PGSGU INTERSCHOOLS SWIMMING GALA

Springfield is hosting this Gala which takes place on Tuesday 3 March 2020 at 15h45. We will compete against Herschel, St Cyprians, Wynberg and Rustenburg and show our fellow schools the true hospitality about which Springfield is famous!

SPORTS TOURS

We have three Sports Tours leaving Cape Town tomorrow! Our U15 Water-polo girls are making an early start (crack of dawn) and driving to Knysna to participate in the Oakhill Knysna Water-front Water-polo Festival, which is unique in that the matches are actually played in the sea!!

The First Team Water-polo players will attend the St Peters Water-polo Tournament in Johannesburg. First Team Tennis players will be attending the St Marys ISTT Tennis Festival in Pretoria. Wishing all our touring girls an amazing experience - go out there and give it your all, wear the Springfield badge with pride and possess the excellent sportswomanship for which you are all so well know.

LIFE - SAVING

Over the weekend, 15 Springfield girls competed at the Western Province lifesaving championships in Milnerton. The conditions were tough and the day was long but all the girls showed so much strength and really gave it their all!! Special mention to:

Shane Hodkin- Bronze in u19 Long run

Mikaela Bristow-Gold in U15 Flags

Megan Grieveson- - Silver in Long run U15 - Bronze in long run relay u15

Holly Cleworth - Gold in Run swim run u17 - Gold in surf ski u17 -Gold in swim u17 - Gold in Board u17 - Gold in Iron women u17 - overall u17 competitor of the competition

Camryn Beaton - Gold in Long Run u19 - Silver in Run swim Run u19 - silver in Swim u19 - silver in Iron Women u19 - Silver in Board u19 - Bronze in Long run relay juniors - overall u19 competitor of the competition

Also to Leila Bosch, Marcella Pugnaline, Kate Cotterel, Ali Cotterel, Sarah Robinson and Savannah Obrien for their first Western Province competition!

INDOOR HOCKEY

Last week commenced our 5th week of indoor hockey fixtures versus Pinelands. A positive week of Indoor was had with a great performance by all and some really good results.

1sts: BYE

2nds: 11-0 W

3rds: BYE

4ths: 1-2 L

5ths: 5-0 W

6th: 6-5 W

7ths: 2-0 W

Next week is a big week as all the teams prepare to take on Herschel! Good luck everyone.

ROWING

This past Saturdays UCT regatta was hosted at home by the UCT rowing club. All races were 1km . A lot of the races consisted of our own girls racing each other , girls racing boys and even racing against the masters. It was a good fun competitive atmosphere along with outstanding results :

15 double - Megan May and Zandra Axten (1st place)

U16 scull - Shannon Fussell (1st place), Jossie Kane-Smith (2nd place)

Open 1st quad - Dana Prodehl, Emma Dore and Sarah Wickham (1st place)

U16 quad - Jossie Kane-Smith and Shannon Fussell (1st place) - Megan May and Zandra Axten (2nd place)

Open 2nd quad - Sarah Wilson, Haylen Accom and Kara Venter (1st place)

Open four - Dana Prodehl and Emma Dore (1st place) Open pair - Dana Prodehl (2nd place)

Open 2nd double - Haylen Accom and Kara Venter (1st place) - Sarah Wilson (second place) U15 scull - Megan May (1st place in heat)

U15 scull - Darcy Gliddon (1st place in heat)

Open 1st double - Sarah Wickham (1st place) - Dana Prodehl and Emma Dore (2nd place) U15 quad - Megan May, Zandra Axten and Darcy Gliddon (1st place)

U16 pair - Jossie Kane-Smith (1st place)

Open eight - Dana Prodehl, Emma Dore, Sarah Wickham, Sarah Wilson, Haylen Accom and Kara Venter (1st place)

A special thanks to Mr Richardson ,Mrs Reed and Ms Godlonton for coming out to watch the girls row, the girls were very grateful and happy to see the warm support from Springfield.

WATER-POLO

Last weekend Springfield had a bye and did not play any matches. This however, did not stop the girls from practicing with great spirit and determination. We wish the first team and u16A’s good luck on their upcoming tournament and congratulate them on their hard work that has been put into all the practices leading up to the tournament. Congratulations also goes to Bella Mazzullo for making non travelling reserve for the SA u17 team, and we continue to wish Lennie Barnard good luck in her remaining trials at Currie Cup.

TENNIS

Another successful week of tennis it has been! All the girls are excelling in their tennis and the top 7 have been working hard for their tour at the end of this week. It has been an incredible start to the year and I know that the girls will continue to push right until the end of the season. Good luck to the girls for the week to come.

DIVING 2020

Last Saturday the first diving competition of 2020 against Wynberg was held. A huge congratulations to all the divers who competed. It was a great turnout and a shoutout to the grade 8s for their first diving competition. It was great to see all the effort the girls have been putting in is paying off. Springfield did extremely well with Jayde Jagga coming 1st and Jemima Hindmarch coming 4th in the senior section. In the junior section Springfield girls did us proud with Olivia Gomes coming in 1st, Anna Savage coming in 2nd and Anna Meager coming in 3rd. Thank you to Ms Van Zyl and Ms Hoole for their guidance, help and encouragement. I am so proud of how far all the girls have come!

Results Senior Divers 1st- Jayde Jagga 4th- Jemima Hindmarch

Junior Divers 1st- Olivia Gomes 2nd- Anna Savage 3rd- Anna Meager

NON SCHOOL SPORT

Mountain Biking: Charlotte Wolfson who competed in another Downhill MTB race. In SA Championships, she was 2nd in Junior Elite Women category In SA National Cup Series, she was 2nd in Junior Elite Women category In WP Cup Series, she was 1st in Junior Elite Women category

Karate: Congratulations to Francesca Quercia, Danella Quercia and Chloë Krohnert on receiving gold for their Unison Kata on Saturday at the Kimura Shukokai Karate regionals. Chloë also received a gold medal for both kata and Kumite in the 14 to 15 age group. Danella and Francesca competed in the 16 to 17 age group. Danella won Silver for both Kata and Kumite. Francesca won gold for kata and bronze for Kumite .