High fives. School spirit. Team pride. Development.

As with Academics and Culture, we at Fairbairn College believe sport is just as important in the development of our learners.

The College offers a wide range of competitive and social sport programmes. We are also very proud of our extramural facilities which include an astro field, heated swimming pool, four rugby fields, five cricket fields, eight cricket nets, three hockey fields, one soccer field, four netball courts, nine tennis courts, two squash courts, a change-room complex and a club house.

The fields, Aurora, Chapman, Nautilus, Osborn and Weymouth, were named for five of the Government Settler Scheme ships that brought the 1820 Settlers to the Cape. The school sports policy seeks to promote healthy lifestyle options through participation in a varied and well-run sports programme.

Fairbairn, apart from our individual sport activities, also operates a comprehensive intramural or interhouse competition.

To this end, the school is divided into three houses.

  1. Grey (White)
  2. Somerset (Blue)
  3. Napier (Red)

The houses are named after Sir George Grey, Lord Charles Somerset and Sir George Thomas Napier, who were British governors of the Cape Colony in the 1800s. The highlight of the year is the Interhouse Athletics Competition comprising track and field events. This together with the Swimming Gala is held in the first term. In addition to competitions in all the major sports, an interhouse quiz, in which every learner participates, is held in the third term.