The 2011 National English Olympiad, sponsored by De Beers, has offically announced their top 50 winners! The exam which took place 8 March, saw over 6 700 Grade 10 – 12 learners from all around Southern Africa enter.
While the rank order of the top 100 will be announed at 11h00 on Thursday 14 July, below is the list of the top 50 learners, in alphabetical order:
Alphabetical List 1 – 15
Name Surname School Grade
Emma Atkinson Pietermaritzburg GHS 11
Belinda Banks St Dominic’s Academy, Newcastle 11
Ruth Brain Springfield Convent 12
Anika Brand St Patrick’s College, CBC 12
Christiaan Bronkhorst St Andrew’s School, Bloemfontein 11
Roxanne Carlse Uplands College 12
Ethan Chetty Edenglen High School 12
Ian Currie Pretoria Boys High School 12
Kerstin Hall Chesterhouse 12
Hankyeol Lee Edenglen High School 12
Nicholas Lock York High School 12
Emile Pienaar Somerset College 12
Lillina Ruiters Westerford High School 12
Trudie Spangenberg Pretoria High School for Girls 12
Esther Van Zyl Parel Vallei 12
Alphabetical List 16 – 50
Samantha Arnold St John’s DSG 12
Meghan Boroughs De La Salle Holy Cross Convent 12
Muhammed
Ismail Bulbulia St John’s College 11
Matthew Field Selborne College 11
Allison Gallant Stirling High School 12
Simone Gray The Wykeham Collegiate 12
Stuart Hadfield Michaelhouse 12
Cherith Herolds The King’s College 12
Jessica Hichens Westerford High School 12
Nadine Hugo Aurora Private School 11
Jami-Lee Janse van Rensburg Stirling High School 12
Raquel Jones Pretoria High School for Girls 12
Mary Kennedy Roedean 12
Yoon Joo Kim American International School of Mozambique 10
Stuart Lewis Parktown Boy’s High School 12
S Linkov Somerset College 11
Alexander Minney St Andrew’s College 12
Ashraf Moolla Rondebosch Boy’s High School 12
Faizan Nadvi Westville Boy’s High School 12
Yolanda Ndhlovu Selly Park Secondary School 12
Azraa Parak Parktown Girl’s High School 11
Reantha Pillay Maris Stella 12
Nashin Pillay Northwood School 11
Murray Polkinghorne Kearsney College 12
Ruci Pretorius Midstream College 12
Olga Pretorius Rhenigh Girl’s High School 12
Nina Reinach Glenwood House 11
Scott Roberts Westville Boy’s High School 12
Holly Robson St Mary’s, Waverley 12
Emma Ruiters Crawford College, Pretoria 12
Vanessa Salisbury The Wykeham Collegiate 12
Claudia Schmidt Crawford College, Sandton 12
Roxine Staats Hudson Park High School 12
Jolandi Swanepoel Pretoria High School for Girls 12
Joanne Tomlinson Heronbridge College 12
A BIG CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL TOP 50 LEARNERS! And to the Top 15, we’ll see you at our 2011 Standard Bank National Schools Festival in Grahamstown (10th – 14th July)!