Sport
Sport is compulsory for junior students but not the seniors. At Willowridge High School commitment to a various type of sport means 100% commitment. For the grade 8 students of the school it is compulsory to attend most of the sport meetings as spectator-supporters.
Sporting facilities include netball facilities, rugby union facilities and cricket facilities, a 25 metre swimming pool, athletics grounds, gym, several tennis and netball courts, a basketball court (outdoor), a rock-climbing wall and hockey fields. The School offers the following sports:
- Athletics (track and field)
- Basketball
- Chess
- Cricket
- Girls Cricket
- Cross Country
- Field Hockey
- Netball
- Squash (sport)
- Swimming
- Tennis
- Golf
- Rowing
- Softball
- Rugby union
Willowridge High School is part of the Pretoria English Medium High Schools Athletics Association (PEMHSAA) which is good spirited rivalry between all the Co-Ed Government Schools in Pretoria. The Schools have three meetings held a year including the: Swimming Gala (held at Hillcrest Swimming Pool), Cross Country (held at the host school) and an Athletics meeting held at Pilditch Stadium. Other schools participating in PEMHSAA are:
- Clapham High School
- Hillview High School
- Lyttelton Manor High School
- Pretoria Technical High School
- Pretoria Secondary School
- Sutherland High School
- The Glen High School
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