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Somerset College student to represent South Africa in Water skiing Championships

Somerset College Gr 11 student, Jason Stegmann, was selected to participate in the SA Champs Slalom Water Skiing Tournament and was part of the SA team in the All Africa International, held in Stellenbosch. Jason did brilliantly and bettered his previous competition scores by 9 buoys getting i ...

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SOMERSET COLLEGE GR 8 SWIMMER WINS SIX GOLD MEDALS

Somerset College Gr 8 student, Kate Allwood, participated in the 2022 SA National Aquatic Championship, as part of the Western Province swimming team. Kate swims in the Para S15 category as a deaf swimmer, which requires her to swim without any of her hearing devices. She competes against similar ...

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SOMERSET COLLEGE SWIMMER CHAD LEVEY QUALIFIED FOR SA JUNIOR NATIONALS

Somerset College student, Chad Levey, qualified for SA Junior Nationals three years in a row. Chad competed in eight events over the six-day gala held in Gqeberha during the school holidays and obtained six personal bests. He qualified in 8th position for the 400m IM final and proceeded to 6th ov ...

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2020 Matric Student Completes Extreme Swim

Somerset College 2020 Matric student, Robert Jansen Van Rensburg, completed the extreme Robben Island to Big Bay swim, on 23 December 2019. He swam the 7,5 km distance, in 2 hours 5 minutes. Congratulations, Robert on this excellent achievement! ...

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