Sporting Activities
The students from Bergvliet Primary School compete in a wide variety of sporting activities. The school is divided up into three houses which compete in annual inter-house sporting events. The events range from Soccer and Athletics, to Hockey and Tennis.
The students take part in sporting competitions with schools from the Western Cape and sometimes from other parts of South Africa. Occasionally the school plays host to visiting teams from other countries, such as Africa, Europe and North America and Australia
The school has a proud sporting heritage and is dominant in most sporting areas. For years the school has dominated both the boys' and girls' hockey leagues as well as being virtually undefeated. Additionally, the Bergvliet Swimming Team has a reputation for being one of the strongest and most successful in the Western Cape.
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