Jack Carlisle started training in November 2008 at Cybersmart. In May 2009, 
he swam his first club gala. To move into league galas, you need to swim two qualifying times at club level which he did in his first gala and from then on he started swimming in the WP league galas.
For the rest of 2009 he had to swim to get qualifying times to be able to compete at one of the two major galas in the Western Province. These qualifying times are national times and approved by SA swimming. If you are a beginner swimmer like Jack was, the expected route to follow is to qualify for Jack Currie and then the following year for the WP Champs. However, Jack qualified for the WP Champs straight away where he won two gold, one silver and a bronze in his age group.
Despite all the galas throughout the year, the main event is always the national championships. There are three levels with different qualifying times for each. Of these, level 3 is the top level. Jack had four qualifying times for Level 3 and competed in seven events in East London from 12th – 16th March 2010. He turned 12 just before nationals and was one of the youngest to compete.
He improved five of his times and was placed 9th in 50m Fly and 200m IM. This is a phenomenal achievement in such a short space of time. It is not the norm for a child to accomplish what he did in less than a year as it generally takes 2 – 3 years. Congratulations, Jack. We are very proud of you!
Luca Powell did very well at the Western Province tennis trials and scored the maximum he possibly could. On Saturday 20th March, Central played against South, North, Helderberg and Tygerberg. Luca won all four of his matches (6-3; 6-1; 6-1; 6-2). He was asked to play again on Sunday 21st March. He played two matches vs the number 1 and number 2 of Helderberg where he beat the number 1 (6-1) and lost in a tiebreak to the number 2 (5-6). Final results of the WP tennis trials: Luca Powell U11A; Calvin Jordaan U13B and Sean Hegarty U13A.
Niki Tavares competed in a three day soccer tournament on 20 – 23 March in Kensington. Santos, Ajax, Vasco, Old Mutual were amongst the top clubs involved. Niki captained the U11A side and 40 teams in his age group and they won the tournament with no goals conceded.
South Peninsula Cricket Academy recently hosted a pro 15 cricket tournament. Six teams participated which
included: Peninsula Cricket Academy, South Peninsula Cricket Academy, Primrose Cricket Club, Edgemead Cricket Club and Milnerton Cricket Club of which Khanya Dilima is a member. Khanya received a trophy for the ‘Overall Bowler of the Tournament’. Out of 12 overs, he took 9 wickets with 4 maidens and he only conceded 19 runs. Well done, Khanya!
In December 2009, Brandon Gehlig was one of a hundred children called up to Western Province U12 Trials for Baseball. In February 2010, Brandon was chosen to represent WP U12A at the IRT Tournament in Durban. The tournament was held from 28th March – 2nd April and we are very proud to announce that the WP U12A team won the tournament and will be representing South Africa in Europe later in the year. Well done Brandon and congratulations to you and your team!
Joshua Sternslow went to a Ryan Maron Cricket Clinic in the holidays and won a trophy for being ‘The Most Improved Cricketer’ What a fantastic effort, Joshua!
Jamie Behrens came third in the Agri Expo Show Jumping Championships on Ying and Yang. She also came second in the novice equitation with Maxmillion. An excellent achievement, Jamie!
Duncan Edwards (8) was invited to represent WP in the WP Triaq Gala 2010 swimming at Under 9 level on 10 April 2010. His medal haul was as follows: 50m Freestyle - Gold; 50m Backstroke – Gold; 50m Butterfly – Gold; 100m Freestyle – Gold; 100m Backstroke - Silver (and his goggles fell off !) and 200m Medley Relay – Silver. Duncan, you are a superstar – keep up the fantastic effort!
Academic Merits
Grade 3 merit winners: Michaela Bezer (3F); Stephanie Du (3L); Megan Deghaye (3W). The winning class: Mrs
Wahl - Grade 3W
Culture
Assembly musicians
At this week’s opening assembly, two of our musicians, who had spent the entire holidays practising for their Trinity music examinations performed their exam pieces. Zarah Linssen played ‘Goddesses’ on the recorder and Cecilia van der Walt played ‘A Legend’ on the piano.
Chess
Kenny Solomon, SA Chess Champion, was at school to interact and share his expertise with our chess players. It was an exciting time for the children as they actually got to play against Kenny. He taught them many new moves and Tristan Oertel was the last player to be eliminated by the champ. Well done, Tristan!
Art
We are extremely proud of Chanté Grobler who won the section for Grade 4 and 5 learners with her colourful soccer world cup images in the Artwork Exhibition at Canal Walk held during the holidays. She won R2500 for herself and R5000 for the school! The following children are also to be congratulated for being awarded the ‘Highly Recommended’ commendation: Jade Simeon; Olivia Naude; Robyn Karsten; Selin Alp; Ashleigh Simonis;
Joanna Sobkow; Pascale Schoeman and Tammy Manson
Dance
Jessica Hawthorn danced in the Grade 4 ballet international examination and danced alongside children from
Grades 7, 8 and 9. She beat them all bar one child in Grade 8 achieving a mark of 89%! Well done, Jessica, on this fantastic achievement. We are very proud of you.
Sport
The Day/Night cricket game held on 26 March was a comprehensive victory for Parklands College. Well done to the team!
Netball
WP Netball trials were held on Wednesday and went very well. Of the nine U12 girls selected, Aimee Otto and
Elizabeth Marchese went through to the next round which will be held here on Monday. Congratulations, girls!
