Krugersdorp High School was the second school to compete in the Coca-Cola 30 Minute Heroes Challenge, a competition introduced to schools participating in the Coca-Cola T20 Schools Challenge and aimed at getting the pupils physically active.
All 1 400 pupils at Krugersdorp High came either to participate or watch their peers in action.
The concept encourages as many pupils as possible to complete a five-drill circuit within 30 minutes, comprising for example shuttle runs between six beacons, moving a cricket ball from one beacon to the next, target throwing at a set of wickets, skipping with a skipping rope, catching balls off a rebound board and weaving in and out of ten slalom poles.
The scores of the schools will be made public once all schools have completed their challenge.
The school that completes the most circuits in the allotted 30 minutes will win an outdoor gym valued at R200 000, which will be installed at the winning school.
Neil Holmes, Deputy Head Principal and Sports Director was on hand to encourage all his pupils.
“This is a fantastic initiative and those who took part had a lot of fun. I was pleased to see how many pupils who do not participate in any sporting activities got involved and noted that the girls performed better at the skipping drill than the boys,” he says.
Krugersdorp High School encourages all pupils to participate in some form of exercise and recently secured funding for a small indoor gym.
“This concept fits in with what we are trying to achieve at the school. We rely on government funding and would not be in a position to invest in an outdoor gym ourselves, so winning the prize would be great for the school.”
The members of the first cricket team were the first to complete all five drills and left immediately for the cricket field where they were playing a Coca-Cola T20 Schools Challenge match against rivals Hoërskool Bastion.
