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THE St Stithians Girls’ College 1st Water Polo Team won the gold medal at the Brian Baker Kingswood 1st Team National Water Polo Tournament this past weekend.
They beat Reddam, Constantia
10-3 in the final of the competition. With this win, the St Stithians Girls’ College 1st Team now hold every title in South African Schools Water Polo, an achievement that has never occurred in the history of girls’ Water Polo in South Africa.
THE TITLES ARE AS FOLLOWS:
Old Petrians National Tournament - Gold 2019
National Aquatics - Gold 2019
Old Mutual Prestige Cup - Gold 2019
Reef Cup - Gold 2019
St Anne’s National Tournament - Gold 2019 Clarendon National Tournament - Gold 2019 Saints Water Polo Invitational - Gold 2019 Kingswood (Brian Baker) National Tournament - Gold 2020
Gaunteng League Champions - 2019
Many of these tournaments they have already won multiple times but never all in one season - no team has ever done this. Said Coach Pierre Le Roux: “This team has not lost a game since the Saints Water Polo Invitational final in 2018. An absolutely incredible achievement by the most dedicated group of girls I have ever had the privileged of coaching.
“Not only are they dedicated in the pool, but they are recipients of multiple academic awards, cultural awards and participate in winter sports. This past weekend, every girl woke up at 6.15am every morning to do school work. This is something I have not seen in 20 years of coaching.” Nicolle Cron - Team Captain, Jordan Wedderburn Team Captain, Natasja Troskie, Shakir