Newsletter of 28 February 2026

Eastern Cape Life Saving Championships

Our girls flew the Collegiate flag high this past weekend in Jeffreys Bay at the East Cape Lifesaving Champs. Congratulations to Madison Fourie who won the Victrix Ludorum for the u19 girls (left). Sienna Gous who won the Victrix Ludorum for the u17 girls (middle) and Morgan Gous won the Victrix Ludorum for the u15 girls (right). We are proud of these excellent achievements.

Bring It On Musical

We are excited to see you at our production. It promises to be something not to miss. Tickets sales are now open: https://www.quicket.co.za/events/335953-bring-it-on/

Aquatics Day

GALA RESULTS:

5th place: Alex

4th place: Lizzie

3rd place: Borders

2nd place: Vicky

1st place: Mary

Congratulations to Madison Higgs for breaking the u16 100m Backstroke record as well as the u19 Boda Relay Bomb Squad team for breaking both the Individual Medley Relay and the Freestyle Relay records.

Our Collegiate Swimming Team (selected from this gala) will be participating in the Pearson Prestige Gala tonight, and we wish them all the best.

WATER POLO RESULTS:

5th place: Alex

4th place: Vicky

3rd place: Borders

2nd place: Mary

1st place: Lizzie

Water Polo

Some of our results from our fixtures include:

Collegiate 2nds vs DSG u15A won 5-3
Collegiate u14A vs Kingswood u14A lost 7-2
Collegiate U14B vs DSG U14B lost 1-15
DSG U14A vs Collegiate U14B lost 2-9
Collegiate 3rds vs Collegiate u15B won 9-2
Collegiate U14A vs DSG U14B lost 5-2
Collegiate 3rds vs Woodridge U14A lost 2-11
Collegiate 2nd vs DSG U14A lost 5-1
Collegiate 4th vs Kingswood Junior Team lost 1-15
Collegiate U14A vs DSG U14A lost 0-7
Collegiate u14A vs Woodridge U14 lost 0-8
Collegiate U14B vs Kingswood Junior lost 0-17

The 1st Team played in the Night Series:
Collegiate 1st Vs DSG won 1st 4-3

The 1st Team competed in Saturday fixtures:
Collegiate 1st vs DSG lost 9-2
Collegiate 1st vs Woodridge 1st won 2-1
Collegiate 1st vs Collegiate 2nds won 6-2

Our First Team Water Polo participated in the St Peter's Water Polo Tournament in Johannesburg:

Won 6-2 Kingsmead

Lost 2-6 Kingswood

Lost 2-5 Chisipite

Lost 0-10 St stithians

Lost 2-7 Durban Girls Collegiate

Won 6-4 Springfield

Won 10-2 Crawford

Lost 3-5 Stirling

Won 5-2 Beaulieu

We gained experience and we are proud of the way our girls carried themselves. We placed 23rd overall.

The U/15 A Water Polo team participated in the prestigious Shaun Fuchs Tournament, hosted by Crawford College Lonehill in Johannesburg this weekend. The team won 6 out of 8 games:

4-3 win against Durban Girls,

13-0 win against Wynberg Girls,

7-2 win against St Dominics,

12-3 win against CCL invitational,

10-1 win against St Peters College,

4-9 loss against Reddam, Constantia in the quarter final,

4-3 win against Reddam Bedforview in the playoffs, and 4-5 loss against Durban Girls College, placing 6th overall.

The U/15s participated in the annual Alex Festival:

Collegiate vs Woodridge won 6:0
Collegiate Vs Stirling won 5:0
Collegiate vs St Dominic's won 12:0
Collegiate vs Alex won 11:0
Collegiate vs Oakhill 2 won 8:3
Collegiate vs Pearson won 15:1
Collegiate vs Kingswood won 5:2

Our U/14A Water Polo team travelled to Cape Town to compete in the Dave Pitcairn Tournament held at Reddam Constantia. The results are:

Collegiate vs St Cyprians 2-8

Collegiate vs Herschel 0-11

Collegiate vs Somerset 2-4

Collegiate vs Renegades 11-0

Collegiate vs Rodean 3-5

The U/14As traveled to East London to compete in the Jason Murray tournament: They won 3 out of 6 matches and placed 5th out of 9 teams overall.

Our U/14 Water Polo girls traveled to East London for the Jason Murray tournament and had a great tournament:

5-1 Win vs Clarendon 14B

0-6 loss vs Woodridge

4-2 Win vs Stirling

0-6 loss vs DSG 14B

1-6 loss vs Pearson

4-0 Win vs Merrifield

Placed 5th out of 9 girls teams

Academic Achievements

We hosted the Algoa CMC Academic Performance Celebrations alongside the Department of Education. The Education Department recognized all the principals in the Algoa CMC for their hard work and dedication to educating the youth. Mrs Erasmus accepted the award for our 100% pass rate and 99.2% bachelor passes. She said: "This is for the hard work of our girls and the passion of our staff".

We recently attended the Department of Education District Awards recognising excellence in the National Senior Certificate examinations. We were awarded for our excellent marks in Geography, Life Orientation, Mathematics, Computer Application Technology, Consumer Studies and English Home Language, and were also recognized for being the only school in the district to attain a 100% pass rate for five consecutive years. Collegiate was also honoured with a Premier Award this year because our school attained the highest Bachelor pass rate of 99.3%. Well done to our Principal, Mrs Louise Erasmus, Subject Heads, Subject Teachers and the wonderful Class of 2025. We might have collected the awards, but these awards belong to every parent, learner, staff member and greater community. In addition, we congratulate our fellow schools for their achievements and awards.

Rowing

Our talented girls recently competed at the prestigious Buffalo Regatta in East London, South Africa’s oldest and second-largest rowing event, attracting over 23 schools and 18 clubs from across the country.

Katherine Allen made us proud by finishing second in the U15 women’s single sculls finals—an incredible achievement! Eryn du Plessis, teamed up with Katherine in the doubles and they clinched victory in a tough final.

The next rowing event is the South African School Championships in Roodeplaat from 5 – 8 March.

Queen Mary House Day

We celebrated the academic achievements of our girls at Queen Mary House Day! It was an absolute honour to have the incredible Lee Duru from Algoa FM join us as our guest speaker. Her words were nothing short of inspiring, leaving our girls feeling empowered and motivated.

Lee shared a profound message, likening children to arrows, parents and teachers to the archers who guide and support them. Because an arrow must be held steady, there will be pull back, and you must aim, then, you can fly.

Soon, the girls will become their own archers, and we hope they hit bullseye in life. Lee, certainly did today.

Tennis

Grey and Collegiate traveled to East London to take part in the Selbourne/Clarendon mixed double tournament.

After winning against Pearson, they were scheduled to play Stirling in the finals. Unfortunately, we were rained out.

The results for the weekend were as follows:

Vs St Andrews/DSG lost 8-10

Vs Nico Malan won 13-5

Vs Selbourne/Clarendon won 12-6

Vs Pearson won 9-5

A long-standing Valentine’s Day tradition continued on Wednesday as brother and sister schools, Grey High School and CGHS, came together for a special mixed doubles tennis afternoon.

Boys and girls teamed up on court, dressed in their Valentine’s best, with cupcakes, balloons and plenty of laughter adding to the spirit of the day. It was more than just good tennis. It was about friendship, connection and celebrating a partnership that has grown over many years.

A special thank you to Mikah van Niekerk for bringing his camera along and capturing the moments, while still stepping onto court himself. Your contribution behind and in front of the lens is truly appreciated.

Our Grey High tennis sides, together with Collegiate Girls’ High, are currently in East London competing in the Selborne and Clarendon Girls Mixed Doubles Tournament hosted by Selborne College and Clarendon Girls’ High School. We wish them all the very best as they represent our schools with pride.

Cricket

Our 1st Team Cricket girls had a wonderful weekend of Cricket at the Reddam Constantia T20 festival. We had the opportunity to play a Northern Ireland touring team, UK touring team and two Cape Town Schools. Special mention of just some of the top performances:

Morgan de Souza bowled 5 for 19,

Madison Venter bowled 3 for 20.

Sarah Black was consistent with the bat scoring a 30 and 31. Our girls also enjoyed exploring

The results are as follows.
We lost against NCU, an Irish touring squad, by 72 runs.
We lost by 6 wickets to the British touring squad, Wellington.
We lost against Reddam by 105 runs.
And we lost against Stellenburg by 8 wickets.
Special mention goes to Morgan de Souza who bowled 5 for 19, Madison Venter who bowled 3 for 20 and Sarah Black who scored 30 and 31 runs in their respective matches.
Thank you to Mrs Posthumus for organising the tour and for accompanying us alongside Ms Kruger. Thank you to Mrs Erasmus for the support during our matches.

Both the first and second team played a match against their respective teams:

The first team lost against Pearson by 8 wickets.
The second team beat DF’s first team by 10 runs.

Community Service

Facta Non Verba, deeds not words, is not just a statement, but the way we encourage our girls to live on a daily basis. Today, our girls donated blood with the incredible staff of SANBS in our beloved school hall. One donation, saves three lives. We encourage our Collegiate community to go to their nearest blood bank to donate. We are profoundly proud of our youngsters, setting the example.

Trinity Top Achievers 2025 season

Every year, the Trinity College of London give special recognition to learners, globally, who have excelled in their practical examinations. We are very proud of the music learners who have achieved 90% and above for their Grades 5 to 8 Trinity practical examinations.

A special mention is made to the music staff for their guidance, teaching and support throughout the year.

We commend the following learners for being singled out by the Trinity College of London as top achievers for 2025:

Clarice Pieterse Gr 8 clarinet

Ava Beary Gr 7 saxophone (Matric 2025)

Jessica Eaton Gr 6 saxophone

Bronwyn Shone Gr 6 clarinet

Hayley van der Riet Gr 5 clarinet

Avethandwa Goboza Gr 5 saxophone

Avethandwa Goboza Gr 6 Voice

Katherine Wilson Gr 7 Voice

Trilingual Speech Competition

On Monday 16 February, the annual Trilingual Speech Competition took place in the Stevenson Hall. The three adjudicators were Mr Neil Anderson from VP for English, Ms Jani Gerber from Pearson for Afrikaans and Ms Pamela Ndovela from our own Geography department for Xhosa.

The junior selection was depleted by illness, however, brave speakers stood up and did their best.

The junior winners were:

isiXhosa – Elethu Mangcaka on the topic: Umbelelo

Afrikaans – Mika Ramnath on the topic: Dankbaarheid

English – Harshita Kaswa on the topic: Gratitude

The senior competition was fierce and some mature and thought-provoking speeches were delivered. As there could only be one winner, the judges’ decisions were final.

The senior winners were:

isiXhosa – Sanelisiwe Mbabana on the topic: Ikamva

Afrikaans – Mirelle Koen on the topic: Maar hoekom?

English – Olivia Freercks on the topic: But why?

This tradition is one that we hope will endure for many years as seeing the talent the girls have for public speaking is always a privilege.

Debating

In one of the League fixtures, the first senior team debated the motion: “THBT social media has been beneficial for human communication” as opposition. We won, and Nonhle Goliath was awarded best speaker. Some of our juniors also attended a beginners’ workshop at the same time which taught them the ins and outs of how debating works.

Athletics

On Monday the 2nd of Feb most of our girls participated in the Zonals Competition:

Daniella Makolo – u/14

100m 2nd

200m 2nd

High Jump 1st

Ninke Scholtz – u/14

200m 1st

800m 1st

1500m 1st

Lipata Mohale – u/14

Discus 1st

Javelin 1st