Over 700 learners take part in Saheti Winter Sports Festival
“This festival is a nice way to end the sports season.”
U-10 netball players of Edenglen Primary School and Saheti Primary School looking up to the goals.
Saheti Primary School‘s 13th annual Winter Sports Festival was held on June 10, with eight schools, with a total of 720 netball and soccer players, taking part.
Pam Lerm, organiser of this year’s festival, said the event catered for learners in the u-10 to u-13 age groups.
“This festival is a nice way to end the sports season,” said Lerm.
The winning netball teams were Hurlyvale Primary School in the u-10 category and Saheti in the u-11 and u-12 categories.
The gold medal winner for the open team category was Hurlyvale; Edenglen Primary took silver.
The overall best netball school was Hurlyvale Primary.
The winning soccer teams were again Hurlyvale Primary School in the u-10 category, Saheti in the u-11 group and Bedfordview Primary School in the u-12 category.
The gold medal winner for the open team category was Edenglen; Hurlyvale took silver.
The overall best soccer school was Saheti.
A St Catherine’s player reaches for the ball to try to take it from Saheti’s possession during the Open A team match.An u-10 Saheti School soccer player chases after the ball before a player from Woodhill College takes it.U-11 players of Hurlyvale and St Martin’s School look up after a St Martin’s netball player has taken a shot.An u-11 soccer player from Bedfordview Primary School tries his best to reach the goals to take a shot while a player from Woodhill College chases him down.Seen here are Grant Shaw, Saheti’s head of boys’ sport; Pam Lerm, organiser of the event and Sophia Zachariou, principal of Saheti Primary School.An u-10 player from St Martin’s School jumps to deflect a shot taken by Bishop Bavin.A player from Edenglen Primary School’s u-11 netball team passes the ball up the court during the match against Bishop Bavin School.The goalie for the u-10 Saheti team dives to save a shot taken by a Woodhill College soccer player. Woodhill scored the goal.
