Team spirit rises at Sarel Cilliers

Netbal
On Saturday, February 21, the netball teams had their first matches of the season. All the teams played extremely well, with the star players Sibusisiwe Ntuli and Thando Mazibuko, setting a high standard of play for the season. Well done girls!
The u/14s also surprised everyone with their dedication and skills. The scores were as follows: first team: 6-32; second team: 10-18; u/16A: 7-22; u/16B: 6-10; u/15A: 2-30; u/14A: 11-12; u/14B: 7-6. Congratulations to all the players for their excellent sportsmanship.
Spar Hockey Tournament
The first practice matches took place on Saturday at Pionier High School in Vryheid. Sarel Cilliers would like to thank the sponsor, Spar, for the tournament, they had a wonderful day.
Of the four matches that were played, Sarel Cilliers won 1-0 against Amajuba, drew 0-0 against Pionier, lost 0-1 and 0-2 against Pongola and St. Dominics respectively.
The u/14 and u/16 girls played against Pionier, the u/14s lost 3-1 and the u/16 lost 5-0.
Bridge-building Competition
On February 19, Sarel Cilliers High School participated in the annual SAISI Bridge-building Competition which was held in Harrismith. Three teams, that consisted of Grade 12, 10 and 11 learners participated in the event. The participants in each of these teams have Mechanical Technology as well as Engineering Graphic and Design as subjects.
There were 35 teams which participated from various schools from the Drakensberg Region of SAISI.
Sarel’s three teams did very well. Although it was their very first time in the competition, the Grade 10 team finished in 24th position whilst the Grade 11 and Grade 12 teams finished seventh and sixth respectively.
Each team was issued with 25 wooden spars which are 5mm x 5mm x 600mm long, a set of Epoxy glue that had to be mixed and a 1m length of string. Using these, teams had to design and build a bridge which was then loaded with weights in order to determine how much it could carry.