IMPRESSIVE SPORTING RESULTS FOR PEARSON HIGH SCHOOL

Pearson did extremely well this Saturday the NMMHS Athletic Championships. Even with the fierce competition Pearson athletes managed to obtain 66 Medals – 25 Gold, 23 Silver and 18 Bronze.

Athletes who obtained more than 1 Gold medal performance includes:

• Giselle Pheiffer – 400m and 200m Girls u/16
• Megan Hough – 1500m and 3000m Girls u/15
• Kyra Oosthuizen – Long Jump and Triple Jump Women u/19

Our top athlete was Izaan Lamprecht in the 100m, 200m and 300mH Girls u/14 with three gold medals.  She obtained the 7^th best performance by a girl in the 300mH (46.96s) with 851 Points.  Overall, she obtained the 10^th best performance by all athletes. Best boy performance was Kian Rademeyer with 1^st position in Shotput (13.30m) Boys u/16 with 754 Points.  Over 20 athletes from Pearson High School will compete at the EC Schools Championships next week.  We are also proud to announce that three Pearson athletes have been selected for the EPA PROVISIONAL TRACK & FIELD TEAM 2022 which will compete at the ASA Championships later this term.

• Keira van Heerden – Girls U/16 400m
• Kiara Herman – Girls U/20 5000m
• Maria Venter – Girls U/20 and Women’s High Jump

A spirited performance by the Westering 1^st XI Cricket team set up an exciting encounter as they took on Pearson High School in their long-standing Co-Ed cricket encounter on Saturday. After winning the toss, the hosts Pearson elected to bowl first in the 50 over match. Pearson took early control of the match and had Westering in trouble at 63/7. Daylon Boyce and Dillan Lippere showed lots of guts and determination as the visitors clawed their way back into the match. Boyce with 25 and Lippere with 26 helped their team to post a competitive 147 as Pearson took the final wicket with the score on 147. Pearson captain Umar Gangat was the pick of the bowlers and returned figures of 3/12 in 9 overs. He was well supported by his brother Esa who picked up 2/18 in 10 overs.

After lunch, the Westering bowlers came out firing as Pearson had their backs against the wall at 63/5. The two Gangat brother came to their rescue as Umar scored a responsible 33 while Esa guided the Pearson team to victory with a quick fired 47 not out of 42 balls under great pressure. Pearson ended up winning the match by 3 wickets.

Whilst the boys’ were on the cricket pitch, the Pearson girls 1^st tennis team gained a valuable victory at home against Collegiate’s 1^st team. Wins at the number 1, 3 and 4 position gave Pearson a 3-1 overall victory with the only loss coming at the number 2 position. The result sets things up nicely for the last round of upcoming league matches with a number of schools still in contention to win the coveted 1^st league trophy.

Whilst our Pearson sports teams were performing well on land, our aquatics athletes were achieving success in the water with the U15s and 1^st team girls’ water polo teams travelling to Johannesburg to take part in the Shaun Fuchs and Old Petrian’s Water Polo Tournaments respectively. The first team girls played 10 matches won 6, drew 1 and only lost 3, to end 12^th out of 28 teams. The u15 girls ended 8^th out of 20 teams.

A wonderful end to the Pearson sporting weekend came with impressive results from the Pearson High School swimmers who took part in the annual Zsports Aquelle River Mile.  Kerri-Lee Barnard came first in the wetsuit mile, and Caitlin Rademakers won the Ladies River Mile.  Pearson also won the girls schools category for the best positions of our top swimmers, with Caitlin Rademakers coming 1^st, Kerri-Lee Barnard finishing 4^th, Jesse-Leah Läderach, Jodi Wilson and Tayla Wilson finishing 12^th, 13^th and 14^th.

Other Cricket Results vs Westering (50 Over Matches)

• U/14A
  • Westering 91/10 (29 overs)
  • Jaydan Ward 3/18 (7 overs)
  • Matthew Tinley 2/21 (9 overs)
  • Mpumi Magwentshu 2/23 (4 overs)
  • Pearson 95/4 (20 overs)
  • Matthew Els 17 not out
  • Sulaymaan Gangat 12 not out
  • Pearson win by 6 wickets

• U/15A
  • Pearson 256/10
  • Luke Hector 84
  • Matthew Burton 74
  • Cayden Wilson 47
  • Westering 98/10
  • Cayden Wilson 5 wickets
  • Pearson won by 158 runs

• 2nd XI
  • Westering 104/10 (35 overs)
  • Jordan Collier 4/29 (8 overs)
  • Divan Els 4/20 (10 overs)
  • Pearson 92/10 (23 overs)
  • Jadon Damons 42
  • Pearson lost by 12 runs

• 1st XI
  • Westering 147/10 (47.4 overs)
  • Umar Gangat 3/21 (9 overs)
  • Esa Gangat 2/21 (11 overs)
  • Pearson 148/7 (38.1 overs)
  • Umar Gangat 33 (55 balls)
  • Esa Gangat 47 not out (42 balls)
  • Pearson win by 3 wickets