A true ambassador for excellence
Jessica Wade, a Grade 9 learner, has excelled
year on year at Waterstone College. In 2017 she
was named best tennis player, best soccer player,
best junior cross-country athlete, hardest working
track athlete and won junior sportswoman of
the year. In addition, she was appointed as the
Waterstone Soccer Academy’s most valuable player
throughout all age groups. In 2017 at the age of
just 14 she was selected to play her first match for
the South African under 17 women’s football team,
nicknamed Bantwana. Jessica scored on debut in
a world cup-qualifier versus Botswana. Since then
Jessica has earned seven caps and travelled with the
Bantwana team to the BRICS tournament in China,
where they earned a bronze medal. Jessica, playing
in the central midfield role, has earned herself a
regular starting position in the Bantwana team and
would travel to the under 17 Women’s World Cup
in Uruguay from 13 November to 1 December.
Besides these tremendous sporting achievements,
Jessica has still managed to constantly be placed in
the top 10 academics in her grade.
Jessica Wade received her green blazer for being selected to represent the Bantwana team.
The under 13 Waterstone College soccer
team competed in four cups and a league.
The boys won the inaugural Glenview
Festival and retained both the Marian
Festival and Waterstone Festival titles all
within three weekends. The boys were then
entered into the under 14 Discovery Knock-
out Cup where they made it through to the
semi-finals before losing on penalties.
The primary school and secondary
school both achieved an overall third
place. The medal count was five
gold, eight silver and eleven bronze
for the primary school and four gold,
six silver and four bronze for the
secondary school.
Learners at the gala
Archery champion
Dirk de Bot is the new junior male freestyle
unlimited world champion in archery.
Dirk de Bot
Golden success for netball girls
The sweet smell of victory at the
Waterstone Festival.
Khethelo Ngcobo (left) and Werner
Oosthuizen (right) are true soccer
superstars.
Congratulations to all the boys on a very
successful season, the future looks bright.
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Windhoek Gymnasium achieved
excellent places at the Pupkewitz
Schools Swimming Gala.
The netball teams of Windhoek Gymnasium had a very successful season with the
following results in their league finals:
• Under 13A – silver (Coach Janel Schutte)
• Under 15A – gold (Coach Toetsie Kambutuka and Klara van Zyl)
• Under 17A – gold (Head Coach Taliza Steenkamp and Assistant Coach Salome Davin)
• Under 19A – gold (Coach Ronelle Moolman)
Soccer superstars
The team scored a total of 74 goals during the
season, only conceding 13. Congratulations
to Werner Oosthuizen, who won goalkeeper
of the tournament in both the Waterstone
Festival and the Glenview Festival. Special
mention must go to Khethelo Ngcobo, who
won both player of the tournament and top
goalscorer at the Waterstone Festival after
netting eight goals in just four games.
Swimming to
victory
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The netball team with their coaches and trophies.
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