Sporting Achievements – January 2022

Athletic Sporting Achievements 30 January 2022

At the recent Inter-house Athletics Championships, there were some record-breaking achievements from our boys.

Watch some of the highlights of the event here

 

• Neo Mosebi broke Peter Kyle’s record of 1974 (10.60s) in the 100m, in a time of 10.22 secs
• Ilunga Kayembe broke the U17100m record in a time of 10.84 secs. The old record was 10.90 held by Peter Kyle (1974) and Ndlovu (2019)
• Ryan Stockhil jumped an outstanding 2.10 m in the open high jump breaking the record of 2.00m set by Brett Balmer in 1985
• Luyanda Kunene jumped 1.92m in the U17 high jump also breaking a long-standing record of J Pienaar (1.90m) set in 1997.

 

A number of trophies were also awarded:

The Tregarthen Memorial cup for under 14 Champion –  T Boschoff (Calder)

John Geekie cup for under 15 Champion – C Cherayi (Nicholson)

JH Snow cup for under 16 Champion – R Maartens (Nicholson)

H Johnson cup for under 17 Champion – MJ Van Selm (Commons)

Victor Ludorum and DJ Berry – Jennings cup for under 19 Champion – S Mbonambi (Strachan)

 

After the Inter-House Athletics Championship, these are the Final House Positions:

1.   Calder                   370
2.   Nicholson:           245
3.   Snow:                   241,5
4.   Lamond:              229
5.   Forder:                 222,50
6.   Fuller:                   218,50
7.   Commons:          214,50
8.   Strachan:             185,50
9.   Barns:                   173
10. Pape:                     143,50

 

VIRTUS CHALLENGE FINAL RESULTS

	Tug of War Score	Soccer Score	Obstacle Course Score	Pool Score	100m Score	Long Distance Score	Final Points	Final Placing
Calder	8	9	5	9.5	7	8.5	55.25	1
Fuller	8.75	6	9.5	8	9.5	6.5	55.25	1
Commons	10	8	6	5	6.5	10	55.25	1
Strachan	6.5	9	8	9	5.5	9.5	55	4
Barns	7.25	7	7	7.5	8.5	9	54.5	5
Lamond	9.5	5	8.5	7	7.5	7	54.25	6
Pape	7.25	7	7.5	10	8	8	53.75	7
Nicholson	6	9	10	6.5	5.5	7.5	53.5	8
Forder	8.75	7	6.5	8.5	10	5	52.25	9
Snow	5	10	9	6	9	6	50	10

 

Certificates of Recognition:

The following boys were awarded sporting achievement certificates:

• NJ Mosebi – new record U19 100m, in 10.22s
• IJ Kayembe – new record U17100m in 10.84s
• RJC Stockil – new record in U19 high jump of 2.10m
• LS Kunene – new record U17 high jump of 1.92m
• SRK Arnold – 2^nd in Run the Rivers race and 6^th overall
• MC Mason – Outstanding performance 1^st team squash v SCC
• S Maharaj – 3^rd in U19 KZN Junior Squash Open & Outstanding performance 1^st team v SCC
• T Nana – 1^st U14 KZN Junior Squash Open

Well done to all our boys!