Head of Sport:  Mr. Ryan Houbert

We offer the following sporting activities to the children of our school:

§  Athletics

§  Cricket

§  Netball

§  Swimming

§  Soccer

§  Tennis

§  Chess

§  Golf

This page contains basic information regarding the above sports.  Further communication regarding each sport will follow via notices, newsletters and announcements.  Also check the notice board outside the school hall (western side) for further information.

Please take notice of the dress code for each sport and ensure that your child is geared accordingly.

For queries regarding sport in general, parents are welcome to contact Mr. Ryan Houbert during school hours .  Alternatively parents may contact the specific sport co-ordinators and/or coaches. 

Sport uniform queries may also be sent to Mrs. Duvenage (Uniform Committee Representative) in the form of a letter, via the School Office.

ATHLETICS

Head of Athletics:  Mrs. Van Nikkelen-Kuyper

Dress

White LRPS golf shirts, navy embroidered short. Navy school tracksuit pants and the school dri-mac may be worn in cold weather.

Season

The athletics season starts in the third term of the year.  The inter-house meeting normally takes place in the first week of the third term.  The athletics team is selected according to the results of the inter-house meeting and this team represents LRPS at interschool meetings.

We organize three friendly athletics meetings against other schools.  These meetings allow us to prepare our athletes for the interschool meeting at Pilditch.

Athletes who win medals at the interschool meeting qualify to participate at the Prestige athletics meeting where they compete against all the best athletes from the English schools in Pretoria.

Head of Cricket:  Mr. Ryan Houbert

Dress

White shorts (Open A – white long pants), white LRPS collared golf shirt, LRPS soccer socks, navy LRPS cap or wide brimmed hat and white takkies.

Cricket is played at school during the 1st, 3rd and 4th terms.

The junior cricket is run by the parents.

1st term

The following teams are entered in the competitive English league:  U/9A and B; U/10A and B; U/11A and B and Open A, B and C.

3rd term

The following teams are entered in the Afrikaans league:   Open A, U\11 A as well as U\10 A.  We play matches against the Afrikaans Schools in our area and this league allows us to prepare our players for the provincial trials which take place during the third term. The Open A team will be competing in the day\night cricket league.

4th term

All teams are entered in the English league such as during the 4th term.  The Open A is also entered in a Day-Night league and these matches are played on Fridays

Head of Netball:  Mrs. Van Nikkelen-Kuyper

Dress

Navy embroidered skirts (with shorts attached), white collared LRPS golf shirts, white socks and white running shoes. The navy tracksuit pants and dri-mac may be worn on cold days.

Season

Netball season starts in the 2nd term.  The following teams are entered in different leagues:  U/8A and B; U/9A and B;  U/10A, B, C and D;  U/11 A, B, C and D;  U/12 A, B, C and D;  Open A, B, C and D.

LRPS participates in the Jacaranda League where we play against the other English and some smaller Afrikaans Schools in Pretoria.  After completion of the competitive league we normally end the season with the inter-house matches

Head of Swimming:  Mrs. Van Nikkelen-Kuyper

Dress

Navy LRPS school costume (full costume for girls\ Speedo for boys). Yellow LRPS swimming cap. Navy embroidered shorts. White LRPS golf shirt. Slipslops as the tar can get hot when exiting the bus. Navy tracksuit pants as well as dri-macs may be worn on cold days.

Season

Swimming at LRPS takes place during the 1st and 4th terms.

Our interhouse gala takes place during the 1st term. The swimmers for our different teams are selected according to the time trial results. Two swimming teams are entered in different leagues in Pretoria. 

Training sessions take place in the mornings before school as well as in the afternoons.

During the 4th term we participate in friendly galas

SOCCER

Head of Soccer:  Mr. R Houbert

Season

The soccer season runs in the 2nd term, some games will continue into the 3rd term.

Dress

Team participation

We enter the following teams in the English soccer league:  U/10A and B; U/11A and B and Open A, B, C and D.

The following teams also play in the Challenge Cup which is a knock-out competition:  U/10A, U/11A, U/14A and the Open A and B teams. The final game in this popular competition, where most schools in Pretoria participate in, is usually played at the Caledonian stadium.

All the A teams play 11-a-side matches

Dress

Boys:  White school collared sport t-shirt, blue school shorts , school cap, white socks and tennis shoes.

Girls: White school collared sport t-shirt, blue skirt, white socks and tennis shoes. 

Children need their own racquets. Navy tracksuit pants as well as dri-macs may be warn on cold days.

Team coaching takes place on different days.

Season

1st term

Coaching, league tennis and Round Robin.

2nd term

Coaching and championships.

3rd term

Coaching, league and Round Robin.

4th term

Coaching, interschool championships and inter-house championships

CHESS

 Head of Chess: 

Dress

School uniform

Season

Advanced coaching takes place on Friday afternoons in Mrs. Ramsunder's classroom from 14:00-15:30. Beginners will be coached by Mrs. Jacobs in her class room.

LRPS will be entering into a league for the first time in the near future