School sport
Queen’s College
Derby v Hudson Park, chess: Queen’s won 4-2. Squash: Queen’s won 10-3. Hockey: U14A won 4-1, U16B won 6-0, U16A won 5-1, third won 5-2, second drew 0-0, first lost 2-3.
Rugby: U14B won 27-0, U14A won 22-14, U15B won 36-5, U15A won 43-0, U16B won 24-15, U16A lost 13-27, fourth won 60-0, third lost 19-27, second won 47-28, first lost 14-20.
Cross country: U14 2nd Mthokozisi Magaga, U15 3rd Cwenga Jobela, U16 second Gwiba Kene, third Khuselo Kene, U19 first Lwanele Baduza.
Martial arts: Loyiso Dumani, Dillon Oelofse and Siba Sontshi participated in the Arnold Classic last week in Sandton, representing the SARMAF Eastern Cape team. Loyiso brought home two silver medals for unison kata and kumite, Siba a bronze for unison kata and Dillon a gold for grappling. The highlight of the event was getting to see Arnold Schwarzenegger, after whom the event is named, and in which 10 500 people took part in 45 different sporting codes. Derby v St Andrew’s College: Squash: Queen’s won 4-12 (15 games to nine); cross country: Queen’s won (26-52 – lowest score wins) and secured the top three positions. Hockey: U14A won 5-3, U16A won 3-0, firsts drew 1-1. Rugby: U14A won 45-0, U15A lost 0-33, U16A lost 12-48, firsts lost 23-31.
GHS
Hockey: The first team competed in the Spar tournament in Komani recently and beat Stutterheim 7-0, beat Adelaide Gymnasium 6-0, beat Aliwal North 2-0 and lost to Burgersdorp 2-1.
Karate: Morgan Cobbold, Grade 9, a student at Tom’s Mixed Martial Arts School, participated in the Arnold Classic championships in Johannesburg, representing Eastern Province. She achieved a silver for kata, a bronze for grappling and fourth place for wooden weapons. The highlight of the event for Morgan was being introduced to Arnold Schwarzenegger. Derby vs Hudson Park, hockey: First lost 0-6, U16C lost 0-3, second won 2-1, U14A lost 0-3, third drew 1-1, U14B lost 0-1, U16A lost 2-3, U16B lost 0-1.
Netball: U19A lost 6-43, U16B lost 3-26, U19B lost 8-22, U15A lost 10-24, U19C won 21-6, U15B lost 11-14, U19D won 10-4, U14A lost 8-28, U16A lost 5-20, U14B lost 5-23. Laerskool Hangklip James Botha and Marius Helm have made the Eastern Cape karate team. Botha represented Tom’s Dojo in the Eastern Cape team during the Arnold Classic Africa 2016 in Sandton in Kata and Kumite.