Sport

“Sports do not build character. They reveal it.” - Heywood Broun (1888 – 1939)

Wynberg Girls High offers a wide variety of team and social sports from which our learners can choose. These include:

Summer Sport

Athletics, Aerobics, Cricket, Chess, Diving, Indoor Hockey, Karate, Road Running, Tennis, Tag Rugby, Softball, Squash, Swimming, Soccer, Synchronised Swimming, Waterpolo, Volleyball

Winter Sport

Badminton, Chess, Cross-Country Running, Hockey, Netball, Squash, Volleyball

All Learners are catered for, from the beginners who would like to try out a new sport and play socially, through to the extremely talented who want to represent their School, their province and ultimately their country in their specific sport. Participation is keen and while all learners are strongly encouraged to participate in a summer and a winter sport , it is compulsory in the Junior grades.

The school prides itself on its wonderful facilities:

A floodlit astroturf
a hockey clubhouse
6 tennis courts
the diving pool
an aquatic sports centre

Learners are also given the opportunity to travel on Domestic and International Tours with their teams.

Wynberg started the Annual All Girls’ Schools Sports & Cultural Festival back in 2001 and continue to support this event annually. Various schools have hosted this event, with Potchefstroom High due to host in 2012.

Learners are recognised annually with many of our learners gaining provincial colours and several obtaining their national colours. Learners who do not participate in official schools sports are also given recognition for excellence in particular sports such as horse-riding, sailing, dancing and gymnastics.

In the sporting arena, too, the learners of Wynberg Girls’ High benefits from the unique circumstances of being able to share facilities with our brother and sister schools. Diving and waterpolo pools, an Astroturf, hockey fields, cricket nets and pitches, netball fields, squash and tennis courts are among the impressive facilities in the magnificent grounds of the combined schools.

All Wynberg schools are encouraged to support each other in the various inter-schools events allowing learners to experience the benefit of a co-educational system, where they stand as one in supporting their teams.

Ms M Edwards is the teacher in charge of the Sports Pillar. The student Sports Head works closely with her to strengthen and develop all sporting activities in this area. The position of student Sports Head is applied for by Grade Elevens at the beginning of the third term, and on the basis of a letter of application, an interview by a panel of interviewers and achievements in the past, she is appointed for the year.

Areas of responsibilities for the Sports Head include:

Head of all sports groups and liaising with heads of individual groups which fall under this portfolio
Be part of team supervising attendance at all sporting activities and disciplining as required
Responsible for overall standard of notice boards which relate to sporting matters
Announce Sports results and acknowledge outstanding performance in all areas of sport (WP reps, etc)
Acknowledge outstanding sportsmanship and announce on suitable occasions
Ultimate responsibility of ensuring that all captains check full teams have ticked names and help find replacements as required
Keep record of all sports results and update web-site as required
Keep records for archives of all special/outstanding sporting events
Ensure media department knows when photographs are required/special sporting events are taking place

News from the Sports Pillar

Colours in Sport

CRITERIA FOR SPORTS AWARDS

(cloth badge – for example: HOCKEY)

HALF COLOURS

To a learner

who has attended training practices regularly and is committed to her sport
who has played 80% of her matches for the first team
who has been a regular participant at interschools meetings
who has striven to improve her ability
whose sportsmanship and attitude have been an example for all to follow
who is of above average ability* and has gained selection to a lower or younger provincial side or has reached a similar standard of performance which has been consistently high all season.

FULL COLOURS

To a learner

who qualifies for half colours
who has been selected to represent her province at the highest possible school level and has shown drive and enthusiasm
OR
who has not gained selection to any such team but has reached a similar standard of performance which has been consistently high all season.*

* (This is to be determined by each sport individually)

POLICY FOR AWARDING SPORTS COLOURS

Each sport co-ordinator shall submit a list of the first team and first junior team members or interschools team to the sport organiser before the sports awards meeting
The Principal, Deputies, Sport co-ordinator and staff who coach the sport shall meet and discuss each list and make recommendations
Team awards should be made midway through the season and again when necessary
Half colours and full colours should be awarded as soon after the last interschools event of the season
To determine above average ability and outstanding ability as described above – each sport should consult their set of guidelines applicable to their sport, which should be kept in their file.

GENERAL NOTE

Learners who have obtained the award but fail to meet the requirements the following year are entitled to continue wearing their badges provided that their performance is of a consistently high standard, that they are still participating and meet the general criteria mentioned above.

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