Weekly Happenings

Around The School News – Monday 11 February 2019

GHS GOLF DAY

The GHS staff worked tirelessly to run yet another successful Golf Day. In the 9-hole competition Meagan Newman (GHS) came 1st, Hannah de Jongh (GHS) 2nd and Joylyn Maytham (Balmoral) 3rd. The 18-hole competition attracted a full field and 5 Girls’ High golfers competed in various Betterball Stableford pairings. Rain stopped play mid-afternoon but the 125 golfers who entered the competition attended a ‘lucky-draw’ style prize giving.

QUEENSTOWN DISTRICT ATHLETICS MEETING

The following GHS learners participated in the Queenstown District Athletics Meeting and achieved top three placings in their respective events :

1ST PLACES
U/19	Lindi-Lois de Wet	Discus (16,49m)
	Carin Goodman	Long Jump (4,4m), High Jump (1,25m)
	Gugu Maqina	Shotput (8,43m)
	Tazleigh Swartz	100m (14.19s)
	Khululiwe Vilakazi	200m (30.22s)
	Taygin Vorster	Javelin (25,32m)
U/17	Kirsten Lyons	Shot Put (10,11m)
	Sibulele Ngculu	400m (1:09.66s), High Jump (1,25m)
	Thandile Siyeka	200m (26.69s)
U/15	Amy Styles	100m (14.06s), 200m (28.63s), 400m (1:07.50s)
U/14	Yanela Jaggers	High Jump (1,2m)
	Awonke Jonga	Shotput (7,5m)
2ND PLACES
U/19	Lindi-Lois de Wet	100m (14.35s), 200m (30.75s)
	Gugu Maqina	Discus (15,04m)
	KhululiWE Vilakazi	400m (1:10.22s)
	Taygin Vorster	Shotput (7,66m)
U/17	Gwibakazi Booi	High Jump (1,2m)
	Sibulele Ngculu	100m (13.90s), 200m (29.60s)
	Kristin Shuman	Javelin (20,25m)
	Anje Strydom	Shot Put (9,15m), Discus (21,62m)
U/14	Yonwaba Magam	Shotput (7,15m)
	Hayley van Schoor	High Jump (1,2m), Long Jump (4,00m)

TENNIS

GHS Top 12 vs Union High : lost singles 5 – 7, lost doubles 2 – 4

MOTIVATIONAL SPEAKER

The Grade 12’s were fortunate to have Ms Xatyiswa Mashaqalala, an international motivational speaker, life coach and peer counsellor address them recently. She told the girls that although she has a severe physical disability and she had to face rejection and ridicule throughout her life, she managed to rise above that and make a success of her life. She managed to do that by focusing on her strengths instead of her disability. Xatyiswa advised the girls to identify a role model with the same interests and strengths as they do and to learn from these people. She emphasized that sulking and feeling sorry for yourself has never helped any person achieve anything in life. Therefore you need to know yourself, know your strengths and work hard. We would like to extend our gratitude to Ms Zanda Twalo, PR Manager at Nonesi Mall, and the Nonesi Mall Management for sponsoring this talk.