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1 March 2010
SWIMMING, SYNCHRONISED SWIMMING and DIVING
Claire du Toit was placed 4 th in the U19 section of the KZN Synchronized Swimming Trials
The following girls will take part in the SA Schools Aquatics Championships, in Bloemfontein this weekend:
Tracey Greer - KZN Swimming Team; and Santia Loubser, Caitlyn Seegers, Tiyon Loubser and Lansea Loubser - KZN Diving Team.
TENNIS
In matches last week, our 1 st and 2 nd Teams lost to Epworth; the 3 rd Team beat Epworth; and the Doubles Team lost to TWC.
At the Inter-Schools Tournament played at the weekend the GHS Team of Liezl van Rooyen, Kirsty Camons, Melissa van Achterberg, Robyn Prentice and Divishya Reddy finished in fourth position (out of ten schools), behind Durban Girls’ College, TWC and St Anne’s.
ATHLETICS
Fourteen of our athletes have been selected to participate in the KZN High Schools Championships at Kings Park, next weekend. They are:
- U15s: Megan de Goede, Michaela White, Londeka Khumalo, Zoduma Mthiyane, Silungile Mbeje and Fundiswa Mphofu;
- U17s: Manzi Sishi, Tamara Hammond, Asanda Gumbi, Lethu Ngcobo, Lukho Methusi, Mawande Zuma and Samke Mathe;
- U19: Nina dos Santos
STAFF SPORTING NEWS
Mrs Shuttleworth won her age-group section of the Midmar Mile.
Miss de Winnaar will be representing Midlands in the Indoor Hockey Inter-provincial Tournament this weekend
Mrs Botha, Mrs Trodd and Mr Zuma ran the 42km marathon yesterday. Mrs Botha ran an excellent race to come 5 th in the women’s section
22 February 2010
ATHLETICS
Seven GHS athletes took part in the Menlo Park meeting in Pretoria, in tremendous heat. Top results were:
- Manzi Sishi: 3 rd in Long Jump
- Lethu Ngcobo: 3 rd in High Jump
TENNIS
Tennis has been greatly affected by the heat and rain this term. Results of completed matches:
- The 1 st Team beat Wartburg 24-3 and St John’s 27-0
- 2 nd Team beat TWC 4-2
- 4ths beat Carter 1sts 6-0
In the Doubles League we drew with Howick; lost 88-92 to St Anne’s; beat Wartburg 44-15 and St John’s 110-70
At the Midlands trials our top players performed well. Special congratulations to LIEZL van ROOYEN who finished the day at Number 1. The following were selected for the Midlands Teams:
- U19: Liezl van Rooyen, Kirsten Camons, and as reserve, Melissa van Achterberg;
- U15: Leigh-Ann van den Berg, Jahnara Pillay and Cailene Jamaloodeen
SWIMMING, SYNCHRONISED SWIMMING AND DIVING
The results of the GHS Invitation Gala were:
- 1 st St Mary’s (Johannesburg)
- 2 nd GHS
- 1 st St Stithians (Johannesburg)
- 2 nd St mary’s (Johannesburg)
- 3 rd GHS
The following girls were selected for the Midlands teams to take part in the KZN Trials in Durban:
- Swimming: Lauren Cartwright, Roxanne Cordes, Kirsty Egner, Tracey Greer, Robyn Horan, Tiffany Johnstone, Sally McMillan, Katy O’Brien, Charis Pickford, Steph Pieterse, Jade Swanepoel, Jessica Thompson, Kemsley Coutts
- Synchronised Swimming: Claire du Toit
- Diving: Santia Loubser, Caitlyn Seegers, Tiyon Loubser, Kayle Higgins and Lansea Loubser
At the Inter-Schools Diving held last week, all the GHS divers were placed and so earned points towards the trophy, which GHS won, with 18 points, followed by St Annes on 14, and The Wykeham Collegiate on 8.
- U14: 1 st Lansea Loubser, 4 th Kayle Higgins
- U15: 3 rd Michaela White; 4 th Megan de Goede
- U16: 1 st Caitlyn Seegers, 3 rd Tiyon Loubser
- U19: 1 st Santia Loubser
INDOOR HOCKEY
The following players were selected for the Midlands teams which took part in the U21 Inter-Provincial Tournament at the weekend:
- Midlands U18A: Kirsten Camons, Roslyn Flint and Vicki Jonker
- U21A: Lindelwa Ngubo
- U21B: Tanisha de Roubaix, Shannon Anderson, Laura Wolhuter, Zimase Hene
LIFE SAVING
Sarah van Rensburg took part in the KZN South Life Saving Championships and won 3 Gold Medals, 3 Silver medals and 1 Bronze Medal. She will now represent KZN South at the South African Champs
MOUNTAIN BIKING
The second leg of the KZN Series was held in Pietermaritzburg. Candice was first in the Junior Women’s category and second in the Women’s section.
1 Feb 2010
OPEN DAY - THURSDAY 4TH FEB 2010
Pietermaritzburg Girls High cordially invites you to attend our Open Day on Thursday the 4th of February, 14:00 - 18:00.
APPLICATIONS FOR GRADE 8 - 2011 NOW OPEN
Give your daughter a quality education and receive real value for money
CLOSING DATE:: 5 MARCH 2010
18 November 2009
THE ESSENCE OF GHS Competition
We recently acknowledged the winners in the Afrikaans category and the following prizes were awarded to the winners in the Zulu and English categories.
Zulu: Grade 8 (Letter section)
- Nosipho Mabaso
- Nokukhnaya Zulu
- Andiswa Molotshwa
Grade 9 (Essay section)
- Sinqobile Molletshe
- Siphindile Gumede
- Andile Molemane
Grade 10 (Advertisements)
- Amanda Ngubane
- Thulile Maphumulo
- Lunga Zulu
We recently acknowledged the winners in the Afrikaans category and the following prizes were awarded to the winners in the Zulu and English categories.
Zulu: Grade 8 (Letter section)
- Nosipho Mabaso
- Nokukhnaya Zulu
- Andiswa Molotshwa
Zulu Grade 9 (Essay section)
- Sinqobile Molletshe
- Siphindile Gumede
- Andile Molemane
Zulu Grade 10 (Advertisements)
- Amanda Ngubane
- Thulile Maphumulo
- Lunga Zulu
English: Poetry section:
- Riona Ramanundh Grade 8
- Jade Walker Grade 9
- Nondumiso Mbambo Grade 9
Prose section:
- Sarah Murless Grade 11
DEBATING COMMITTEE 2010
Chairperson: Maseeha Rawat
Vice-Chairperson: Nicola Rule
Secretary: Kay Mlaba
Public Relations Officers (PRO?s): Erica Prince, Yolo Mambi
6 November 2009
Ballet
Tayla Bestbier and Lauren Greatwood received Gold Distinctions for the American Awards level 9 ballet on 24 October 20092 November 2009
INDOOR HOCKEY
19 matches were played last week against TWC, Epworth, St John?s and Heritage. The teams played very well to win 15 of the matches; one was drawn and two were lost. The 1 st and 2 nd teams continue to play good hockey - they won their matches against Wykeham-Collegiate, St John?s and Epworth.
WATERPOLO
The Grade 8s and the U16 team played against TWC last week ? and lost both the matches. This week the teams play St Anne?s, Carter and Epworth.
MOUNTAIN BIKING
In the Michaelhouse 50km event for U18 girls, Darrien Willmore came in 1 st Place.
ATHLETICS
Lethu Ncgobo and Michaela White have been selected for the KZN Sub-Youth Team to participate in Pretoria later this month.THE ESSENCE OF GHS
The Editorial Committee of the school magazine together with the language departments of the school ran a competition called ?The Essence of GHS?.
The following girls have won prizes for their work done in Afrikaans under the title ?Die Hartklop van die Skool?.
In the poetry section:
1st Shiara Wiles and Monique Schoeman
2nd Andrea van Wyk and Nikita Baynath
3rd Zaba Mvelase
In the prose section:
1st Samantha Brown
2nd Miliswa Zangwa
INTERACT COMMITTEE FOR 2010:
President: Sue Zungu
Vice-President: Yajna Singh
Committee: Manzi Sishi
Nondu Shezi
Cebisa Songca
Luyanda Mthetwa
Nonsi Mtungwa
Monday 26 October 2009
WATERPOLO
Samantha Ballington was selected for the KZN U18A Team for the Inter-Provincial Tournament in December.
Results of matches played so far: U14, U16 and 1sts beat Treverton; Grade 8s lost to TWCs Junior Team and the 1 st Team won 10-0.
At the U16 Tournament held at Treverton, GHS beat Epworth and Treverton, and lost narrowly to Durban Girls? High.
INDOOR HOCKEY
Matches have been played against Howick, Wartburg, St Anne?s, Grace and TWC. The 3 rd team lost 2-3 to the Grace 1 st Team. The Junior A and 1 st and 2 nd Teams are as yet unbeaten.
15 October 2009
2009 KZN PROVINCIAL SCHOOLS DEBATING CHAMPIONSHIPS
The GHS Debating team has excelled this year with seven of our girls being selelcted to compete at the KZN provincial Championships. (Including Fezi Mthonti, Maseeya Rawat, Nicola Rule, Kay Mlaba and Thandeka Khoza. Jessica Dore was selected but unable to attend, and Erica Prince was selected as a reserve.) The girls are to be commended on their excellent performance, hard work and dedication, and on their impeccable behaviour while representing their school.
Congratulations go to Maseeha Rawat on her selection for the KZN team to compete at Nationals, and also to Fezi Mthonti as senior reserve. We are especially proud of PMB 2, Maseeba?s team for their semi-final win and their impressive performance in the Championship Finals with a narrow, split-panel loss to DCDL 1. Well Done!!
Summary of Results:
PMB 1 (Fezi Mthoni & Nicola Rule) 4 wins 2 losses
PMB 2 (Maseeya Rawat) 7 wins (incl semi-finals) lost finals
PMB 3 (Kay Mlaba 4 wins 2 losses
PMB 4 (Thandeka Khoza) 3 wins 3 losses
We thank Miss Solomon for her support of the Debating Society.
31 August 2009
BASKETBALL
Fifteen matches were played against The Wykeham Collegiate and Alex. Our teams continue to do very well. The U14 A and B Teams have had excellent scores, which bodes well for the future.
GYMNASTICS
The following have achieved very well in KZN competitions:
Artistic Gymnastics :
- Sam Oelofse 3 rd in Level 5
- Danette Wilson 2 nd in Level 8
- Robyn Kromhout 1 st in Level 8
Rhythmic Gymnastics :
- Roxy Joyner won her competition and will represent KZN in Johannesburg in October
ATHLETICS
The Inter-House Athletics went very successfully. Well done to all the participants. Thanks to Mrs Smith for all she has put in to the athletics ? and to Miss Cunningham for all her organisation.
Individual trophies will be awarded later.
Final house points which include Standard Points:
Top 5
- 5 th - Wellington 223
- 4 th - Grundy 230
- 3 rd - Marlborough 234
- 2 nd - Lindsay 269
- 1 st - Gordon 325
Hip2B 2 iThink Competition
On Monday 8 of our girls participated in the KwaZulu-Natal Hip2B 2 iThink Competition which was held at Heather Secondary School. There were 12 teams participating with learners from different schools in each team. The emphasis was on sharing ideas and having a lot of fun while engaged in solving problems in the fields of Maths, Science and Technology.
Congratulations to the following girls who participated:
- Naadira Ballim
- Aimee McNally
- Zaba Mvelase
- Jade Neyt
- Erica Prince
- Preannka Dehaloo
- Roxy Joyner
- Yorissa Padayachee
Erica and Aimee were in the teams placed second and third and Preannka was in the team placed in the first position in the competition. Her team went onto compete against other teams at a National level on Skype.
Well done to all the girls who participated, as well as to their friends who went along to support them.
Blood Clinic
A very successful Blood Clinic was held on Friday 21 August. In spite of all the ?flu doing the rounds 132 pints of blood were obtained. The Blood Clinic Sisters were very grateful! Thanks go to the Blood Clinic school representatives for their help.
Instrumental Eisteddfod
The girls performed excellently at the Instrumental Eisteddfod held last week and the following results were achieved:
- Mandisa Mkize a merit certificate clarinet
- Thandeka Khoza 2 merits flute
- Ayanda Ntinga a gold and a silver clarinet
- Melanie Smit silver and a merit flute
- Tracy King silver and a merit clarinet
- Melissa Wilson silver and a merit clarinet
Dirhona Ramjit silver and a merit clarinet
TENNIS Monday 17 August 2009
The U17 Teams continue to do well and the U14s are improving. Many matches have been played over the past few weeks, and in most cases our D, E, F and G teams play other schools A, B or C teams. Notable results have been: GHS D vs Howick A ? 4-2 to GHS; GHS B vs Hermannsburg A ? 6-0 to GHS.
MOUNTAIN BIKING
At the Illovo Eston Mountain Bike Race Candice Neethling entered the 40km event. She won both the junior and woman?s category and the ?Queen of the Mountain? prize.
BASKETBALL
The teams have played their equals from the other schools and in most cases achieved excellent results. We encourage the teams to continue with their commitment and good play. We played 10 matches against Epworth and won all the matches; against St Anne?s we won 9 out of 10 matches; and against Carter we played five matches and won them most convincingly!
This weekend?s tournament went very well. GHS entered three teams and they all gave of their very best. The 1 st Team had some excellent wins: against Durban Girls? High 91-17; Epworth 64-22; Lereko from the Free State 93-11; The Glen from Pretoria 70-11; St John?s 66-20; and in the final against Pretoria High School for Girls 36-19.
Two GHS teams played in the B section: The B team did well to win all of their games and so won the B-section. The Junior team improved dramatically over the weekend and came in second place after a very exciting 37-36 win over MCS 1 st Team.
Well done to all concerned.
Debating
League final debate The Junior first debating team were very narrowly beaten by Hilton in the finals of the league held at St Johns? DSG on Wednesday evening 19 July 2009. Evidence of the narrowness of the defeat/victory was the fact that the five adjudicators took 35 minutes to reach a decision!
Nicola Rule, however, was awarded Best Speaker of the debate.
The Junior first team therefore came second in the league overall.
Regional Eskom Science Expo in Durban
Bronze Medal
- Erica Prince
- Stef Pieterse
- Bridget Zuma
- Lethabo Nxumalo
- Sarah Gordon
- Nicole Rule
- Tiffany Scott
- Cebisa Songca
- Sithembile Zondi
- Charis Pickford
- April McNally
- Charis Pickford
- April McNally
WIND BAND TOUR
The first GHS Wind Band tour took place over 22-24 May and included visits to Winterton and Monument Primary Schools in Ladysmith.
On the evening of 22nd the Wind Band performed jointly with the Northern KZN Youth Choir at Dundee High School. On Saturday 23rd there were two concerts held in the gardens of the Protea Hotel at Hluhluwe.
On Sunday the girls went on a wonderful game drive in the Hluhluwe-Umfolozi park before returning home. The tour was very successful and the girls were we were well received and cared for at all the venues.
Updated on 4-Mar-2010