Interskole 2023/Paarl Girls' High

  Matriek momente: Uit die lens van 'n toeskouer deur Chane van Zyl Foto: EJ Lang Gim se hekke wemel van voete wat in en uit beweeg. Dis 'n gonsende bynes van opwinding en verwagting wat in die lug hang. Die groot dag het uiteindelik aangebreek. Dit is INTERSKOLE! Met 'n hart vol liefde en nostalgie neem ek die geleentheid waar om die dag te deel met my geliefde vriendinne. Ons loop saam langs die veld, die herinneringe van ons avonture en oomblikke van vreugde en verdriet deelend. Ons praat oor ons drome en hoop vir die toekoms, terwyl ons weet dat hierdie oomblikke ons altyd sal verbind, selfs al skei ons paaie eendag. Die geur van vars grasperk vul die lug, en ek kan nie anders as om die oomblik te koester nie. Ek neem 'n oomblik om om my te kyk en al die gelukkige gesigte te sien. Ons meisies het ons verskillende belange en talente, maar vandag is ons almal een - een skool, een gemeenskap, een familie. Die wedstryde vorder, en ek voel die adrenalien in my are pomp. ...

‘n Buitengewone Spanbou: Hande vat met Samaritan's Feet Deur Annemay Schade Interskole is daardie tyd van die jaar waar elke leerder se fokus op skooltrots gerig is en hul visie na die buitewêreld begrens is. Al wat jy lééf is jou skool, geesvang en die in dril van spelpatrone. Dit kom nooit eers in jou gedagtes dat jy jouself in lugbel bevind wat só ver verwyder is van ander se realiteit nie.  Die tweede hokkiespan van HMS het egter, en ek dink dit is ‘n eerste, ons spanbousessie gebruik om uit te reik na ander. Ons het hande gevat met Samaritan’s Feet.  Ons het eerder as klets en pizza eet, ons brose menslikheid ontdek deur, deur ons interskole wedstryd en liefde vir die sport, liefde aan ander te bewys. Ons is na die Ikamva Foundation in Mbekweni waar ons as deel van die Samaritan’s Feet Projek en Goals fo Life ‘n klein verskilletjie probeer maak het in die lewens van kinders wat in hierdie wintermaande nie die voorreg het om warm sokkies en skoene aan hul voete te dra nie....

  Dik vibe  by Isabella Groenewald During Big Brag, a new teacher at our school, Ms Fouché, was put on the spot and asked to describe Interschools. Her answer summed up Interschools in two words and left the crowd cheering: Dik vibe. The first layer of the Interschools vibe takes place amongst school learners. You paint people’s faces you’ve barely held a conversation with. You borrow hair ties and ribbons from random people so one of the unofficial, underpaid Girls’ High stylists can braid your hair. You cheer unfamiliar names next to the sports field, regardless of if you know them or not, because they are part of your school. The dik Interschools vibe creates a form of nationalist pride in your school and reinforces the existing sisterhood we have in Girls’ High.  The second layer of Interschools vibe is the town of Paarl. During Interschools week, you have to colour coordinate your outfits to the school you support. You decorate your house in the school's colours, and...

Ode to our Matrics of '23 - The Final Countdown   by Hannah Malan As the Matrics are approaching the final countdown of their high school years, they are grabbing the bull by the horns by taking every opportunity that comes their way. A group of friends created a netball team on the first of August to play Interschools on the fourth of August. Most of the team had not played netball since primary school and joined the team for the fun of it. They asked one of their friends, who unfortunately cannot play netball anymore, to coach their last-minute team. Zemke Lombard coached one practice before the team was ready to play. The team played with enthusiasm and passion a week after they were formed. They achieved a surprisingly near loss against the Paarl Gymnasium u.19D team. There are many Matrics who partook in both netball and hockey this year to experience the full Interschools feeling for the last time. The countdown on their final year of high school keeps ticking yet they are fi...

  Hockey - the future is created in the now! By Phia Heydenreich When the final whistle blew for the first team hockey match, my first thought was "I have never been prouder to be a Girls Higher." GHS went into the game as the 'underdogs', having last won Interschools hockey 17 years ago!  Paarl Gymnasium is a formidable hockey school in South Africa. Sometimes it seems as if the Paarl Gim players were born with hockey sticks in hand. In the warm-up session, the GHS players appeared like little tweety birds in one corner of the field against a Gym team that owned their half with confidence and poise. GHS could not help but go on the field with the utmost respect for their opponents. However, respect does not mean accepting a subordinate position and bowing to solid opposition. We were going to give them the game of their lives. Earlier this year, against all expectations, GHS won their match against Paarl Gim at St Mary’s. This made the GHS supporters cautiously optim...

Hoe sitplekke jou staanplek in die lewe weerspieël. - Kontroversieel - Sjoe! Wat ‘n dag was gister nie vir Hoër Meisieskool en die meisies van Paarl Gimnasium nie. Beide skole het mooi oorwinnings gehad en ‘n paar oog-toe-maak verlore. Ek gaan nie nou uitbrei oor die wedstryde, die atmosfeer of selfs die verversings nie. Daar gaan nog deur die dag vars berigte daaroor volg. Gister was daar te midde van die mooi en die kompetisie tog ‘n element wat nie anders kon as om te krap aan die wese van ‘n vrou nie, en dit is die sitplek. Ja, ek kan nie anders as om myself te vra hoe die beskikbaarheid van sitplek by vrouesporte, vroue se staanplek in die samelewing weerspieël nie? Gister is daar plofbare Netbal gespeel. Gim se spelers het hul harte uitgespeel en in baie gevalle so ‘n asemrowende vertoning op die baan gesit. Die meisies en ouers van Paarl Gim wou tog sekerlik hierdie vertoning in persoon kon besigtig, maar daar was nie plek nie. HMS se spelers moes aanpas en moedhou teen die aans...