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 In the Primary School, our philosophy as far as sport is concerned, is
centred on participation. We expose the girls to a wide variety of sporting activities giving them a solid foundation for their futures. We identify and develop skills and sportsmanship in every pupil with the help of qualified coaches and teachers. This goes hand in hand with our objective of educating the “whole child” and allowing each child to fulfill her own potential.
We offer an extensive extra-curriculum programme with a wide choice of activities. All girls are encouraged to participate in at least one sporting and one cultural activity per term.
Our sporting activities include swimming, diving, water-polo, tennis, hockey – both indoor and outdoor, netball, softball, soccer, badminton, athletics, cross country running, adventure club and squash.
Our cultural activities include chess, choir, orchestra, public speaking, computers, art and craft and an Einstein club. We also offer daily homework supervision and an extension programme called “Readers are Leaders”.
At St Mary’s we are very privileged to have the use of wonderful sporting facilities including an Astroturf, a Sports Hall with two squash courts, two swimming pools, tennis courts and various other fields. |
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Tennis News
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Georgi Willows recently represented KwaZulu-Natal in the Inter-Provincial Primary Schools Tennis Tournament. From her performance during this tournament, she has been selected to represent South Africa in
Mauritius at the end of this year.
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Primary
School Tennis Tour to Bloemfontein
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Our 1st tennis team has just returned from a tour to Bloemfontein where they participated in the prestigious "Amanda
Coetzer" tournament, playing against some of the top schools in the country. They did
St Mary's proud by playing a very high standard of tennis with excellent team spirit and sportsmanship. They were placed 5th out of 6 teams.
The team consisted of Georgi Willows, Paige Phillips, Demi Schoeman, Jenna Robinson, Claire de Lange, Kate Ingham and Lara
Nolden.
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D
& D Gala
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The Senior Primary School’s swim team participated in the Girls
D & D “A” League Gala at Kings Park Pool on Tuesday 26th February. We competed against the top 10 schools in the Durban and District area.
We won the gala, in fact we were 24 points ahead of our nearest rivals, Fatima, who have held the trophy for the past 8 years. This is the first time in 19 years that the Primary school has won the
coveted trophy.
The final results were as follows:
1. St Mary’s – 183
2. Fatima – 159
3. Durban Girls’ College – 143
4. Maris Stella – 121
5. Westville – 110
6. Crawford La Lucia – 104
7. Virginia – 88
8. Penzance – 87
9. Thomas More – 69
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