MENLOPARK SHOW THEIR CLASS BY DEFENDING INTER HIGH ATHLETICS TITLE
After a week of thrilling action at Pilditch Stadium, Hoërskool Menlopark emerged triumphant, retaining their title as the top track and field school in Pretoria by winning the A-Bond Inter High championship on Friday.
Competing in front of a packed stadium, which was sold out, the Menlopark athletes showed their class, finishing top of the overall standings with 2 597 points.
Putting up a fight, Hoërskool Waterkloof (2 254) and Zwartkop (2 171) also racked up more than 2 000 points each, taking second and third positions respectively.
In the girls’ division, Menlopark won, with Affies Meisies taking second spot and Waterkloof ending third. Among the boys, Affies Seuns earned the most points, followed by Menlopark and Hoërskool Zwartkop.
With Pretoria boasting some of the best track and field schools in South Africa, both in terms of quality and depth, insitutions from around northern Gauteng converged on Pilditch Stadium throughout the week.
Using a promotion/relegation system, the inter-high divisions are split into various leagues with eight schools in each. The top schools in each division are promoted the following year, while the teams that finish eighth drop to the lower sections.
In the D-bond competition on Tuesday, Die Wilgers emerged as the overall winners. gaining promotion to the C-bond next season.
On Wednesday, spectators at Pilditch were treated to the most dominant performance of the week, with Curro Hazeldean showcasing their class. As one of the newer schools in Pretoria, they must climb the ranks before they earn their spot in the A-bond, but they proved they are well on their way to achieving that goal by finishing well clear of their opposition, gaining promotion to the B-bond.
And in a tightly contested B-bond meeting on Thursday, Hoërskool Eldoraigne earned promotion to the top-flight division in 2025.
