March & April Individual Achievers

March & April Individual Achievers
Wow - another burst of achievements from our girls again!  Talent abounds.

Congratulations to the following girls on their outstanding achievements...

SA JUNIOR SWIMMING

TYLA PANZERA  

Congratulations to Tyla Panzera who was selected to represent SA in the Junior SA Swimming Team to participate in the CANA IV swimming gala in Mauritius where she was selected to race in 8 events in 4 days.  A remarkable achievement - well done!

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CREATIVE WRITING

TONI PANZERA 

Toni won a scholarship to attend St Andrew's University in Scotland for their summer school Creative writing workshop.  She will be flying to Scotland and attending the university from the 9-31 July.  We are especially proud of Toni because she was one of 20 selected worldwide!

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MISS SA JNR PAGEANT

KAYLAN FERREIRINHO - 1ST PRINCESS 

Kaylan competed in the Miss Junior SA Pageant which was held in Pretoria from the 22-26th March.  The competition consisted of different ramp categories as well as a series of interviews. Kaylan was crowned as 1st princess and won the Best Ramp award in her age category.  She also received the award for Overall Best of the Best Ramp achieving the highest score out of all 250 contestants from South Africa between the ages of 6 and 19.

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INDOOR NETBALL

REBECCA BROWN

Rebecca was invited to trial for the SA U16 Indoor Netball Team to compete at the World Champs July 2017.  

 

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WATER POLO

LEILA FERNANDES & KATE HINRICHS - SA U16 WATER POLO

Leila Fernandes and Kate Hinrichs are our two representatives in the South African U16A Water Polo Team.  This team will be going to Auckland, New Zealand to participate in the Pan-Pacific Youth Games. This U16 team will participate in two sections – Under 16 tournament from 9-13 July and the U18 tournament from 15-19 July. 

 

PIERRE LE ROUX - COACH AND CAPTAIN

Congratulations to Mr le Roux who has been selected as the SA U16 Coach to attend the Pan Pacific Youth Games in July in New Zealand.  Mr le Roux  has also been selected as the captain of the SA Men's team that will compete in the EU cup in Malta in the middle of May.  His Gauteng team also won the Currie Cup in Durban for the 12th year in a row this past holiday.

 

CURRIE CUP U18 WATER POLO - SA SENIOR AQUATICS EVENT

The following St Stithians Girls' College 1st Team players were selected to represent Gauteng at the recent Currie Cup Championships. The tournament took take place in Durban – 21 April – 24 April 2016. 

U18A Team:  Bianca Prinsloo (U17), Amy Joubert (U17), Samantha Green (U17), Leila Fernandes (U16)
U18B Team:  Kate Hinrichs (U16), Una Donnelly (U16)

 

 

A special note needs to be made at the age of all these girls – as this is an U18 selection every one of these girls selected are playing against older, more experienced girls – a fantastic achievement.

 

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BIANCA PRINSLOO

Bianca Prinsloo was selected for the South African U17 Girls Waterpolo Team that played in the EU Nations Cup in Denmark from 1-3 April. The team won the tournament, scoring 103 goals and only conceding 15 goals. Bianca was part of the starting 7 for each match.  Bianca is part of the SA U18 Squad and has been invited to the next round of trials for the Junior World Championships in New Zealand.

 

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SOCCER

KIRSTEN NOLAN

Congratulations to Kirsten ( Mbali ) Nolan - player #9 , for receiving her soccer National Caps during the March'16 U17 FIFA Women's World Cup Qualifiers that were played against Nigeria

 

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ROWING

TEGAN KOREVAAR

Well done to Tegan Korevaar on her achievements at the recent SA Senior National Championships at Roodeplaat.  Tegan and her respective crews won 3 gold medals for Gauteng. They also broke the course records for the women's 8 and the women's coxless quad.

NICOLE MASSON 

Well done to Nicole Masson  who rowed for the SA Schools Rowing union at Dorney Lake, Eton College in the UK.  Her quad won their heat and came 6th in the final.  She will be racing at the Bedford regatta in the UK in May.

MR JAMES BUCHANAN

Mr James Buchanan has been selected as assistant coach for the Men’s National U23 Rowing Squad.

 

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SPORTS SCHOLARSHIP

 

AMY JOUBERT

Congratulations to Amy Joubert on her selection to the WSAS scholarship programme for sport in the USA for 2017.

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KARATE

CLAUDIA DOBSON

Well done to Claudia Dobson who won a Silver medal for Kata in the Cadet Girls 14 to 15 years Division at the Karate South Africa National Championships held on 18th – 19th March in Durban where all the 8 provinces were represented. She will now have an opportunity to compete in the Zone 6 Championship in Zimbabwe and WKF K1 Youth League Championship in Croatia. We wish Claudia all the best.

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TENNIS

CAITLIN KLAASEN, JESSICA ASSENMACHER & TAYLA VAN ECK

Well done to all the girls who played in the SA National Junior Tennis Championships over the Easter weekend (Jess Assenmacher, Caitlin Klaassen and Tayla van Eck). Caity came 10th in the U18 singles. Jess came 11th in the U16 singles and was runner up in the U16 doubles and mixed doubles events.  Special mention of Tayla van Eck who won the singles final and is the SA U18 Singles Champion for 2016!  Well done to Caity Klaassen who played for Central Gauteng in the inter-provincial this past weekend. Central Gauteng won the tournament and Caity has been selected as a reserve for the SA Team that goes to London, Wimbledon later this year.

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SWIMMERS

CAYLEIGH DE SOUSA, JOELLE LAMPRECHT, GINA MILLER, JULIE-ANN WAGNER, BECKY WALLIS, LEIGH HUDSON, EMMA TARR - SWIMMING

9 swimmers qualified for South African Senior National Championships held from 10-16 April 2016.  Raquel Correia sadly had to withdraw from the event due to an appendix op and Emma Wallis withdrew after swimming the Open Water Nationals.  Those who competed were: 
Youth:  

• Cayleigh de Sousa
• Joelle Lamprecht
• Gina Miller
• Julie-Ann Wagner
• Becky Wallis

Elite Youth:        

• Leigh Hudson - made the semi-finals for 50m and 100m breast.
• Emma Tarr - made the semi-finals for the 50m and 200m back.

Well done to all swimmers who swam in Level 3 Nationals 2 weeks ago. At the recent SA Level 3 National Swimming Championships, GC swimmers won 9 medals in total and the following swimmers all made finals: Gina Miller, Becky Wallis, Emma Tarr, Leigh Hudson and Cayleigh de Sousa.  

Special mention of Gina Miller who won 2 bronze medals (200m & 400m free), Becky Wallis who also won 2 bronze medals (200m & 400m free), Leigh Hudson who won 1 gold medal and 1 bronze medal (50m breast & 100m breast) and Emma Tarr who won 3 silver medals (50m, 100m & 200m back).

Well done to all swimmers who swam in level 2 Regionals last week. At the recent SA Level 2 Regional Swimming Championships, GC swimmers won 8 medals and the following swimmers all made finals: Jayme van Wyk, Tyla Panzera, Georgy Turner, Leigh-Anne Behrens and Sally Tarr.

Special mention of Georgy Turner who won 2 gold medals and 2 silver medals (50m&100m fly, 50m back& 200m IM) and Tyla Panzera who won 3 gold medals, 1 silver and 2 bronze (200m free, 200m IM & 100m fly, 50m fly, 400m free & 100m free).

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NETBALL

THULI HLONGWA, AMY JOUBERT, PHILLIPA HOBBS, JENNIFER EVERETT, NATASJA TROSKIE & ABBY WILTER

Well done to Thuli Hlongwa, Amy Joubert, Phillipa Hobbs, Jennifer Everett, Natasja Troskie and Abby Wilter who have been selected to attend the next round of District Netball trials. Thuli  and Amy have been selected to go through to the following round of Gauteng trials for U18.

 

 

Well done to the U14A team on winning the Roedean tournament at the beginning of the holidays.  They beat Eunice in the final 16-15.

well done to the U15 A team on winnning the Waterstone tournament in the holidays.

The 1st and 2nd team (unbeaten) had a very successful tour to Hermanus and Cape Town in the holidays.

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HOCKEY

TYLA GRANT, MARISSA VENDITTI, ERIN BATCHELOR, GINA BREETZKE, LAURA GILARDI and JULIA LETCHER - HOCKEY - U14

 

Well done to Tyla Grant, Marisa Venditti, Erin Batchelor, Gina Breetzke, Laura Gilardi  and Julia Letcher on their selection to the U14 D10 District Hockey Squad.

CAYLEIGH DE SOUSA, KIM OWEN, ZABA PHAKATHI, TARYN RAUFF, CAITLIN READHEAD & CLOE DE SOUZA - HOCKEY - U16

Well done to Cayleigh de Sousa, Kim Owen, Zaba Phakathi, Taryn Rauff, Caitlin Readhead and Cloe de Souza and who have been selected for the U16 D10 District Hockey Squad.

TAMSIN COPELAND, OLIVIA LEVIEUX, VICKY PARRYMORE, DENISE OREGE, KAITLIN MCDIARMID, JADE DE SOUZA and  SAMANTHA MASEFIELD - HOCKEY U18

Well done to Tamsin Copeland, Olivia Levieux, Vicky Parrymore, Denise Orege, Kaitlin Mc Diarmid, Jade de Souza and Samantha Masefield on their selection for the U18 District Squad.

Well done to the 1st team hockey team for their performance at the Easter Festival where they lost only 1 game, as well as their performance at the St Mary’s Hockey Tournament this past weekend. They lost only 2 games and drew or won the rest and ended in10th position overall out of 36 schools.

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CYCLING

MEGAN SMITH, JESSICA JAMES & MR TIM SCHAERER

Congratulations to Megan Smith, Jessica James and Tim Schaerer on their completing of the Cape Town Cycle Race - a great achievement.

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INTERN TEACHER

WISKEY NGOBENI

Congratulations to our Maths Intern Mr Wiskey Ngobeni who was one of the top 3 performers from the Saints Interns for his studies last year.  He obtained 75.4% average and 4 distinctions in the FET and SNR phase Maths and Science category.  He won a cash prize to the value of R2000.

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MUSICAL THEATRE

SARAH FALCONER

Sarah Falconer G11 will be singing with the prestigious Johannesburg Philharmonic Orchestra (JPO) at the UJ Theatre on 26 – 27th May.  She has also been selected to portray the young Princess Fiona at the Lyric Theatre’s production of Shrek. 

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BALLET

VERONICA LOUW

Veronica Louw is the youngest member of the corps de ballet in the Jo’burg Ballet production of Giselle currently performing at the Joburg Civic.

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SINGING

KIRSTEN MCCULLOGH & EMMA SCHIPHOLT

Kirsten and Emma have their first professional singing engagement. The will be performing at the Jo’burg Theatre with the German Rhine Philharmonic in Mozart’s opera The Magic Flute from 18th – 24th May. 

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DANCING

DANIELLE KNIGHT

Danielle Knight danced at SA Champs this weekend and was selected to go forward as a National Finalist for the SA Championships of Performing Arts April 2016.

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EQUESTRIAN

JESSICA JAMES, CHIEDZA MANIKAI, KELSEY-RAE WHITEHOUOSE, MELISSA JAMES, TAMMY HIRST, EMMA WATSON JENNA LIGHTFOOT, SARAH SMITH, STEPHANIE LUDI & AMY BARNHOORN 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Well done to these girls on their achievements at the 1st SANESA Equestrian qualifier:

Showjumping: Jessica James came 2nd in the 1m & Chiedza Manikai came 6th in the 70cm.
Equitation: Kelsey-Rae Whitehouse came 2nd in the Open section, Melissa James 2nd in the 80cm, Tammy Hirst 3rd in the 80cm and Emma Watson 4rd in the 90cm event.
Dressage: Jenna Lightfoot placed 7th, Sarah Smith 5th and Stephanie Ludi 3rd.
Working Hunter: Amy Barnhoorn was 1st in the 80cm.

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DEBATING

JEMMA JENKINS-FERRETT

Jemma Jenkins-Ferret will be joining the Gauteng Development team for the Bratislava Schools Debating Championship at the end of March. The Development Team is coached by one of the co-coaches of the South African National Debating squad and will expose Jemma to competing at an international level.