SPORT AT SP

The following sports are available to SP students. For more information, click on the individual codes.

Athletics - No.1 on the alphabetical list and no.1 in terms of mass participation, the inter-house and inter-school competitions still start the new year with a bang of activity and excitement. Mimosa are the current champions, having beaten Kendal into second place after a titanic battle, while Azalea  pipped  Protea by half a point to take third place. SP is keeping the dream alive of challenging Steenberg and Mondale  for the position of top school in the region. The envisaged establishment of a fully fledged Athletics club based at the school will go a long way towards ending the dominance of those two schools. For more on the 2010 Athletics season, click here.

Baseball - a sport offered sporadically. Neil Williams and  Chad Beukes are junior club provincial players.

Basketball - growing in leaps and bounds (literally and figuratively) among boys and girls.

Chess - Our team continues to do well. Our players this season have been Abduragheem Slamang, Michael January, George Gabriels and Darren Lewin..

Cricket - one of the established sports. We have two teams, u/15 and u/19. Outstanding players in the first term were  Robin Gow-Kleinschmidt and Nathan Pitts and Wasfie Price (below) (u/19), and Keenan Alben, Mujahid Agherdien and Fawaaz Bassadien (u/15).

Cross-country - This sport serves as ideal winter training for our middle and long distance athletes. We have a small but committed group of athletes participating this year. Below (l - r) are Zipho Ndungane, Tarryn de Kock, Lorihaan Carnow, Jody Metcalfe and Ashwyn Davis. Rayaan Pandy and Darren Hair have also come to the fore this year.

Golf - a sport rapidly growing in popularity at SP. We play in the High Schools' Golf League.  Our team this year consists of Latiefah Holliday, Zayb Kippie, both of whom have represented Western Province, Naadir Abdurahman, and Ameen Kamalie. Below is a photo of last year’s team.                                                                                            

Hiking - An enthusiastic and hardy group, under the leadership of teachers George Grey and Karen Dreyer-Stempels, explores the beauty of the Western Cape’s mountain ranges. Below are some photos taken on a recent hike up lion’s Head. Click here for more.

Hockey -This code has had its ups and downs. Presently, we do not have a team, but we hope to revive the code in the near future. Liam Metcalfe (below) (son of ex-student Anthea Cairns) has represented the WP u/16 team on the basis of his performances for his club side. One of his previous coaches is current SA captain, Bruce Jacobs, an alumnus of SP.

Ice Skating - this club has regular sessions at the rink in Goodwood under the guidance of Mr Ivan Leedenberg.

Netball - ever popular among the girls. This year we have an u/14 and u/19 team.

Rugby - This sport has experienced a resurgence in recent years. This season our u/19 team was entered in the WP Schools’ league competition and the boys have performed very well. Manager Mr Zaid Waghid attributes this to perseverance, determination and hard work..

Soccer - still a popular sport. We have an u/16 and u/19 boys’ team playing in the league.  Some of our key players are Hoosain Begg, Ryan Williams, Siraaj Smidt, Yaaseen Ceres and Quinton Joshua.  Below is the u/19 team of 2009

Our girls’ team has also been going strongly for quite a few years. The team is in a phase of rebuilding after having lost a number of key players over the past few years. Grade 9 student Camille Mathee is one to watch for the future.

Softball - With a number of committed and enthusiastic players, this sport is rapidly growing in popularity. Aadilah Gallie was selected to represent South Africa in an international tournament in Prague last August.

Squash - Squash has made a welcome return to SP’s range of sports after an absence of easily ten years. Below are the players who represented the school in 2009. They are (l-r): Zainab Davids, Tashriq Pandy, Chane Wentzel, Fawwaaz Toefy, Maxine Newman, Thaakier Hendricks, Stacey Lamb , Na’eem Fakier, Simone Stober and Taahira Tagodien.

Swimming - Although we still do not have our own pool, the annual inter-house gala is still a popular event. Nabeelah Diedericks and Jason Wilson have both represented their clubs at provincial level. Ryan Williams is also an outstanding swimmer.

Table Tennis - another very popular sport, at which our students consistently do well. Our teams, a boys’ and a girls’ team, are always hard to beat. In the past, SP has always had a number of WP representatives. This year our school has linked up with the Liv-Ken club, and our students play in the club championships on a Saturday morning.

Tennis - Under the guidance of Mr Isaacs, this sport has been growing at a feverish pace, since the school has acquired its own courts in Elfindale. Sandy Cupido is a player of tremendous promise.

Volleyball – This has been one of the most popular sports at SP for a long time, and continues to be so. 2 teams (a boys' and a girls') play in the schools’ leagues. Jamie-Lee Wentzel (below) was selected for Western Province last year, while Ashwin Davis has also been for trials.

(Updated 5 July 2010)