Woodridge continued to show their strengths as they took on Union High School from Graaff Reinet on the rugby and girls hockey fields at the Woodridge campus on Saturday. These fixtures have been revived and proved to be a good one for both schools.
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In a tough girls first team match, in which the final score belied the difference between the two teams, Woodridge were two nil up after the first half. Working hard to apply pressure in the second half, Woodridge started penetrating the Union defence, with Jessica Brown controlling the middle of the field and Iman Bonnasse showing great skill and poise to score two excellent field goals. Woodridge ran out aa convincing 6 – nil winners.
The rest of the Woodridge girls hockey teams showed similar dominance, winning the U14A (3 – nil), U16A (1- nil), U16B ( 1 – nil) and U14B (1 – nil) games. The Union second team won 2 – 1 to conclude an excellent contest of hockey. As expected, the rugby matches against Union were toughly contested. The Woodridge 1st team gave it their all against a well drilled Union first team. Unfortunately we made too many errors and could not adjust defensively to Union’s style of play, despite a five all half time score. Union upped their game in the second half and scored some well-executed tries to run out as deserving winners with a score of 29 - 10.
The 2nd team held on to what was a very closely fought match, which could have gone either way, but they were resolute in their defence up until the last minute. The final score was 7 - 5 for Union. The U16 game was definitely the match of the day with a well-organised Woodridge team taking their opportunities and converting them into a thrilling 19 – 14 win. The U14s fought hard but went down to Union with a final score of 24 – 19.
On the equestrian front, Woodridge hosted the Western Mounted Games Qualifier 4 at the Woodridge Equestrian Centre's two specialised arenas. Our riders competed against several other schools and achieved several podium positions. Prep rider, Kungamsa Sitoto, did exceptionally well, earning herself the "Speed Queen" title of the day in the Speed Barrel races. The individual results were as follows:
COLLEGE
- Jani Muller (tie 2nd in the Level 3), Nicole Reid (1st in Level 2), Hinata Abe (1st in L0) and Michaela Wedderburn (2nd in L0).
PREP
- Kungamsa Sitoto (1st in Level 2), Armie de Klerk (2nd in Level 2), with our level 0 riders, Amila Faltein, Mia Nel, Lia-Grace van der Westhuizen, Somila Ncalu and Callyn Vickery riding consistently throughout the day.
PRESCHOOL
- Lead-rein riders: Josh Brink (1st ) and Riley Russet (2nd). Emile van Vuuren, Riley Upman and Lara Kruger all had an enjoyable day while competing
EXTERNAL
- Zandri Stumke (2nd L2 High School), Danelle Bothma (2nd Level1 High School), Ryan (2nd Level1 Prep) and Neranze Nel (2nd Level 0 Prep).
Josie Klein, another College rider, competed in a Show Jumping competition at the PE Riding Club this weekend. She jumped an excellent double clear round on Sunday, while Caelan Birch, who travelled to George to compete in the WC Sanesa Eventing Qualifier 5 competition, proudly won the 85cm Junior Title.
