Grade 11 learners from St Andrew’s School for Girls were honoured recently for all their achievements.
Kelly Baker was selected to represent South Africa in the World Tap Dance Championships in Germany 2018 where the participants competed against 26 other countries.
In the group section, Kelly and her team made the semi-finals and finished in the top 10.
In the duo and trio sections, they finished in the top 20.
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Kerryn Herbst was selected to swim at the Region 5 u-20 Youth African Games for SA in December 2018.
Kerryn had a very successful gala and achieved gold in the 100m backstroke, silver in the 50m backstroke and silver in the 200m backstroke. She was also in the team relay who won gold for the four-time 100m freestyle relay.
She surpassed the highest possible standard for a school-going learner and has been awarded honours for swimming.
Hannah-Grace McBride represented the South African u-16 team in squash in 2018.
She played in two international tournaments, the Malaysian Open and Singapore Open. Each tournament was five days long.
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In the Malaysian Open, Hannah placed 22nd out of 90 players in the u-17 category and she also placed 11th out of 70 players in the u-17 category in the Singapore Open.
Hannah also had the honour of playing in the Nicole David Arena which is named after the Malaysian female professional squash player who was ranked world number one for a consecutive nine years and is currently ranked world number six.
St Andrew’s School For Girls are exceptionally proud to award top honours to these learners.
