Sponsorship | Sponsors required for La Rochelle' High School athletes
La Rochelle Girls’ High School is in the town of Paarl in the Cape Winelands of South Africa. In 2024, the school is celebrating 164-years as an establishment of academic, cultural and athletic excellence.
Over the past years the school’s athletic team has grown and distinguished itself as one of the leading teams in the country. Past achievements include 6 consecutive victories in the prestigious 4M competition, as well as numerous Top 10 Athletics and Interschools titles. In October 2019, we won the first Twizza Top Schools Top 15 competition for the Western Cape and qualified for the finals that took place on 1 February 2020 at Tuks Stadium Pretoria. We are also proud to have several athletes who have been included in provincial and national athletics teams. La Rochelle achieved these remarkable feats despite having limited access to facilities.
After successful US tours in 2017 up to 2023 and competing as the first South African girls’ team at the Penn Relays we have decided to, once again, give our athletes the opportunity to compete internationally by entering two teams into the prestigious Penn Relays in April 2025. The event was established in 1895 and is hosted by the University of Pennsylvania at the Franklin Field in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It is the oldest and largest track meeting in the United States and runs over 3 days with 15 000 athletes competing. The competition consists predominately of relays and is a perfect fit for our girls to once again gain international exposure and to see the best athletes in the world in action. There are three competition categories: High Schools, Colleges and Open Clubs. We are planning to compete in both the 4 x 100m and 4 x 400m relays. Our USA Tour will run over 14 days and will include training by College coaches and educational visits.
Our girls are already hard at work in making this dream a reality, but we need to raise funds from our sponsors and donors to be able to do so. We therefore kindly request a moment of your time to consider your financial support for our girls. If you are prepared to help them in this regard, please use the attached official sponsorship form for this purpose. We thank you in anticipation for your support of our team. Your contribution will positively impact the lives of our girls.
You can contact the coach Mr. Andre van den Burgh at 083 627 1628 or myself Elize Wilson at 0836084937 if you have any further question or need further information.
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