In January, St Mary’s, hosted the 8^th annual Summer Splash Festival. Summer Splash is one of the few events where both junior and senior school swimming and diving teams combine to compete as a unit. The Reef Cup Water Polo Tournament forms the water polo component at this popular aquatics festival.

It was a superb two days for St Mary’s, who were victorious in all three disciplines.

The final results were as follows:

Swimming

1^st St Mary’s School, Waverley, “A” team - 313

2^nd St Andrews School for Girls - 296

3^rd St Stithians Girl’s College - 275

4^th Holy Rosary School - 186.5

5^th Pretoria High School for Girls and Auckland Park Primary School - 169.5

6^th Brescia House School - 168.5

7^th St Mary’s DSG, Pretoria - 159

8^th St Mary’s School, Waverley, “B” team - 136

9^th Roedean School (SA) - 117.5

10^th Kingsmead College - 103

Diving (overall results)

1^st St Marys School, Waverley -68

2^nd Kingsmead College - 50

3^rd St Stithians Girls’ College - 47

4^th St Andrews School for Girls -33

5^th Brescia House - 25

6^th Pretoria High School for Girls - 22

7^th Roedean School (SA) - 20

Water polo

The St Mary’s 1^st and 2^nd team both competed in The Reef Cup Water Polo Tournament. The second team was able to gain lots of game experience against first team level players and came 3^rd in their pool games. The St Mary’s 1^st team won all their pool games and their playoff games. They played in the final against Roedean School and came away with the win in a close final. The final score was 5-4 to St Mary’s.