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★ Primary School Sports Hub ★

Laerskool Menlopark Sports

Menlopark treats extracurricular sport as a core part of the school's educational task, cultivating team spirit, social interaction and a healthy win-lose mindset across a wide range of codes.
Updated 3 Aug 2026
2Turf Cricket Pitches (1 Floodlit)
5Floodlit High-Performance Nets
4All-Weather Floodlit Netball Courts
1Athletics Track
1Floodlit "Fives" Astro Hockey Court
Two Floodlit Fields

Rugby

Bulletjierugby · Gr. 0–2

The foundation phase (Grades 0 to 2, u/6 to u/8) plays "Bulletjierugby," a non-contact format using Velcro strips, focused purely on basic ball-handling and a love for the game, with no scorekeeping or declared winners.

2026 Season · 1st Team
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Source: school-shared match results.

★ Flagship Sport ★

Netball

Mini-Netbal Gr. 1–3 · League Gr. 4–7

Netball is officially the flagship sport at Menlopark, and the results back it up. The programme consistently produces teams that dominate the local leagues. "Mini-Netbal" builds early, informal exposure for Grades 1 through 3, feeding into competitive league teams from Grade 4 through Grade 7.

Because the teams perform at such a high level, Menlopark regularly travels outside provincial borders for major national tournaments, including the South African Schools Netball Tournament and the prestigious Wildeklawer Tournament. At the massive Super 12 competition in Rustenburg, Menlopark has a strong history of taking home the overall winning school title across multiple age groups.

Source: school-shared programme & tournament results.

Grades 1–7 · Huissport

Athletics

Term 1 & 4

The primary athletics season runs in Terms 1 and 4, with the 4th term used as pre-season preparation. The season's centerpiece is "Huissport" for Grades 1 through 7, covering sprints, middle distance, hurdles, long jump, discus and javelin, with learners split into internal house teams.

Steenbokke
Rooibokke
Grysbokke
Two Turf Pitches

Cricket

Season: June – October

The cricket season runs from June through October. The school fields two dedicated teams, an A and a B side, for every age group from u/9 all the way up to u/13. The u/11 and u/13 teams tour to Rustenburg every July to compete in the Super 12 cricket tournament.

A & B Teams

u/9 – u/13

Two full teams selected per age group across the entire cricket programme.

July Tour

Super 12 · Rustenburg

u/11 and u/13 sides travel to Rustenburg each July for the Super 12 tournament.

Academy Partnership

Tennis & Other Codes

Rather than relying only on internal staff, Menlopark partners directly with a professional tennis academy to actively develop its top-tier players.

Landloop

Cross Country

School cross country programme, open across age groups.

Muurbal

Squash

Squash offered as part of the broad sporting spectrum.

Bergfiets

Mountain Biking

An active mountain biking programme for interested learners.

Fairway

Golf

Golf offered to learners across age groups.

Fives Astro

Hockey

Played on the school's dedicated "fives" astro hockey court.

Perdesport

Equestrian

Riders represent the school individually at Sanesa shows, a discipline built on the partnership between horse and rider.

Compiled by hand from school-shared programme and results details, not a live feed. Updated periodically.