On Friday 19th and Saturday 20th July,  3 of our learners, namely,  Jonah-Kai Tchimbioputo, Laetitia Meneka and Ben Curling (captain) participated in the Western Province under 12 Zonal hockey tournament at De Hoop primary school in Somerset West. 

The tournament brings 2 teams from each of the 3 Western Province zones, South, North and Helderberg to compete against one another. This is a recent development to help Western Province identify players in advance of the first age group selection at u13 level.  All 3 played for the South zone A teams. 

The boys section was dominated by the Helderberg A team. The South zone A team did well to see off the North zone A team in their final match and come second over all. The girls South zone A team played very well throughout the tournament but lost a closely fought final match to the North zone A team and did themselves proud coming second.   

 We are so proud of your all and your incredible achievements!

On Saturday 20 July, Amanda Vermaaak competed in the Cape Town Gymnastics Trampoline and Tumbling competition.

She competed in Level 3 age 9-10 years in Tumbling.  In this level they receive a medal according the the score that they achieve.  Amanda achieved a gold medal.

She then competed in Double-Mini Level 4 age 9-10. In this level they award medals only for the top 3 places. Amanda performed all 4 of her passed beautifully and won the gold medal, winning her section.

We wish Amanda all the best as she will now move on to taking part in the Western Cape Championships from 9-11 August where her goal will be to make the Western Cape team to Nationals in Double-Mini.

We're cheering you on all the way, Amanda!  

Jashan Arora in Grade 3 participated in the Golden Star Awards competition arranged by Brawns Gymnastics, and blew everyone away by receiving all six star awards, which is the maximum accolade possible in this competition!  What a hugely significant achievement!   

Her family as well as all her Grove friends are incredibly proud of Jashan's dedication and achievement in this event.

Amanda competed at the Cape Town Gymnastics District Trials for Women's Artistic Gymnastics in the Level 2 age 9-10 year category. She scored 8.45 for beam, 8.6 for floor, 8.85 for vault and 8.5 for bar.  Her average score earned her a silver medal at the competition (medals are given in accordance to average scores) and she has qualified to represent Cape Town Gymnastics at the Western Cape Gymnastic Championships in Saldanha from 7-9 June 2024.  

We are very proud of you Amanda!  

Amelie Viljoen in Grade 7, will be representing South Africa at the prestigious Dance Stars Masters Final event in Croatia later this month. There will be dancers from 28 countries across the world taking to the stage to compete with more than 4,000 dancers competing, making new friends and having fun while sharing the same passion for dance.  

Amelie received her South Africa dance gear this past weekend and will be sure to make her family, friends and school very proud on the stage!  Good Luck Amelie!  

Lexi in Grade 4, recently competed in Western Cape Aquatics inter-district Level 1 champs competition. 

She competed in:

50m fly - silver

50m breast - bronze

100m breast - silver

We are very proud of the hard work that Lexi has put into her swimming, which shows such great results!   Well done Lexi!