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Daar sal vanjaar ‘n nuwe kampioen in die NWU 16-reeks gekroon word.

Die verdedigende kampioen, Piet Retief,

Piet Retief het verlede jaar vir Vryburg met 20-14 in die eindstryd verslaan. Vryburg sal soos gebruiklik vanjaar weer ‘n sterk aanspraakmaker op die titel wees.

Piet Retief was ook die kampioen in 2022 toe hy vir Wolmaransstad (27-23) in die eindstryd verslaan het.

Buiten Piet Retief was nie vanjaar aan die reeks sal deelneem nie, is Bekker van Magaliesburg ook nie meer deel van die kompetisie nie.

Die twee nuwe gesigte in die reeks is Ben Viljoen van Groblersdal en Sarel Cilliers van Glencoe.

Buiten Vryburg wat altyd ‘n aanspraakmaker op die titel is, kan daar ook ‘n sterk aanslag vanaf Riebeeckrand verwag word. Ben Viljoen as nuweling kan ook nie gering geskat word nie. Vryburg sal sy aanslag in vanjaar se reeks tuis teen Fochville afskop.

Vryburg was verlede jaar ook die kampioen van die SDC Noordvaal Cup se Groep 2.

In Groep A is Stoffberg (Brakpan), Oosterland (Secunda), Delmas en Pretoria-Noord saam geloot.

Sarel Cilliers sal na Vryheid reis waar hy in sy eerste kragmeting in die reeks teen Pionier te staan sal kom.

Die bepalings is (tuisspanne eerste vermeld): 

2 Maart 2024 

Stoffberg vs Oosterland
Delmas vs Pretoria-Noord
Pionier vs Sarel Cilliers
Leeuwenhof vs Ben Viljoen
Riebeeckrand vs Hans Strijdom
Wolmaransstad vs Schoonspruit
Vryburg vs Fochville

9 Maart 2024 

Delmas vs Stoffberg
Pretoria-Noord vs Oosterland
Ferrum vs Pionier
Sarel Cilliers vs Volksrust
Riebeeckrand vs Ben Viljoen
Hans Strijdom vs Leeuwenhof
Fochville vs Schoonspruit
Vryburg vs Wolmaransstad

16 Maart 2024 

Stoffberg vs Pretoria-Noord
Oosterland vs Delmas
Ferrum vs Sarel Cilliers
Volksrust vs Pionier
Leeuwenhof vs Riebeeckrand
Ben Viljoen vs Hans Strijdom
Wolmaransstad vs Fochville
Schoonspruit vs Vryburg

The results from around South Africa will be updated here as we receive the results from the various schools.

If your school’s match is not listed below or you would like to send in your team’s results – please contact us via e-mail at rugby@superschoolsnews.co.za or via WhatsApp at 072 172 5455.

All the results: 

PRESIDENT STEYN SPORTDAG 

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FRIENDLIES

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Other: 

u16: HTS Middelburg 31, Die Anker 19; Standerton 19, John Vorster 17; Erasmus 49, Delmas 12.

u15: HTS Middelburg 17, Die Anker 5; Standerton 19, John Vorster 0; Erasmus 26, Delmas 7.

u14: HTS Middelburg 14, Die Anker 0; Standerton 22, John Vorster 0; Erasmus 29, Delmas 0.

The annual Balling hockey tournament hosted by Voortrekker in Bethlehem will also see an u19 boys section with most of the top hockey teams from the Free State preparing for the 2024 season.

Catch all the action live on SuperSport Schools (www.supersportschools.com).

Grey College from Bloemfontein will face Hoërskool Sasolburg in their opening match of the tournament. Their second match will be against the hosts, Voortrekker.

Grey will take on Monument from Krugersdorp and Beaulieu College from Midrand on the second day before concluding their itinerary against Witteberg from Bethlehem.

The hockey spectators of Bethlehem will without a doubt all attend the match between the Trekkers and Witteberg on the opening day of the tournament.

The Fixtures: 

MARLÉ CLAASSEN ASTRO | VOORTREKKER

Day 1 | 23 February 2024 

17:35 – Beaulieu College vs Hoërskool Sasolburg

Day 2 | 24 February 2024 

09:45 – Grey College vs Beaulieu College
17:05 – Beaulieu College vs Witteberg

NEW HORIZON ASTRO 

Day 1 | Friday, 23 February 2024 

07:00 – Voortrekker vs Witteberg
07:55 – Grey College vs Hoërskool Sasolburg
10:40 – Beaulieu College vs Monument
12:30 – Voortrekker vs Grey College
16:10 – Monument vs Witteberg

Day 2 | Saturday, 24 February 2024 

08:50 – Witteberg vs Hoërskool Sasolburg
09:45 – Monument vs Voortrekker
14:20 – Grey College vs Monument
17:05 – Voortrekker vs Hoërskool Sasolburg

Day 3 | Sunday, 25 February 2024 

07:00 – Hoërskool Sasolburg vs Monument
07:55 – Witteberg vs Grey College
08:50 – Voortrekker vs Beaulieu College

Ready, Set, Go!

The 2024 hockey season kicks off this weekend in Bethlehem with the Balling-tournament.

The annual tournament is hosted by Voortrekker of Bethlehem with matches also being played on the astros of New Horizon College and Hoërskool Witteberg.

Catch all the action live on SuperSport Schools (www.supersportschools.com). Some of the matches on Saturday and Sunday will also be broadcasted live on DStv Channel 216.

Teams will still be looking to find their feet and combinations but spectators could expect the two top girls’ hockey schools of South Africa, Oranje Meisieskool and Eunice, both from Bloemfontein to already produce some exciting plays as well as hit their straps early on.

Eunice was crowned the champion of the annual Fairtree Top 12 tournament last year. The team from Bloemfontein defeated Paarl Gimnasium by 3-1 in a penalty shootout in the final after the scores were locked at 1-all after full-time.

Eunice will face St Stithians College from Johannesburg and Wykeham Collegiate from Pietermaritzburg in their two first matches in Bethlehem. On the second day, they will meet St John’s Diocesan School for Girls from Pietermaritzburg as well as St Anne’s Diocesan College from Hilton.

In their final match, they will play the hosts, Voortrekker. The Trekkers will also face Oranje during the second day of the tournament which gives them the ideal preparation for the season ahead.

Oranje takes on St John’s DSG and St Stithians College during the opening day. Besides the Trekkers, they also will face Noordheuwel from Krugersdorp on Saturday.

Oranje will conclude their tournament against Beaulieu College from Midrand.

The Fixtures 

MARLÉ CLAASSEN ASTRO | VOORTREKKER

Day 1 | Friday, 23 February 2024 

07:30 – St Anne’s vs Voortrekker
08:25 – Hoërskool Sasolburg vs Union HS
09:20 – St John’s DSG vs Oranje
10:15 – Potchefstroom Volkskool vs Oranje II
11:10 – Eunice vs St Stithians College
12:05 – Beaulieu vs Wykeham
13:00 – Voortrekker vs St John’s DSG
14:50 – St Anne’s vs Beaulieu
15:45 – St Stithians College vs Oranje
16:40 – Eunice vs Wykeham

Day 2 | Saturday, 24 February 2024 

07:00 – Potchefstroom Volkskool vs Union HS
07:55 – Epworth vs St Dominic’s College
08:50 – Voortrekker vs Oranje
10:40 – St Anne’s vs Noordheuwel
11:35 – Monument vs Witteberg
12:30 – St John’s DSG vs Eunice
13:25 – Oranje vs Noordheuwel
14:20 – Voortrekker vs St Stithians College
15:15 – Eunice vs St Anne’s
16:10 – Beaulieu vs St John’s DSG

Day 3 | Sunday, 25 February 2024 

07:00 – Union HS vs Monument
07:55 – Oranje vs Beaulieu
08:50 – Eunice vs Voortrekker
09:45 – St Anne’s vs St Stithians College
10:40 – Noordheuwel vs St John’s DSG
11:35 – Witteberg vs Potchefstroom Volkskool
12:30 – Hoërskool Sasolburg vs Epworth

NEW HORIZON ASTRO

Day 1 | Friday, 23 February 2024 

08:50 – Noordheuwel vs Epworth
09:45 – St Dominic’s College vs Witteberg
11:35 – Noordheuwel vs Oranje II
13:25 – Witteberg vs Hoërskool Sasolburg
14:20 – Our Lady Fatima vs Monument
15:15 – St Dominic’s College vs Potchefstroom Volkskool

Day 2 | 24 February 2024 

07:00 – Oranje II vs Wykeham
07:55 – Our Lady of Fatima vs Hoërskool Sasolburg
10:40 – Beaulieu vs St Stithians College
11:35 – Union HS vs Oranje II
12:30 – Potchefstroom Volkskool vs Epworth
13:25 – Hoërskool Sasolburg vs Wykeham
15:15 – Witteberg vs Our Lady of Fatima
16:10 – Monument vs St Dominic’s College

Day 3 | Sunday, 25 February 2024 

09:45 – Our Lady of Fatima vs Wykeham
10:40 – St Dominic’s College vs Oranje II

Namibia’s golden jumper, Alexandra Scheepers, already made history but she is without a doubt an exciting prospect for the future as well.

The 14-year-old from Curro Windhoek Gimnasium set the field alight during Saturday’s annual Curro Podium Grand Finale at the Pilditch Stadium in Pretoria. She set two new meeting records in the high jump and long jump for girls u15.

It was her performance in the high jump that saw her being awarded as the Junior Girl Field Athlete of the meeting. She cleared the bar at 1.75m to not only secure gold but also set a new meeting record.

To make her performance even more spectacular is the fact that her winning height was also better than the heights achieved by the u19 and u17 champions at the meeting. Mia Janse van Rensburg (Garsfontein) won the u19 item with a jump of 1.70m, while Anjé Bezuidenhout won gold in the u17 age group by clearing 1.73m.

Janse van Rensburg represented South Africa at the African Championships of 2022 in Mauritius. Her personal best is 1.76m which she achieved in 2022 during the Pretoria A Bond.

“I started doing high jump four years ago and I enjoy it so much that I would like to do it till I physically can’t do it anymore,” said Scheepers.

The long jump record for girls u15 at the Curro Podium Grand Finale also belongs to Scheepers after she won gold with a jump of 5.87m.

The Windhoek-born Scheepers became the first Namibian to win a gold medal in high jump during the World School Sports Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Her winning jump of 1.67m was her personal best at that stage.

She believes that she got her exceptional talent from her parents, Gideon and Karin Scheepers, who both also excelled in athletics. “My father was a pole vaulter, while my mother also showed a lot of promise during her athletics career,” said Scheepers.

Scheepers was also given the apt nickname, Springs, by former Namibian sprinter Jolene Jacobs.

As a backup, she is planning to study Sports Science or become biokineticist. But for now, her next big meeting is the Namibian National Schools Championships where she is aiming to go even higher and jump a 1.80m.

It is scary to think that Curro Hazeldean’s prodigious hurdler Matodzi Ndou is still finding his form.

Even though he had only recently returned to the track, he was responsible for the standout performance of the second annual Curro Podium Grand Finale at the Pilditch Stadium in Pretoria on Saturday.

Ndou not only broke the prestigious meeting’s 110m hurdles for boys u17 record with his impressive time of 13.21, but that mark was also a South African Youth record.

“I only started training last week. I don’t feel that my fitness level is where it should be, so I wasn’t expecting to break the record,” said Ndou.

The previous record holder for the meeting, as well as the SA Youth record holder, was Naheem Jack (Paarl Boys’ High). Jack’s meeting record stood at 13.37 seconds, while his national record, which he set when he won the SA Youth Championship title last year, was 13.25 seconds.

Earlier this year, Jack posted a time of 13.72 seconds, which was the world’s best thus far for the age group until Ndou improved on that performance by over half-a-second. If Ndou can build on his performance during the Curro Podium Grand Finale, he will be a serious contender for a medal at the World Athletics U20 Championships in Lima, Peru, later this year.

“I started running in grade 1, but I didn’t take the sport seriously until grade four, when I realised that I’m good at it and started training,” he said.

Ndou is coached by Thabo Matebedi at Curro Hazeldean. Coach T, as he is affectionately known, is one of the top sprint coaches in the country.

While he won the 110m hurdles, Ndou was unable to defend his 400m hurdles title, and had to settle for a bronze medal, with a time of 52.03 seconds. In 2023, he established the meeting record of 51.01, but his Curro Hazeldean teammate Lesibe Dikgale lowered that mark to 50.59 on the weekend.

“My goal for this year is to dip under 50 seconds in the longer hurdles, or even 49 seconds, if everything goes to plan,” Ndou revealed.

The second edition of the annual Curro Podium Grand Finale athletics meeting was for the fast and the furious.

More than half of the meeting records were bettered during Saturday’s spectacle at the Pilditch Stadium in Pretoria. In total, 48 of the 82 individual records were improved.

Eight of the nine sprint records for girls were broken, while three of the nine records for boys were also rewritten.

Menlopark, of Pretoria, retained their champions’ crown, with 43 025 points. Curro Hazeldean (41 281) and Noordheuwel (39 519) occupied the next two spots in the standings.

In a long list of impressive performances on the day, the most memorable was produced by Curro Hazeldean’s Matodzi Ndou, who won the 110m hurdles for boys u17 in an incredible time of 13.21 seconds.

He not only removed Naheem Jack‘s (Paarl Boys’ High) meeting record (13.37) from the books, but his time also bettered Jack’s SA Youth record (13.25), which the Booishaai blitz set last year at the SA Championships. Ndou’s mark also destroyed Jack’s 2024 world best, which had stood at 13.72.

Ndou didn’t start the day off as well as he finished it, as he was dethroned by his Curro Hazeldean teammate Lesibe Dikgale in the 400m hurdles for boys u17. Dikgale established a new record of 50.59 seconds in taking the win, which also improved on the previous mark of 51.01, which Ndou set in 2023.

Ndou had to settle for third on this occasion, in a time of 52.03, just behind Njabulo Mbatha (Tuks Sports School), who snatched the silver medal in 52 seconds flat. Dikgale’s performance is also the best for the age group so far in 2024.

Another two classy hurdle performances were produced by Prestige College’s Tumi Ramokgopa. She won the 100m (13.38) and 400m (59.42) and bettered the meeting records, both of which already stood next to her name. Her time in the one-lap event was also the best in the world in 2024.

Her 13.38 in the 100m hurdles was not far off this year’s world’s best, either, which belongs to Jamaica’s Bryana Davidson, at 13.32.

Alexandra Scheepers, from Curro Windhoek Gymnasium, showcased her class by setting a new record in the high jump for girls u15. She cleared the crossbar at 1.75m to equal her personal best.

Her winning height was also better than the heights achieved by the u19 and u17 champions at the meeting. Mia Janse van Rensburg (Garsfontein) won the u19 item with a jump of 1.70m, while Anjé Bezuidenhout won gold in the u17 age group by clearing 1.73m.

Last year, Scheepers won Namibia’s first-ever gold medal at an international meeting, as a 14-year-old, when she took the title at the World School Sports Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

Displaying her all-round excellence, Scheepers also set a meeting record in the long jump with a best distance of 5.87 meters.

Afrikaans Hoër Meisieskool’s Timeke Coetzee (u19) was also in a class of her own as she set new records in the long jump (6.16m) and triple jump (12.73m).

The only girls’ sprint record that survived was the 400m girls u17 record of 54.30 that was set by Colene Scheepers in 2023. Scheepers won the u19 race in a new record time of 55.12 during Saturday’s meeting.

Chané Vermeulen (Randburg, u19), Rumé Burger (Oranje, u17), and Oluchi Ndubueze (Northcliff, u15) made the respective 100m and 200m records in their age groups their own.

Vermeulen won her two races in 11.79 and 23.60 seconds respectively. Astonishingly, five athletes dipped under the previous record in the 100m, with her Randburg teammate Kaili Botje (11.81) pushing her all the way to the line.

Burger, the daughter of former Blitzbok and Cheetahs rugby player, Phillip Burger, won her two races in 11.95 and 23.86 seconds.

Ndubueze, who participated as part of one of the Curro Invitation teams, blitzed the 100m and 200m in 12.05 and 24.90 seconds for her two gold medals.

Botswana’s speed merchant Letsile Tebogo recorded a new world best in the 300m for men during the Simbine Curro Classic Shootout in Pretoria on Saturday. He bettered the previous best, which had been set by Wayde van Niekerk (South Africa), with an incredible 30.69-second sprint.

The Simbine Curro Classic Shootout was part of the annual Curro Podium meeting for schools at the Pilditch Stadium in the Jacaranda City.

Before Van Niekerk established the previous mark of 30.81 in 2017, at the Golden Spike in Ostrava, it belonged to the American sprint legend Michael Johnson. Johnson’s time of 30.85 had been set in 2000 at the same Pilditch Stadium.

Watch all the action again on SuperSport Schools (www.supersportschools.com).

The 20-year-old Tebogo is the current u20 world record holder in the 100m with an incredible time of 9.91 seconds, which he recorded at the u20 World Championships in Cali, Colombia, in 2022.

He also won silver in the 100m and bronze in the 200m at the 2023 World Championships.

The only other athlete to dip under 31 seconds in the 300m is Usain Bolt (Jamaica) whose best performance stopped the clock at 30.97 seconds.

Double Olympic finalist Akani Simbine also caused excitement when he broke the South African 150m record during the meeting, His time of 15.04 sliced 0.04 seconds off of the previous mark that had stood behind Anaso Jobodwana‘s name since March, 2018.

Simbine showed with his performance that his preparations for the Olympic Games in Paris, which begin on 26 July, are on track.

He is also the SA record holder in the 100m with a time of 9.84 seconds, which he set in July 2021.

The women’s record in the 150m also went down, with Viwe Jingqi clocking an impressive 16.93 seconds.

SuperSport Schools, as a leading innovator in the world of youth and school sports streaming, has achieved a major milestone by delivering the very first automated, completely AI-produced live linear television broadcasts for DStv Channel 216 at the Jenny Orchard Invitational Basketball Tournament, hosted by Maritzburg College in Pietermaritzburg.

This ground-breaking move creates incredible new opportunities for SuperSport Schools to simulcast school and youth sports from across sub-Saharan Africa to both our SuperSport Schools App and SuperSport Schools Channel (216 on DStv).

The automated camera and AI production system, developed by Pixellot’s dedicated team of engineers and technicians, utilises innovative technology, with sports-specific AI-driven production capability.

“We would particularly like to thank Chris Luman the Headmaster at Maritzburg College for agreeing to use the prestigious Jenny Orchard Tournament as our guinea pig event for this innovation. In addition, this could not have been possible without the support of ITV Africa and Telemedia who both provided exceptional operational and technological support to this production,” said Kelvin Watt, CEO of SuperSport Schools.

The integration of the fixed AI system into live television broadcasts is a testament to SuperSport Schools’ commitment to innovation in youth and school sports broadcasting, ensuring we have greater capability to broadcast LIVE to channel 216 from multiple venues across South Africa and sub-Saharan Africa.

By leveraging the power of AI, SuperSport Schools continues to push the boundaries of youth and school sports coverage, delivering a more engaging and immersive experience for our loyal viewers.

SuperSport Schools is dedicated to providing an affordable and sustainable sports streaming and broadcasting platform for school and youth sports, and the integration of the fixed AI system into live television broadcasts is just the latest example of this commitment.

Viewers can look forward to even more exciting innovations from SuperSport Schools in the future and their dedication to bringing you the sport you care about most.

 

Die Hoërskool President Steyn sal weer teen Wessel Maree van Odendaalsrus sake tydens sy jaarlikse Hester van der Walt Sportsdag op Bainsvlei net buite Bloemfontein sake uitspook. Die Steyners was verlede jaar met 17-0 baas in die hoofwedstryd van die dag oor Wessel Maree.

Die sportdag sal vir die 31ste keer op Saterdag, 24 Februarie aangebied word. Al die aksie kan regstreeks op SuperSport Schools (www.supersportschools.com) gevolg word.

Die land se voorste skolespan van 2023, Grey-kollege, sal ook weer sy seisoen tydens die sportdag afskop. Hy sal soos verlede jaar weer teen die Hoërskool Trio van Kroonstad te staan kom. Grey het verlede jaar die kragmeting met 38-10 gewen.

Die span van die Rosestad het egter nie ‘n volsterkte span in die veld gestoot nie en daar kan verwag word dat Trio ‘n ietwat meer omgekrapte Grey te woord sal staan. Trio word deur die voormalige Italiaanse-kaptein Quintin Geldenhuys gebrei. Hy sal gewis ‘n hele paar planne beraam voor die kragmeting.

Nog ‘n hoogtepunt van die sportdag sal die kragmeting tussen Wolmaransstad en Bultfontein wees. Wollies is een van die voorste spanne in Groep 3 van die SDC Noordvaal Cup, terwyl Bultfontein ook jaarliks sy stem in die Kovsiestreek-kompetisie dik maak.

Jim Fouché sal teen Welkom Gimnasium in ‘n tweestryd op dié dag gewikkel wees.

Die bepalings is: 

GONVAL STORE-PARK | o.19

17:35 – President Steyn vs Wessel Maree
16:20 – Grey College vs Hoërskool Trio
15:05 – Jim Fouché vs Welkom Gimnasium
13:50 – Cherries vs Voortrekker II
12:40 – Brandfort vs Postmasburg
11:30 – Louis Botha vs Voortrekker
10:20 – Sand du Plessis vs Hennenman
09:10 – Wolmaransstad vs Bultfontein
08:00 – Sentraal vs Hentie Cilliers

B-VELD 

17:30 – o.19 – Hoërskool Bloemfontein vs Marquard
16:25 – o.19 – Hendrik Potgieter vs Ladybrand
15:15 – o.19 – Hoopstad vs Ficksburg
14:10 – o.15 – Wolmaransstad vs Ladybrand
13:15 – o.15 – Jim Fouché vs Welkom Gimnasium
12:20 – o.16 – Wessel Maree vs President Steyn
11:25 – o.16 – Grey College II vs Hentie Cilliers
10:30 – o.16 – Grey College vs Hoërskool Trio
09:45 – o.14 – Jim Fouché vs Welkom Gimnasium
08:40 – o.15 – President Steyn vs Wessel Maree
07:45 – o.15 – Brandfort vs Ladybrand