SPORT
Waterpolo Head of Waterpolo: Mr Ian Melliar Teacher-in-charge: Mr Gian Marneweck Coach: Ms Laura Barrett Captain: Anja Mühr Vice-Captain: Alex Faber
This year, Rustenburg had a very young 1st team, made up mostly of Grade 11s. As Rustenburg does not have a waterpolo pool, the various teams trained at Westerford and at Newlands as well as having fitness training before school at Rustenburg. In Term 4 2012, the 1st team participated in two social tournaments held at Reddam House College and Somerset College. These were great fun and a good learning experience for the team. In 2013, the 1st team participated in the annual Old Petrians Waterpolo tournament, hosted by St. Peters in Johannesburg. We played many matches over the course of the three-day tournament, so we were quite exhausted by the end of the tour. We gained a lot of experience playing against teams from other parts of South Africa and our team improved tremendously over the three days. Unfortunately we lost a close game against St. Stithians, 4–3 and narrowly missed out on a place in the top eight positions. We ended up finishing 16th overall, a huge improvement from last season’s 22nd place.
U16 Waterpolo Tour Team
Third row, from left: Haidee Davis, Megan van Westenbrugge, Jenna Wood, Jessica Banks Second row, from left: Ashley Howard, Melissa Rossouw, Rebekah Perren, Jessica Walters, Francesca Cassar, Samantha McCrindle Seated, from left: Mr Ian Melliar (Head of Waterpolo), Ms Louise Lawrence, Mr André Williams (Coach), Catherine Torrington (Captain), Ms Vivienne Williams
In preparation for the tour, the team participated in a series of matches held on Tuesday evenings at Herschel, held in the same format as the matches would be on tour (four, five minute chukkas, running time), as well as the normal league matches on Friday afternoons. The U16A team, captained by Catherine Torrington and coached by Mr Andre Williams, participated in the Alexander Road Tournament in Port Elizabeth. They did extremely well, despite this being a 1st team tournament. Rustenburg usually competes in the B division, but were entered into the A division this year, because of our success in 2012. Despite this tough competition, the team achieved excellent results, winning five matches, drawing one and losing five. Our Rustenburg U4A and U16A teams both lost their playoff matches in their respective leagues which resulted in no Rustenburg team advancing into the semi-finals. Congratulations to the following girls who played in various Western Province teams at the South African Schools tournament held in December 2012: Rebecca Parsons and Iman Allie (U16B), Catherine Torrington (U15B), Ashleigh Howard (U14A) and Rebekah Perren (U14B).
1st Waterpolo Team
Third row, from left: Stephanie Perreira, Geordie Gottgens Second row, from left: Tanur Faber, Jessica Zietsman, Karla Lützeler, Michaela Hablutzel, Michaela Cox, Rebecca Parsons Seated, from left: Alex Faber, Mr Ian Melliar, Anja Mühr (Captain), Mr Gian Marneweck, Iman Allie
RGHS MAGAZINE 2013
94
