What a season….

Winners of Summer Splash, winners of National Aquatics Festival and finally winners of the inter-high Premier Gala! We last won this trophy in 2003 when one of our current coaches, Cindy Brown was the captain of the team. In my 19 year tenure at St Mary’s, we lost by one point in 2010 and two points in 2011 but this is a first – a long awaited but very sweet 40 point victory.

1st St Mary’s A 403

2nd St Andrew’s A 363

3rd St Stithians 339

4th St Dominic’s 264

5th Roedean 221

6th Assumption 211

7th Kingsmead 179

8th Holy Rosary 156

9th Parktown Girls’ 119

10th Jeppe Girls’ 104

We broke records in the following events:

Event 5: U14/U15 4x50m Backstroke relay (Marie Ella Maske, Grace Morris, Hannah Rigby and Kyla Grobbelaar)

Event 16: U15 4x50m Medley Relay (Marie Ella Maske, Kiera Cloete, Jessica Black and Kyla Grobbelaar)

Event 23: U15 50m Backstroke – Grace Morris

Not to be outdone, our B team swam into 2nd place in the A gala. They were beaten by a strong team from Brescia House who gains promotion to the Premier gala; and Jeppe will be relegated for the galas in 2023.

1st Brescia A 391,5

2nd St Mary’s B 377

3rd St Andrew’s B 314

4th St Catherines A 274

5th St Teresa’s A 258

6th Kingsmead B 231

7th Potchefstroom A 200

8th Brescia B 146,5

9th Assumption B 122

Congratulations to each and every swimmer. The long hours, early morning and tough sessions really paid off. I think this quote from Ralph Lauren sums up our season; “A lot of hard work is hidden behind nice things.”

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DIRECTOR OF SPORT