Author: hnienaber

It is well-known that Graeme College doesn’t shy away from a challenge during its annual Graeme College Rugby Festival in Makhanda.

This year the hosts will face Selborne College from East London in the main match of the festival. The last time these two sides met each other as part of the rugby day/festival was back in 2017.

Catch all the action live on SuperSport Schools (www.supersportschools.com).

Selborne won this clash by 20-15. Last year the annual rugby day which kick-starts the Eastern Cape’s schoolboy rugby season was converted into a festival as part of the Graemians’ 150th celebrations.

It also provides a good opportunity for players from the region to impress the Craven Week selectors from Border and Eastern Province early in the season as well as the SA Schools’ coach James Winstanley.

Winstanley coaches Kingswood College of Makhanda. They will face Marlow Landbou from Cradock on the second day of the festival. Despatch’s coach, Elric van Vuuren, who also coached Eastern Province to an unbeaten Craven Week last year in George will without a doubt be in attendance as well.

Last year the festival allowed him to see Batho Hlekani (Graeme College) and De Wet Fourie (HTS Daniël Pienaar) in action. Both flankers played a pivotal role in Eastern Province’s success in George. Hlekani was named the Craven Week Player of the Tournament for his efforts, while Fourie also made the SA Schools A-side.

Grey High School will also travel to Makhanda to face Hudson Park of East London in the main match of the second day. Another exciting match-up on the second day would be between Dale College and Nico Malan of Humansdorp. Both schools’ first teams are known for the fact that they love to run the ball.

Pearson will open their season with a tough encounter against Queen’s College.

The Fixtures

Thursday, 14 March 2024 

SOMERSET FIELD

09:00 – u14 – Graeme College vs Selborne College
10:00 – u15 – Mary Waters vs Port Alfred
11:00 – u15 – Graeme College vs Selborne College
12:00 – u16 – Pearson vs Port Rex THS
13:00 – u16 – Die Brandwag (Uitenhage) vs Cambridge
14:00 – u16 – Stirling vs Muir College
15:00 – u16 – Graeme College vs Selborne College

MARAIS A-FIELD

10:00 – u14 – Die Brandwag (Uitenhage) vs Cambridge
11:00 – u14 – Stirling vs Muir College
12:00 – u15 – Stirling vs Muir College
13:00 – u14 – Pearson vs Port Rex THS
14:00 – u15 – Die Brandwag (Uitenhage) vs Cambridge
15:00 – u15 – Pearson vs Port Rex THS

Friday, 15 March 2024 

SOMERSET FIELD | u19 

09:15 – PAHS vs Graeme College II
10:30 – Port Rex THS vs Mary Waters
11:45 – Union HS vs HTS Daniël Pienaar
13:00 – Kingswood College vs Marlow Landbou
14:15 – Dale College vs Nico Malan
15:30 – Grey High School vs Hudson Park

MARAIS A-FIELD 

09:00 – u14 – Nico Malan vs Dale College
10:00 – u15 – Kingswood College vs Marlow Landbou
11:00 – u16 – Nico Malan vs Dale College
12:00 – u16 – Union HS vs HTS Daniël Pienaar
13:00 – u14 – Queen’s College vs Framesby
14:00 – u16 – Queen’s College vs Framesby

MARAIS B-FIELD 

09:00 – u14 – Union HS vs HTS Daniël Pienaar
10:00 – u15 – Nico Malan vs Dale College
11:00 – u14 – Kingswood College vs Marlow Landbou
12:00 – u15 – Union HS vs HTS Daniël Pienaar
13:00 – u15 – Queen’s College vs Framesby
14:00 – u16 – Kingswood College vs Marlow Landbou

Saturday, 16 March 2024 

SOMERSET FIELD | u19 

10:30 – Cambridge vs Muir College
11:45 – Stirling vs Framesby
13:00 – Queen’s College vs Pearson
14:15 – St Andrew’s College vs Die Brandwag (Uitenhage)
15:30 – Graeme College vs Selborne College

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The outstanding performer during Wednesday’s annual Noordheuwel Top 15 athletics meeting was, without a doubt, Heidi Booysen of the Crawford Christian Academy.

Booysen produced two of the four performances during the meeting in Krugersdorp that accumulated the maximum possible 1 000 points on the Athletics Performance Evaluation (APE) Table.

Booysen had the crowd on the edge of their seats during the girls’ u16 shot put as she easily bettered the meeting record. Her longest put measured 17.50 metres, which improved on the previous mark, set by Alicia Khunou (Menlopark) in 2022, by a massive 99 centimetres.

Booysen’s attempt is also the best by a youth (u18) athlete worldwide so far in 2024. The second-best distance, achieved by Nafy Thiam (Belgium), is some way off Booysen’s monster distance, at 17.10m.

The world record (u18) for the event belongs to Corrie de Bruin of the Netherlands, who set an astounding mark of 20.52 m way back in 1993. Booysen will still be able to compete in the u18 age group next year.

She achieved 1 000 points in another discipline, the discus, with a 46.08 metre effort. That places Booysen fourth in the world this year. It was, however, not enough to break Alicia Khunou’s meeting record of 46.64m, which survives another year.

Menlopark’s Merle Janse van Rensburg also enjoyed a strong discus competition, capturing second place with a best of 43.15m.

Meanwhile, the aforementioned Alicia Khunou also produced a 1 000-point performance for her winning throw of 50.44 metres in the u19 girls’ discus. Liandri de Wet, from Hoërskool Rustenburg, took second with an excellent throw of 47.08 meters, which still left her more than three metres adrift of Khunou.

Khunou added another gold in the shot put, within a winning distance of 14.80m. Mignon la Grange (Randburg, 13.47) and Kyla Nienaber (Noordheuwel, 12.39) took the silver and bronze medals respectively.

In the high jump for girls’ u19, Garsfontein’s Mia Janse van Rensburg (1.73m) edged closer to her personal best of 1.76m, which she achieved during last year’s Super Inter-High. Janse van Rensburg has already represented South Africa at senior level in the African Championships.

Affies’ Anje Bezuidenhout will also feel happy after her clearance of 1.70m in the u16 age group.

Janelle Kirkpatrick (u14) of Menlopark showed off her versatility once again, winning the 90m hurdles and capturing gold in the long jump with a best of 5.52m.

Potchefstroom Gimnasium’s Stephane Hook produced a superb performance in the u16 javelin for girls, launching her winning throw 43.06m.

It was a typical hot summer day on the highveld, and the athletes produced even hotter performances during Noordheuwel’s Top 15 meeting in Krugersdorp on Wednesday.

The athletics meeting was hosted on Nories’ tartan track which, at 1 777 metres above sea level, is the highest of its kind in Africa.

The best performance according to the APE points system belonged to Llewellyn Harmse, of Monument, who won the u19 400m hurdles for boys in 52.15 seconds. That gave him 971 points, which would have been good for a bronze medal at last year’s ASA Junior Championship (u20).

In the u17 400m hurdles, Franco Hattingh (Kempton Park) also produced an impressive performance, winning in 52.82 seconds.

Two of the three track records bettered during the meeting happened in the sprint hurdles events. Enrique Bosch (Helpmekaar) won the 100m hurdles for boys u15 in 13.08 seconds to remove Francois Tredoux of Waterkloof’s record of 13.12 seconds from the record book. That mark had stood since 2008.

In the boys’ u19 110m hurdles, Menlopark’s Werner Bezuidenhout flew to victory in an excellent time of 13.76 seconds, which improved upon the previous record of 14.11, set by Roelof van der Walt (Helpmekaar)  in 2018.

Bezuidenhout added another gold medal in the 100m sprint, clocking 10.66 seconds. The competition was a lot tighter than in the hurdles, however, with Gordon Maluleke (Oos-Moot, 10,78), Cheswill Jooste (Noordheuwel, 10.88), and Shawlynn Mienies (Dinamika, 10.94) all dipping under 11 seconds.

Maluleke claimed gold in the 200m sprint in a good time of 21.83 seconds, with Mienies (22.28) on his heels.

Jooste, a massive counterattacking threat, will be a strong contender for the fullback berth in the South African Schools’ rugby team later this year. No doubt, some opposition rugby coaches are losing a bit of sleep ahead of their matches against Noordheuwel this season.

The South African u16 champion of 2023, Jaco van der Westhuyzen (Ben Viljoen), showed a clean pair of heels to his opponents in the u16 100m sprint, winning in 10.90 seconds. He is the son of the former Springbok, Sharks, and Blue Bulls flyhalf/fullback, Jaco van der Westhuyzen.

Van der Westhuyzen Jr.’s performances helped his school, Ben Viljoen, from Groblersdal, to be crowned the champions of the smaller schools’ section of the meeting. He did the sprint double by adding a win in the 200m in 22.14 seconds. Oos-Moot’s Leandro Delport (22.17), however, gave him a proper run for his money.

In the u17 100m, Jeugland’s Ofentse Nondabula (10.65) claimed the gold medal in a faster time than Bezuidenhout’s winning mark in the u19 race.

Roux van Zyl impressed in the u19 400m, taking victory in 48.06 seconds.

Montana’s Marcel Brits produced a 915-point performance in the 1 500m for boys u17, with an outstanding time of four minutes and 3.56 seconds. He also held off Zwartkop’s Rico Coetzer (4:04.62) for the win.

The middle-distance running during the inaugural TUT Curro Hazeldean Top 14 meeting at the Pilditch Stadium in Pretoria was something to behold.

In the 3000m race for boys u19, there were no less than six athletes that dipped under nine minutes. Xavier van der Leek (Midstream College) won the race in eight minutes and 37.59 seconds. The time would not have been enough to give Van der Leek a medal during last year’s South African Junior Championship (u20) which was won in a time of 8:19.99 by Johannes Morepe (Vorentoe).

It is however still early in the season and Van der Leek would have gained some valuable experience in this closely contested race on Wednesday. Behind Van der Leek – Kevin Hickley (Hans Moore, 8:39.07), Zane Strydom (Helpmekaar, 8:47.81), Koketso Gaborone (Tuks Sports School, 8:51.78), Divan de Vries (Affies, 8:52.78) and Lutho Timati (Curro Hazeldean, 8:59.61) all managed to dip in under nine minutes.

In the u17 race for boys, it was also a closely contested affair. Tuks Sports Schools’ Tshepang Tshivulu took the honours in eight minutes and 45.69 seconds. On his heels, Regardt Hattingh (Affies, 8:47.51) and Siya Mbeleki (8:50.04) pushed him till the end.

‘n Donderstorm het die laaste sê Vrydag tydens Hoërskool Waterkloof se jaarlikse Dreyer Campbell-byeenkoms in Pretoria gehad.

Die hoogtepunt van die byeenkoms het kort voor die onderbreking plaasgevind toe die Hoërskool Randburg se Kaili Botje die byeenkomsrekord in die 200m vir meisies o.19 in ‘n tyd van 24.68 sekondes in die slag laat bly het.

Botje het wel nog nie eers haar asem teruggekry, voordat haar spanmaat Chané Vermeulen minder as twee minute later die rekord tot 24.07 sekondes verbeter het.

Die byeenkoms ter ere van Klofies se gewese atletiekdirekteur, wyle Dreyer Campbell, is op die skool se grasbaan aangebied. Buiten die gasheer was atlete van HTS Middelburg, Hoërskool Eldoraigne, Hans Moore van Benoni, Hoërskool Randburg, Hoërskool Rustenburg en Randpark Ridge ook op die byeenkoms in aksie.

Voordat Botje dié rekord verbeter het, is dit gedeel deur Izelle Neuhoff (Transvalia) en Michelle Moffomme (Tuks Sportskool) wat dit onderskeidelik in 2012 en 2019 in 24.80 sekondes afgeblits het.

Randburg het ‘n goeie byeenkoms beleef met Mignon la Grange (o.19) en Elize Engelbrecht (o.16) wat in die diskus ook goud met vertonings beter as 900 punte verower het. La Grange het die diskus 47.67 meter ver geslinger, terwyl Engelbrecht met ‘n poging van 40.10m baas was.

La Grange het ook in die gewigstoot met ‘n poging van 14 meter koning gekraai. Chris-Mari Bezuidenhout (HTS Middelburg) het met ‘n poging van 14.48m in die o.16-afdeling sake oorheers.

La Grange se vertoning in die diskus was volgens die puntestelsel die beste vertoning tydens die byeenkoms.

Eldoraigne se Jeandré Jacobs het ook ‘n blink vertoning in die gewigstoot vir meisies o.17 opgedis. Sy het die nommer met ‘n poging van 14.57m gewen.

 

 

 

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Takealot has seen strong growth in the Sports category over the past few years and now offers over 30,000 sport-related products from categories including Sports Equipment, Clothing, Footwear, Wearable Tech, Health, and more.

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The SuperSport Schools platform provides exposure for over 14 500+ different teams, from all walks of life and gives families, communities, and alma maters access to watch the sport that they care about most, regardless of where they live in South Africa.

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Almal het al gehoor dat iemand se rekord steeds sedert hy of haar skooljare staan.

Skole se interhuis-rekords bied daarom altyd interessante leesstof. Vanjaar tydens die Hoërskool Ben Viljoen op Groblersdal se kleurebyeenkoms het daar een van die skool se ouer rekords gespat.

Dié rekord van Cornelda Pretorius in die 100m vir meisies o.14 het al sedert 1992 agter haar naam gepryk. Pretorius se rekord is onlangs deur haar dogter, Emma-Lee van der Westhuyzen, geëwenaar.

Pretorius is natuurlik Cornelda se nooiensvan – en Emma-Lee is haar en die voormalige Springbok-losskakel Jaco van der Westhuyzen se dogter. Voorwaar goeie gene van albei kante af.

Jaco is self ‘n oud-leerling van Ben Viljoen. Hy het die Springbokke in 32 toetse verteenwoordig.

Emma-Lee het Mari-Lise Furstenburg (deesdae Coetzer) se rekord in die 200m in die slag laat bly. Furstenburg se rekord staan al die afgelope 44 jaar in die rekordboeke op 26.90 sekondes (1980). Emma-Lee het die rekord met ‘n skitterende 26.50 sekondes in die slag laat bly.

Dit was ook die oudste rekord in Ben Viljoen se interhuis-rekordboek.

Furstenburg was ‘n uitstaande atleet op skool en haar nasionale jeugrekord (o.17) in die 100m (11.54) het vir ‘n ongelooflike 38 jaar gestaan, voordat Viwe Jingqi (Tuks Sportskool, 11.47) dit in 2022 verbeter het. Jingqi het dit weer later in 2022, tydens die Suid-Afrikaanse Sub-Jeug, Jeug- en Junior-kampioenskappe, tot 11.40 sekondes verbeter.

Furstenburg was in standerd ses en sewe (deesdae graad agt en nege) in Ben Viljoen voordat sy haar skoolloopbaan vanaf standerd agt (graad 10) aan Bergsig in Rustenburg voltooi het.

Grey-kollege in Bloemfontein se oudste skolerekord staan agter die naam van H du Plooy vir die 100m vir seuns o.14 wat hy in 1980 in ‘n tyd van 11.05 sekondes afgeblits het. Dié rekord is sederdien in 2005 deur Chejane Mallane geëwenaar. Mallane het later in sy skoolloopbaan ook vir Grey se eerste rugbyspan uitgedraf.

Suid-Afrika se voormalige hekkiesloper, LJ van Zyl, behou steeds twee langhekkie-rekords sedert 2000 (o.15) en 2001 (o.16), terwyl nog ‘n nasionale atleet, Rynhardt Janse van Rensburg, se 800m-rekords vir seuns o.16 (1:58.82) en o.17 (1:56.00) steeds staan.

Indien jou rekord nog staan by jou skool se interhuis deel dit met ons via e-pos na hello@superschoolsnews.co.za. Enige skool se organiseerder wat dalk hul skool se lys van interhuis-rekords of ‘n staaltjie wil deel is ook meer as welkom om kontak te maak.  

The Department of Basic Education’s national senior certificate results for 2023 have been released.

We have compiled a list of public schools and their performances during the exams. We will update the list as the schools release their statistics.

If you are the head of academics or the marketer at a public school and your statistics are not complete, missing, or have any discrepancies please contact us via hello@superschoolsnews.co.za.

The DBE Matric results per school: 

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*D/C indicates distinctions per candidate

The Independent Examination Board (IEB) national senior certificate results of 2023 have been released with the schools achieving an incredible overall pass rate of 98.46 percent.

In 2023 there were a total of 15 180 candidates from 248 schools from around South Africa that wrote the exam. More than half of these private schools a total of 135 are located in Gauteng.

We have compiled a list of IEB schools and their performances during the exams. We will update the list as the schools release their statistics.

If you are the head of academics or the marketer at an IEB school and your statistics are not complete, missing, or have any discrepancies please contact us via hello@superschoolsnews.co.za.

The IEB Matric results per school: 

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*D/C indicates distinctions per candidate