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1st Boys & Girls Tennis win tournament

Kingswood celebrates their 1st Boys and 1st Girls Tennis players for an undefeated run, and a well-deserved WIN!

The Selborne/Clarendon Singles and Mixed Doubles Tennis Tournament took place in East London from Friday, 4th March to Saturday, 5th March. It is a gruelling competition where the top 6 1st team boys and girls have to play singles and mixed doubles against their opponents – this totals 18 matches per round!

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Launch of Cricket Development Initiative

In a move designed to bring the sport of cricket to as many young learners as possible, an exciting initiative was launched at Kingswood College on Wednesday afternoon. e to many talented young people, especially in the sports arena, but very often this talent cannot be identified, nurtured or taken further, due to a lack of infrastructure and facilities. The Young Warriors Cricket Development Programme is a pilot project and takes the form of a partnership between three local primary schools (George Dickerson, St Mary’s and Grahamstown Primary), Kingswood College, the Rhodes University HKE (Human Kinetics & Ergonomics) Department and the Rhodes Community Engagement Office (RUCE), as well as the Gary Kirsten Foundation.

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Kingswood partners with FMS Schools

Kingswood College is joining the movement… Kingswood College has partnered with Functional Movement Systems (FMS Schools) a UK based global education company to introduce a new functional movement program to the Kingswood College Junior School curriculum. The technology acquired from FMS by Kingswood College, will enable our Physical Education department to screen for movement efficiency…

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Kingswood Tennis players fair well at Tournament

A number of our tennis players traveled to Merrifield in East London this past weekend to take part in their Tournament. Boys Team: Luke KellyAron ErasmusStephen AylesburyMatt Gadd Boys’ section: St Andrew’s College, Grey High School, Selborne College, Pearson High School, Kingswood College, Grens Hoërskool, Merrifield College and Marlow. Girls’ section: Pearson High School, Kingswood…