ngoyi Kalisilira and Rae Attridge in Grade 12; and in the monologue section Robyn Edwards in Grade 12.

And the following performers all received an A+ and I would like to briefly state what Dorothy Anne Gould called their pieces, considering she is one of the most celebrated actresses who trained at the Royal Shakespeare Academy in London and has been working as a professional actress for over 50 years in South Africa and abroad: in the duologue section Zoe-Blu Mottram and Thobile Mthimkhulu, Dorothy called their work mature and effortless; and in the monologue section Hannah Schutte who surprised Dorothy with her unique performance of Lady Macbeth, an impressive achievement and Ngoyi Kalisilira, who Dorothy awarded an A++ (which is not even a category in the festival) because she was so impressed with the power of Ngoyi's performance, which made Dorothy cry. Well done performers!