Huge congratulations to Aimee Canny, Grade 8, for being selected to represent South Africa for swimming in the Africa Union Sport Council U20 Games, which will take place in Botswana from 7-16 December 2018. Team South Africa comprises 220 athletes from nine sporting codes namely: athletics (incl. visually impaired), basketball, boxing, football, judo, netball, swimming, […]
Last week our College pupils participated in the competitive annual Inter-House Water Polo. There was a wonderful spirit at the pool as Jubilee, Bendigo and Millwood battled it out for the trophy. Congratulations to Bendigo who took the final honours! Detailed results were as follows: Boys 3rd – Millwood 2nd – Bendigo 1st – Jubilee […]
Oakhill School’s ethos of “the joy of learning” is evident not only in its proven track record for a holistic and well-rounded education of learners, but also by school leavers as they continue with much enthusiasm and success in their chosen paths, whether in South Africa or overseas. Other than their excellent individual and collective […]
Oakhill Prep Intermediate Phase students performed extremely well in the recent SA Mathematics Challenge – an independent assessment where questions are aimed at conceptual knowledge, the application of knowledge in new situations, problem-solving, reasoning, communication, and general mathematical thinking. It is important for our students to become empowered, independent, creative and critical thinkers and the SA Mathematical […]
The u13 Boys and Girls Water Polo teams recently participated in the Cannons Creek Water Polo Tournament in Cape Town at Rondebosch Boys High School. The girls soldiered through a hard fought pool section to finish strong by winning their playoff game to place 5th overall in the competition. The boys finished 3rd overall after an extremely […]
This morning our Oakhill cyclists had the privilege of meeting and conversing with 4 time world champion, 5 times Cape Epic winner and Olympic medalist Christoph Sauser. Swiss born Christoph, now retired from the international circuit, was fortuitously staying over at the OSC while racing a new international event in our area – Rainmaker Rollercoaster […]
Congratulations to Paul Kotze (Grade 11) who has achieved wonderful results in equestrian eventing this year. Paul now ranks 25th in South Africa for the Junior Rider category. To be placed in the top 25 in the country is an excellent result especially considering that Knysna is far away from the major competition areas.
Kaitlyn Noble (Grade 8) has achieved wonderful results in the martial arts discipline this year. She was once again been chosen to represent Eden in the Sports Martial Arts Nationals (Destiny) held in Stellenbosch at the end of September. Kaitlyn performed extremely well, taking silver in both the Kata and Kumite (traditional fighting) divisions and qualifying for […]
Earlier this month, ur U15 Oakhill boys and girls water polo teams competed in the Glenwood Xtreme Tournament in George against some of the top water polo schools in our region and from Cape Town. Our girls team took bronze in the tournament while our boys were crowned as the tournament winners! This is an astonishing […]
Well done to all our mountain bikers who competed in the Eden Spur Schools MTB League Final that took place on Saturday, 15 September at Knysna Montessori. A number of Oakhill learners achieved podium positions and some outstanding times. Special mention goes to the following riders: Julian Bunge who won the Series with 45 points […]
Last week Bendigo, Jubilee and Millwood took to the fields at the OSC for our annual inter-house athletics events – long jump, high jump and shotput, culminating with sprints and long distance events on Friday. Well done to all pupils who participated, each earning valuable points for their houses. Millwood once again took the honours […]
Eden Water Polo Champs
Our water polo players did us proud earlier this month at the Glenwood House Water Polo Festival. The boys and girls took the game to the opposition and showed true Oakhill grit and determination! Our U13 teams both competed in the Eden League finals, with the girls placing second overall and the boys winning the […]