Springfield is Proud of...
Surfing: Caroline Brown
U16 Girls Champion, Caroline, represented South Africa at the ISA World Junior Championships.
The South African team finished ninth among the 44 nations who competed just missing out on matching their eighth place finish in 2018, which would have guaranteed them a spot in the ISA Aloha Cup tag team event in the 2020 event.
The VISSLA ISA World Junior Surfing Championships took place at Huntington Beach in California.
Results of 2019 VISSLA ISA World Junior Championships (Huntington Beach. California)
Girls U-18:
33rd. Caroline Brown (South Africa, Hout Bay)
"Across all countries and cultures surfers are connected not by nationality, religion, politics, age … but by their experience riding waves. This is a powerful experience both in the waves themselves and inside each surfer. - Shaun Tomson"
Tahlia Rossouw (grade 11)
Rowing: Jossie Kane-Smith and Tahlia Rossouw
Jossie Kane-Smith and Tahlia Rossouw have been selected to row in the Boat Race Regatta in Port Alfred in December. Only 4 rowers were selected from the whole club of over 40 girls, so we are incredibly proud of them both.
Jossie Kane-Smith (grade 9)