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Sport Facilities

 

Rugby
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Rugby is the main winter sport for boys at Ixopo High.  Rugby at Ixopo is steeped in tradition with the game being introduced in 1924.
 
The 1st rugby field was laid out on the bank of the Ixopo River.

The school has six rugby teams in the field every Saturday and the popularity of the sport has grown in recent years.

 Hockey.
Hockey has been one of the leading girls sports at Ixopo high School for a number of years and the school has a very proud record.

The school has 6 teams in the field every Saturday.  The 1st teamhockey.JPG (96636 bytes) had a very good year this year at the Midlands league, not loosing a mact

For the 1st time, we won the Escort Festival.

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Cricket.

Ixopo High School offers all the necessary ingredients for young aspiring cricketers.

Our facilities include cricket fields, nets, a bowling machine and a group of very dedicated coaches.

Every week, provided we have sufficient opposition, our school is capable of fielding 5 highly competitive cricket teams!  (2 x U14, 1 x U15, a 1st and 2nd team)

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Our cricket ground is also the home ground for the local village cricket team, who regularly select our school teams to play in a Sunday League - affording them the opportunity to gain valuable experience.

Our boys are regulary selected for reprensentitive teams and always compete at a high level.

 

Athletics.
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Our athletics team is a rapidly growing one with loads of potential.  Mthabisi Mthembu (U17) went to Germiston, (Gauteng) to participate in an interprovincial meeting.   He was placed 9th and has been awarded honours by the school for representing KZN.

3rd Term will see the start of inter-house athletics at the school. 

Keep watching to see who will win this year!

Netball.

Although netball has only recently been introduced into the sporting cirriculum at Ixopo High School, it has proved to be very popular and in 1987 we boasted with a total of 6 teams representing the school at various levels.

Coaching sessions are held twice weekly and competitive games against local as well as schools from Pietermaritzburg regoin are held on a regular basis.

1997 was the 1st time that the school took part in the Midlands Netball Trials.  Six of our players made the semi-finals and Tina Mzoneli was selected as a member of the U16 A Midlands team.  She has been reselected for the last 2 years.

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2002 - 6 learners were chosen for South Coastel Team

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Tennis.
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Ixopo High School has a strong 1st team this year, and we expect our boys  to compete against the tops schools in Pietermaritzburg.		 Squash.
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We have 2 squash courts which we share with the village.  This year we have one girls team and one  boys team, which travel to Pietermaritzburg twice every week to play matches.

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Cycling.
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We have 9 regular cyclists in our club and we concentrate on Mountain biking.  Ixopo is surrounded by a beautiful countryside and the roads, paths and firebreaks in the Pine, Wattle and Gum plantations offer cyclists the ideal surroundings to practise their sport.

The occasional swim in a remote plantation dam adds to the adventure.

During the year we participate in fun events throughout KZN and from time to time we undertake cycling tours to neighbouring town some 100km's away.


Swimming.

Despite our unpredictable weather conditions, swimming remains a popular sport for both experienced swimmers and beginners.  Coaching is provided 4 afternoons per week.   Approimatley 30 pupils have become water-safe and many more are able to swim competently.  Over the years the school has produced several Natal Country District Swimmers.

Some of our students have been selected for the KZN Midlands C Team in 2002.  We now combine with St Patricks and King Edward to form the Higland team to swim at the Co-Ed Gala.		 BD13763_.GIF (14182 bytes) Soccer.

Soccer is a  relatively new sport at the school, but has proved to be most populaar with a 1st, 2nd, U16 and U14 team being fielded.  The teams participate in the Pietermaritzburg league and we look forward to this sprt growing from strenght to strenght.

PMB School Fixtures:
We only lost one school fixture and that was against PMB College - a very strong side.

In 2001 we won the "MOTHER OF ALL TOURNAMENTS", competing against 38 schools, and won!
In 2002, , we lost in the semi finals - 40 schools were involved.

In the Sports against Crime Tournament, in 2001, we came 2nd, competing against 12 schools.

In 2002 we will be hosting 4 school tournaments.



Cross Country.
Cross country has grown from strenght to strength.  We are able to field 3 5 member teams.  In 2002 our junior boys achieved 1st place in the PMB and Districts region.  Two of the junior boys were placed in the top 10.  In 2003 Ixopo High will be hosting a cross country event involving all the local and PMB schools.

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Revised: July 02, 2002.