Photo: St Stithians College Water Polo Invitational Tournament
Roedean School claimed the girls’ title in the 30th edition of the Saints Invitational Water Polo Tournament after beating Reddam House Bedfordview in the final on Sunday.
Coach Siyabonga Guzana‘s side scored a 9-6 victory in the Saints Olympic Pool to improve on their runner-up finish in 2023.
It was an outstanding tournament for Roedean. They were the only team in the Girls’ section to finish with an unbeaten record after seven games. Meanwhile, the loss in the final was the first that Reddam Bedfordview had suffered in the prestigious event.
Guzana said the Saints Invitational had helped the growth of his team. He explained: “The tournament, for us, was about building a foundation, to see where we lack and where we need to improve. We went into it with the approach of wanting to grow, to see what we could do, and where our strengths and weaknesses are.”
The Parktown school aced the group stage, topping Group A on goal difference over Diocesan School for Girls (DSG) Makhanda after three wins and a 4-4 draw with the Eastern Cape side.
In the quarterfinals, Roedean dealt with a potential banana skin when they beat St Anne’s 8-4. Then, in the semi-finals, they faced Herschel in a game that brought together last year’s finalists. This time, though, the result went the other way, with Roedean squeezing past the Capetonians by a 4-3 margin.
“Overall, we progressed well. In every game, we were just getting better and better, and within that space, we are very pleased, and happy, with our performance,” Guzana told SuperSport Schools Plus.
The coach admitted that his charges’ results were somewhat unexpected because of the change to a stayers’ team for the Saints Invitational.
“The goal for us was to see where we could play well. We were not focusing much on positioning or saying we would make it to the final, or make it to the semifinal. I was willing to look at our ability, and to see where we rank in the national aspect.”
“Obviously, after losing our matriculants, we wanted to see where we fit and where are we strong and where are we weak but overall, for us, it has been a phenomenal weekend. It has been a phenomenal tournament and we are chuffed about the results.”
Guzana said his side’s success has encouraged them to tackle some forthcoming events with confidence, especially now that they have a good understanding of their strengths and weaknesses.
Last year’s champions, Herschel finished with the bronze medal after beating the hosts, St Stithians, in the third-place playoff, while Durban Girls’ College (DGC) recorded a comfortable win over DSG Makhanda to place fifth.
Reddam House Constantia, who won the Mackenzie Cupand the St Anne’s Water Polo Tournamentthis term, finished 10th after going down 2-5 to St Dominic’s Catholic Girls’ School in their final outing.
DAY 4| RESULTS
19th/20th: Rand Park 2-14 St Peter’s 17th/18th: Chisipite 4-7 Pearson 15th/16th: Beaulieu 6-7 Crawford Lonehill 13th/14th: Collegiate 6-7 Kingsmead 11th/12th: Kingswood 6-16 Clarendon 9th/10th: St Dominic’s 5-2 Reddam Constantia 7th/8th: St Mary’s Waverley 6-9 St Anne’s 5th/6th: DSG 2-8 DGC 3rd/4th: St Stithians 3-5 Herschel 1st /2nd: Reddam Bedfordview 6-9 Roedean
Reddam House Bedfordview upset St Stithians Girls College in the semifinals to secure their place against Roedean School in Sunday’s final of the Saints Invitational Water Polo Tournament.
In a very tight contest, the Reddam girls snatched a 6-5 win over the home team.
Before that loss, St Stithians was on a roll and unbeaten in the tournament. That defeat, though, has left them in the bronze medal match against last year’s champion, Herschel Girls School.
Reddam’s record wasn’t quite perfect in the group stage, but they were undefeated.
They had to settle for a 7-7 draw against Clarendon High School for Girls on Friday, but they comfortably won their other games, beating St Anne’s Diocesan College 8-5, Pearson High 4-0, and Beaulieu College 14-5. Then, in the quarterfinals, they handed Diocesan School for Girls (DSG) Makhanda a 4-1 defeat.
Roedean’s record remained clean but imperfect, too. On Saturday, they scored an 8-4 win over St Anne’s in the quarter-finals and a narrow 4-3 victory over Herschel in the semi-finals.
Roedean, from Parktown, started the tournament like a house on fire, charging to a 10-1 win over Kingsmead College on Thursday before dealing St Mary’s Waverley a 10-4 loss. On Friday, they thrashed the struggling Rand Park 22-0, only to be held to a 4-4 draw by DSG Makhanda.
Sunday’s final will be played in the Saints Olympic pool at 11:30.
In other games, DSG Makhanda faces Durban Girls’ College (DGC) in the fifth-place playoff following a hard-fought 8-6 victory over St Dominic’s Catholic School for Girls. DGC, unbeaten after the opening two days, fell in the quarterfinals, going down 8-10 to Herschel.
St Mary’s takes on St Anne’s for seventh, while Reddam House Constantia, beaten by DGC on the opening day, went down 6-8 to St Mary’s Waverley, and will play St Dominic’s for ninth place.
There was some joy for Rand Park High, meanwhile, as they netted their first goals of the tournament in a 3-12 loss to Zimbabwe’s Chisipite Senior School.
RESULTS
Playoffs
DSG 8-6 St Dominic’s
Reddam Constantia 6-8 St Mary’s Waverley
St Anne’s 14-6 Kingswood
Herschel 7-2 Clarendon
Rand Park 0-15 Collegiate
Kingsmead 4-3 St Peter’s
Beaulieu College 9-4 Chisipite
Pearson 4-6 Crawford Lonehill
Rand Park 3-12 Chisipite
St Peter’s 4-5 Pearson
Kingswood 5-7 St Dominic’s
Clarendon 5-6 Reddam Constantia
Beaulieu 3-7 Collegiate
Kingsmead 6-3 Crawford Lonehill
Herschel 3-4 Roedean
DGC 11-7 St Anne’s.
Quarterfinals
Roedean 8-4 St Anne’s
Herschel 10-8 DGC
DSG 1-4 Reddam Bedfordview
St Stithians 8-3 St Mary’s Waverley
Semifinals
Herschel 3-4 Roedean
St Stithians 5-6 Reddam Bedfordview
On Friday, day two of the Saints Invitational Water Polo Tournament, a combination of entertaining action was tempered by a tough day for some. It ended with two teams unbeaten, while four sides were still searching for a win.
Roedean School and DSG Makhanda halted each other’s winning ways when they played a 4-4 draw in their second encounter of the day in a Group A clash.
Earlier, Roedean thrashed Rand Park 22-0 and DSG kept a clean sheet in a 5-0 defeat of Kingsmead College. Following the completion of their group assignments, Roedean claimed first place on goal difference from DSG.
Meanwhile, Group B’s Durban Girls’ College(DGC) and Pool D’s St Stithians Girls’ College, who are playing in familiar home waters, grabbed the limelight. Both extended their unbeaten streaks to finish their group games with perfect records.
DGC was made to work hard by St Dominic’s Catholic School for Girls (Boksburg) but came away with an 8-5 win. They, then, rolled to a 12-3 victory over Collegiate. On Thursday, they had beaten Reddam House Constantia 8-4 and St Peter’s College 15-4.
Cape Town’s Reddam Constantia secured second place in the group, after upping their performances following their opening day loss. On Friday, they outplayed St Peter’s College 16-3 and were comfortable 8-2 winners over St Dominic’s.
Fresh off of winning St Anne’s Water Polo Tournament and Mackenzie Cup, coach Connor Whiting’s side – and it should be remembered that this is a stayers’ tournament, so the lineups will be different – is still on the right track and they remain a threat.
St Dominic’s finished with two wins and two losses and third spot in Group B. In fourth, Collegiate registered a 7-2 win over St Peter’s on Friday morning. In the afternoon, though, DGC had too much firepower for the Gqeberha school.
Group C table-toppers Reddam House Bedfordview was enjoying a good run but stumbled slightly against Clarendon, who held them to a 7-7 draw. St Anne’s, the runners-up in their home tournament, claimed second place in the group after three wins and a single defeat.
St Stithians, meanwhile, continued rolling in Group D, adding two more wins on Friday. In the first, they handed Crawford Lonehill a 12-1 loss, and they followed that up by holding off last year’s Saints Invitational winners, Herschel Girls School, 6-3 in the group’s key clash. It was a first defeat for the Capetonians.
Rand Park is one of the four teams that remains winless. It’s been an uphill battle for the local side, made worse by the fact that they’re still chasing their first goal of the tournament. They’ve conceded 72 times.
In Pool B, St Peter’s was also kept out of the win column, while Beaulieu College was competitive in Pool C, scoring 16 goals while conceding 33, but they finished without a victory. It was tough sledding for Crawford Lonehill, too. They netted 12 and conceded 43 and joined the list of sides still in pursuit of a first win.
RESULTS
Girls | Day 2
Group A
St Mary’s Waverley 16-0 Rand Park
DSG Makhanda 5-0 Kingsmead
Roedean 22-0 Rand Park
St Mary’s Waverley 6-4 Kingsmead
Roedean 4-4 DSG Makhanda
Group B
Collegiate 7-2 St Peter’s
St Dominic’s 5-8 DGC
Reddam Constantia 16-3 St Peter’s
DGC 12-3 Collegiate
Reddam Constantia 8-2 St Dominic’s
Group C
St Anne’s 10-6 Pearson
Reddam Bedfordview 14-5 Beaulieu
Clarendon 9-5 Pearson
St Anne’s 11-4 Beaulieu
Group D
Kingswood 9-9 Chisipite
St Stithians 12-1 Crawford Lonehill
Herschel 18-3 Chisipite School
Kingswood 9-7 Crawford Lonehill
St Stithians 6-3 Herschel
The 2023 Saints Invitational Tournament champion, South African College High School (SACS), remains hopeful after winning one and losing one game on Thursday, the first day of the 2024 tournament, at the St Stithians Aquatic Centre.
The Cape Town school, which has won the event for three consecutive years, held off Jeppe High School for Boys 13-10 in a tough opener.
Jeppe hit their straps quickly and charged into a 4-0 lead, but SACS clawed their way back, pulling to within two goals at 5-7 down at the break. SACS‘ coach Devon Card admitted afterwards, his side had met a well-prepared and tough Jeppe.
“Day one was good. It’s always tough to make the trip up with the altitude, and having your first game at 07:h00 in the morning. We met an energised Jeppe team, who came flying out the blocks and we found ourselves 4-0 behind early,” he told SuperSport Schools Plus
However, in the second half Card’s charges took their chances and were rewarded with victory.
“We managed to switch on eventually and found our way to a 13-10 win,” Card said, “so, we are happy that we ticked the box and we were able to move on from that.”
In their second outing, SACS ran into a stubborn Hilton College side and were edged out in a back-and-forth contest.
“We came up against, on paper, one of the better teams at the tournaments,” Card reckoned. “It was a closely contested game and we ended up losing 7-6, but we took a lot of confidence out of that game.
“Our stats say we missed 15 shots, two penalties, and two man-ups. So, we created a lot of chances. Unfortunately, at the first-team level, if you do not take your chances, it is very difficult to win the game. We are, obviously, disappointed with the last game but it gives us encouragement that we can once again challenge those top teams.”
Last year’s beaten finalists, St John’s College, bagged full points, brushing aside their neighbours, King Edward VII School (KES), 11-6 before being extended by Michaelhouse, whom they beat 6-5.
Jeppe made up for their earlier disappointment with a comfortable 12-5 win over Pretoria Boys High.
There were some very tight contests, including St Andrew’s College sneaking a 7-6 win over Grey High, Kearsney College beating Hilton 7-5 in a game that could prove to be very consequential if Kearsney can score a win over SACS, while St Andrew’s had a second close victory, beating Affies 6-4.
Meanwhile, in the girls’ competition, there were some large wins on the opening day. Roedean School cruised to two victories, downing Kingsmead 10-1, which they followed with a 10-4 defeat of St Mary’s Waverley.
The host, St Stithians College, made light work of Zimbabwe’s Chisipite Senior School, running away to a 12-2 win after opening their challenge with an 11-5 defeat of Kingswood College.
It was a nightmarish day for Rand Park. Kingsmead College hammered them 16-0 in their opener, and later in the day Diocesan School for Girls (DSG) Makhanda handed them a bigger 18-0 loss. DSG also punished St Peter’s College 15 -4.
St Dominic’s Catholic School for Girls (Boksburg) kept St Peter’s winless, posting a 9-1 win.
One of the most eye-catching results of the day was Durban Girls’ College‘s (DGC) 8-4 win over Reddam House Constantia. The Cape Town school, this term, has already won the MacKenzie Cup, which they claimed with a win over the Saints Invitational defending champions, Herschel, and the St Anne’s Water Polo Tournament, so that was a momentous victory for the Durban girls.
Herschel outplayed Crawford Lonehill 16-0 but had to work hard for a 7-4 win over Kingswood.
SAINTS FESTIVAL RESULTS
Boys
St Andrew’s College 7-6 Grey High; St John’s 11-6 KES; SACS 13-10 Jeppe; St David’s 10-8 St Alban’s; Rondebosch 10-2 Affies; Bishops 14-6 Michaelhouse; Kearsney 7-5 Hilton; St Stithians 16-3 Grey College; DHS 8-6 Grey High; KES 10-4 Pearson; Jeppe 12-5 Pretoria Boys High; Reddam Constantia 7-6 St Alban’s; St Andrew’s College 6-4 Affies; St John’s 6-5 Michaelhouse; Hilton 7-6 SACS; St David’s 11-5 Grey College; Rondebosch 9-4 DHS.
Girls
Roedean 10-1 Kingsmead; DGC 8-4 Reddam Constantia; Clarendon 5-4 Beaulieu; Herschel 16-0 Crawford Lonehill; DSG Makhanda 4-3 St Mary’s Waverley; St Dominic’s 8-1 Collegiate; Reddam Bedfordview 8-5 St Anne’s; St Stithians 11-5 Kingswood; Kingsmead 16-0 Rand Park; DSG Makhanda 15-4 St Peter’s; Beaulieu 3-3 Pearson; Crawford 4-5 Chisipite; Roedean 10–4 St Mary’s Waverley; Reddam Constantia 7-5 Collegiate; Clarendon 3-7 St Anne’s; Herschel 7-4 Kingswood; DSG Makhanda 18-0 Rand Park; St Dominic’s 9 -1 St Peter’s; Reddam Bedfordview 4=0 Pearson; St Stithians 12- 2 Chisipite.
A showdown of consequence will happen on the opening day when Kearsney College and Hilton College, who met in the final of the KZN Top 10, do battle in their Pool C opener.
St Stithians College plays host to the 30th edition of one of South Africa’s biggest water polo tournaments, the Saints Invitational, from Thursday, 24 October, to Sunday, 27 October.
The four-day tournament will welcome 40 schools from across South Africa and Zimbabwe, with over 500 players in action in 144 top-class water polo games in front of hundreds of supporters.
The event is evenly divided into 20 boys’ and 20 girls’ sides, and each competition features four pools of five teams.
The girls’ 2023 champions, Herschel Girls School, are in Pool D and are pitted against Zimbabwe’s Chisipite Senior School, Kingswood College, Crawford Lonehill, and the hosts, St Stithians Girls’ College.
Last year’s runner-up, Roedean School is in Pool A, where they will face Diocesan School for Girls (DSG Makhanda), Rand Park High, St Mary’s Waverley, and Kingsmead College, who will be their first obstacle on Thursday morning.
The recent winner of the Roedean Prestige Cup, Reddam House Bedfordview, is in Pool C, along with Beaulieu College, Clarendon High School for Girls, Pearson High, and St Anne’s Diocesan College, who showed they are a team to be reckoned with at their home tournament at the end of September.
Pool D should be very interesting. It includes last year’s bronze medallists, Reddam House Constantia, the winner of two tournaments in late 2024, including the MacKenzie Cup and the St Anne’s Water Polo Tournament. They’re opposed by Collegiate Girls’ High School, Durban Girls’ College (DGC), St Dominic’s, and St Peter’s College.
In Pool A of the boys’ competition, Rondebosch Boys’ High appears to be the team to beat. They’ll face a stiff challenge from Affies, while Woodridge Stayers‘ winners, St Andrew’s College, will carry confidence into the event. Durban High School (DHS) and Grey High complete the lineup.
Two of the hottest teams in the country, St John’s College and Bishops are in Pool B. Bishops won the SACS Water Polo Tournament, but finished only third in their pool there, while St John’s topped Pool A. Bishops, however, beat them in the final. King Edward VII (KES), Pearson High, and Michaelhouse will be hard-pressed to challenge those two sides.
Pool C features the 2023 Saints Invitational champions, South African College High School (SACS), who claimed the honours in the Clifton Water Polo Tournament at the end of last month. They’re going to be challenged, however. Hilton College and Kearsney College met in the final of the KZN Top 10 recently and they’re playing well.
As luck would have it, they’re drawn to face one another in their opening matches. Hilton showed they’re a top side at the SACS Water Polo Tournament, while Kearsney is an emerging power and they won the Northwood Stayers tournament on the past weekend. They have a young but very experienced lineup. Jeppe High School for Boys and Pretoria Boys High will have their hands full against the other three teams.
The hosts, St Stithians, who performed well at the SACS Water Polo Tournament, where they made the semifinals, will be confident of handling the challenges posed by their Pool D opposition. St David’s Marist Inanda, a local rival, could be their toughest opponent. They’ll also take on St Alban’s College, Reddam House Constantia, and Grey College.
It’s hard to name a favourite, but SACS will be aiming to capture the title for a fourth year in succession.
St Andrew’s College faces Gqeberha’s Grey High School in the opening game of the boys’ tournament, with title contenders, St John’s College, doing battle with their neighbours, King Edward VII (KES), in the following game.
Jeppe will hope to catch SACS cold in the day’s third clash.
The action concludes on Sunday.
SAINTS INVITATIONAL TOURNAMENT
GIRLS
POOL A: Diocesan School For Girls (DSG) (Makhanda); Kingsmead College (Johannesburg); Rand Park High (Johannesburg); Roedean School (Johannesburg); St Mary’s School (Waverley) (Johannesburg) POOL B: Collegiate Girls’ High School (Gqeberha); Durban Girls’ College (Durban); Reddam House Constantia (Girls) (Cape Town); St Dominic’s Catholic School For Girls (Boksburg); St Peter’s College (Johannesburg) POOL C: Beaulieu College (Johannesburg); Clarendon High School for Girls (East London); Pearson High (Gqeberha); Reddam House Bedfordview (Johannesburg); St Anne’s Diocesan College (Hilton) POOL D: Chisipite Senior School (Zimbabwe); Crawford Lonehill (Johannesburg); Herschel Girls School (Cape Town); Kingswood College (Makhanda); St Stithians Girls’ College (Johannesburg)
FIXTURES
Thursday, 24 October
07:50 (1) – Roedean vs Kingsmead (Olympic South); 07:50 (2) – Reddam Constantia vs DGC (Main Polo Pool); 08:40 (3) – Clarendon vs Beaulieu (Olympic North); 08:40 (4) – Herschel vs Crawford Lonehill (Olympic South); 10:20 (5) – DSG Makhanda vs St Mary’s Waverley (Main Polo Pool); 10:20 (6) – St Dominic’s vs Collegiate (Olympic South); 10:20 (7) – Reddam Bedfordview vs St Anne’s (Olympic North); 11:10 – St Stithians vs Kingswood (Main Polo Pool); 12:00 (9) – Kingsmead vs Rand Park (Olympic North); 12:50 (10) – DGC vs St Peter’s (Main Polo Pool); 12:50 (11) – Beaulieu vs Pearson (Olympic South); 12:50 (12) – Crawford Lonehill vs Chisipite (Olympic North); 14:30 (13) – Roedean vs St Mary’s Waverley (Olympic South); 14:30 (14) – Reddam Constantia vs Collegiate (Olympic North); 15:20 (15) – Clarendon vs St Anne’s (Main Polo Pool); 15:20 (16) – Herschel vs Kingswood (Olympic South); :(17) – DSG Makhanda vs Rand Park (Olympic North); 17:00 (18)- St Dominic’s vs St Peter’s (Olympic South); 17h00 (19) – Reddam Bedfordview vs Pearson (Main Polo Pool); 17:50 (20) – St Stithians vs Chisipite (Main Polo Pool)
Friday, 25 October
07:50 (21)– St Mary’s Waverley vs Rand Park (Olympic South); 07:50 (22) – Collegiate vs St Peter’s (Main Polo Pool); 08:40 (23) – St Anne’s vs Pearson (Olympic North); 08:40 (24) – Kingswood vs Chisipite (Olympic South); 10:20 (25) – DSG Makhanda vs Kingsmead (Main Polo Pool); 10:20 (26) – St Dominic’s vs DGC (Olympic South); 10:20 (27) – Reddam Bedfordview vs Beaulieu (Olympic North); 11:10 (28) – St Stithians vs Crawford Lonehill (Main Polo Pool); 12:00 (29) – Roedean vs Rand Park (Main Polo Pool); 12:50 (30) – Reddam Constantia vs St Peter’s (Main Polo Pool); 12:50 (31) – Clarendon vs Pearson (Olympic South); 12h50 (32) – Herschel vs Chisipite (Olympic North); 14:30 (33) St Mary’s Waverley vs Kingsmead (Olympic South); 14:30 (34) – Collegiate vs DGC (Olympic North); 15:20 (35) – St Anne’s vs Beaulieu (Olympic North); 15:20 (36) – Kingswood vs Crawford Lonehill ( Olympic South); 17:00 (37) – Roedean vs DSG Makhanda (Olympic North); 17:00 (38) – Reddam Constantia vs St Dominic’s (Olympic South); 17:00 (39) – Clarendon vs Reddam Bedfordview (Main Polo Pool);
Saturday, 26 October
07:50 (40) – St Stithians vs Herschel (Main Polo Pool); 07:50 (41) – A2 vs B3 (Olympic North); 07:50 (42) – B2 vs A3 (Olympic South); 08:40 (43) – C2 vs D3 (Olympic North); 08:40 (44) – D2 vs C3 (Main Polo Pool) 10:20 (45) – A5 vs B4 (Main Polo Pool); 10:20 (46) – A4 vs B5 (Olympic North); 10:20 (47) – C5 vs D4 (Olympic South); 11:10 (48) – C4 vs D5 (Olympic South);
Quarterfinals
12:00 (49) – A1 vs Winner Game 43 (87) (Olympic South); 12:50 (50) – Winner Game 44 (88) vs B1 (Olympic North); 12:50 (51) – Winner Game 41 (85) vs C1 (Olympic South); 12:50 (52) – D1 vs Winner Game 42 (86)
Bottom Qualifier
13:40 (53) – Loser 45 (93) vs Loser 47 (95) (Main Polo Pool); 14:30 (54) – Loser 46 (94) vs Loser 48 (96) (Olympic South); 15:20 (55) – Loser 43 (87) vs Loser 41 (85) (Olympic South); 15:20 (56) – Loser 44 (88) vs Loser 42 (86) (Main Polo Pool)
POOL A: Afrikaanse Hoër Seunskool (Affies) (Pretoria); Durban High School (DHS) (KZN); Grey High (Gqeberha); Rondebosch Boys’ High (Cape Town); St Andrew’s College (Makhanda) POOL B: Bishops Diocesan College (Cape Town); King Edward VII School (Johannesburg); Michaelhouse (KZN); Pearson High (Gqeberha); St John’s College (Johannesburg) POOL C: Hilton College (KZN); Jeppe High School for Boys (Johannesburg); Kearsney College (KZN); Pretoria Boys High (Pretoria); South African College High School (SACS) (Cape Town) POOL D: Grey College (Bloemfontein); Reddam House Constantia (Cape Town); St Alban’s College (Pretoria); St David’s Marist Inanda (Johannesburg); St Stithians Boys’ College (Johannesburg)
FIXTURES
Thursday, 24 October
07:00 (1) – St Andrew’s vs Grey High (Olympic North); 07:00 (2) – St John’s vs KES (Olympic South); 07:00 (3) – SACS vs Jeppe (Main Polo Pool); 07:50 (4) – St David’s vs St Alban’s (Olympic North); 08:40 (5) – Rondebosch vs Affies (Main Polo Pool); 09:30 (6) – Bishops vs Michaelhouse (Olympic North) 09:30 (7) – Kearsney vs Hilton (Olympic South); 09:30 (8) – St Stithians vs Grey College (Main Polo Pool); 11:10 (9) – Grey High vs DHS (Olympic South); 11:10 (10)– KES vs Pearson (Olympic North); 12:00 (11) – Jeppe vs Pretoria Boys (Main Polo Pool); 12:00 (12) – St Alban’s vs Reddam Constantia (Olympic South); 13:40 (13) – St Andrew’s vs Affies (Main Polo Pool); 13:40 (14) – St John’s vs Michaelhouse (Olympic South); 13:40 (15) – SACS vs Hilton (Olympic North); 14:30 (16) – St David’s vs Grey College (Main Polo Pool); 15:20 (17) – Rondebosch vs DHS (Olympic North); 16:10 (18) – Bishops vs Pearson (Olympic North); 16:10 (19) – Kearsney vs Pretoria Boys (Olympic South); 16:10 (20) – St Stithians vs Reddam Constantia (Main Polo Pool)
Friday, 25 October
07:00 (21) – Affies vs DHS (Olympic North) 07:00 (22) – Michaelhouse vs Pearson (Olympic South) 07:00 (23) –Hilton vs Pretoria Boys (Main Polo Pool); 07:50 (24) – Grey College vs Reddam Constantia (Olympic North); 08:40 (25) – Rondebosch vs Grey High (Main Polo Pool); 09:30 (26) – Bishops vs KES (Olympic North) 09:30 (27) – Kearsney vs Jeppe (Olympic South); 09:30 (28) – St Stithians vs St Alban’s (Main Polo Pool); 11:10 (29) – St Andrew’s vs DHS (Olympic South); 11:10 (30) – St John’s vs Pearson (Olympic North); 12:00 (31) – SACS vs Pretoria Boys (Olympic North); 12:00 (32) – St David’s vs Reddam Constantia (Olympic South); 13:40 (33) – Affies vs Grey High (Main Polo Pool); 13:40 (34) – Michaelhouse vs KES (Olympic South); 13:40 (35) – Hilton vs Jeppe (Olympic North) 14:30 (36) – Grey College vs St Alban’s (Main Polo Pool); 15:20 (37) –St Andrew’s vs Rondebosch (Main Polo Pool); 16:10 (38) – St John’s vs Bishops (Olympic North); 16:10 (39) – SACS vs Kearsney (Olympic South); 16:10 (40) – St Stithians vs St David’s (Main Polo Pool)
Saturday, 26 October
07:00 (41) – A2 vs B3 (Main Polo Pool); 07:00 (42) – B2 vs A3 (Olympic North); 07:00 (43) – C2 vs D3 (Olympic South); 07:50 (44) – D2 vs C3 (Main Polo Pool); 08:40 (45) – A5 vs B4 (Olympic South); 09:30 (46) – A4 vs B5 (Main Polo Pool) 09:30 (47) – C5 vs D4 (Olympic North); 09:30 (48) – C4 vs D5 (Olympic South)
Quarterfinals
11:10 (49) – A1 vs Winner 43 (83) (Olympic North); 11:10 (50) – Winner 44 (84) vs B1 (Main Polo Pool); 12:00 (51) – Winner 41 (81) vs C1 (Olympic North); 12:00 (52) – D1 vs Winner 42 (82) (Main Polo Pool)
Bottom Qualifier
13:40 (53) – Loser 45 (89) vs Loser 47 (91) (Olympic South); 13:40 (54) – Loser 46 (90) vs Loser 48 (92) (Olympic North); 14:30 (55) – Loser 43 (83) vs Loser 41 (81) (Olympic North); 14:30 (56) – Loser 44 (84) vs Loser 42 (82) (Main Polo Pool)
Reddam House Bedfordview and St StithiansCollege staged a repeat of last weekend’s Parktown Spring Sports Festival on Saturday when they met in the final of the Roedean Prestige Cup in Johannesburg.
On 5 October, at Parktown, an intense final ended 4-4. Then, Saints snatched the title with a 3-1 victory following a penalty shootout.
Coach Kyla Moolman’s St Stithians side made light work of their first four opponents at the Spring Sports Festival. They brushed aside St Mary’sWaverley 7-3 and handed Kingsmead a 4-1 loss. They were, then, ruthless in wins over Parktown High School for Girls and Pretoria High School for Girls, winning those games 12-1 and 13-0 respectively.
On day two of the tournament, the final day, Saints downed Steyn City School 16-3 before scraping an 8-7 win over St Dominic’s. Then, they fell to Reddam House Bedfordview, going down 5-12, but they reversed that result in the final.
After securing the title, St Stithians’ captain Tori Tanner-Ellis said they were happy with the win. “The final was a very exciting and tough match as Reddam House Bedfordview is a very tough team,” she told SuperSport Schools Plus. “The team and I are very happy with our outcome and cannot wait for the rest of the season.”
On Saturday, the tables were turned as Reddam House Bedfordview claimed the honours at Roedean. They and Saints were, again, the class of the field, demonstrating good skills and teamwork to book their places in the title-deciding matchup, which featured surges of momentum from both sides as fortunes waxed and waned.
Reddam bolted out of the starting gate, netting the first two goals only a few minutes into the final. St Stithians, stunned for a moment, quickly struck back and soon made it 2-2. They were suddenly on fire and by the end of the first chukka they had surged into a 4-2 lead.
By halftime, Saints appeared to be on their way to another title, having scored five times without reply to lead 5-2. Soon after the restart, they netted for a sixth time.
Reddam was far from done, however, and they pulled back three goals, without reply, to trail only 5-6 with another quarter to go.
Another two goals from Reddam in the last chukka pushed them ahead of Saints once more and they held on for a narrow and hard-fought 7-6 win to clinch the Roedean Prestige Cup.
Roedean finished third but was satisfied that other goals besides winning the title were met.
“The primary aim of the competition is not so much rooted in sporting success- the aim is to drive community development and partnerships,” the school said. “We continue to ensure that the tournament is positioned as one of the best water polo tournaments hosted in Gauteng and has a proven sustainable impact on both sports’ transformation and water safety.”
STANDINGS
1. Reddam House Bedfordview
2. St Stithians College
3. Roedean School South Africa
4. St Dominic’s Boksburg
After a colourful journey with her players, St Anne’s Diocesan College water polo coach Megan Sileno has whispered into the ears of SuperSport Schools Plus that she will be taking on a new challenge at the end of 2024.
The Cape Town-born coach recently led her girls to a silver medal at the St Anne’s Water Polo Tournament, facing a strong 20-team field from across South Africa.
Sileno, who attended Arizona State University in 2008, followed by Stellenbosch University from 2009 to 2012, played many sports at a young age. “All but hockey,” she said.
She was introduced to water polo at school when her netball coach decided to turn their team into a water polo team during the summer months.
Her love for the sport grew and she excelled as a player. As a result, coaching became a natural consequence. When she was a student at Maties in 2009, she coached for the first time, taking charge of the u15A Western Province and Rhenish Girls’ High School first teams.
“I was supposed to be coaching the Western Province u16B team, but they decided to split them up into u14, u15, u16, and u19A teams. Just by luck, I got to coach the u15A team, which was quite nerve-wracking and a bit of pressure, but it was a very good little team and we ended up winning gold at the end of that year, which was exciting.
“We were in a few finals, and we won a few gold medals while I was still in Cape Town,” she fondly recalled.
Later, a move to KwaZulu-Natal presented Sileno with a new challenge. She grabbed it with both hands.
“In 2017, we moved up to Hilton and that’s where the challenge of my coaching career started. I was still very young, very new and I feel like St Anne’s and I almost started developing together. I always had good players and that helped, and it didn’t matter that I wasn’t too experienced as a coach. I got down the development side of my coaching when I moved up to Hilton.
“I did not have the excellence. We started from scratch, with some decent players, but they were raw as well, so heading to tournaments with inexperienced players showed my faults and lack of experience as a young coach. So, over the last seven years, I have grown into a good coach.
“I’ve always been a good water polo player and that got me as far as it could have as a coach. Now, I have learned the timing of when to do things, what things to do, when things are not working how to change them up. The St Anne’s community and I have grown more into each other,” Sileno told SuperSport Schools Plus.
“I think my experience of being at St Anne’s and running my programme has helped me develop into a good coach. I think I have come a long way,” she added.
Sileno recalled some of the memorable moments of her coaching career, including the birth of her son just before a tournament.
“I was 20 months pregnant with our first child,” she giggled, “and we won the St Anne’s tournament in 2018. Back then it was not the top tournament. The top Johannesburg and Cape Town schools were not there. They used to come in the past but they started going to another tournament.
“When I arrived at St Anne’s that was going to be my challenge, to get them all back to the St Anne’s Tournament and I have accomplished that, and now it’s the top tournament in the nation.
“Winning that one and my son being born the following week was special and it was awesome.”
Digging deeper into her well of memories, she said she had to hand the coaching reins to her junior coach for most of the games at the Top Schools Tournament in Durban, as she had to deal with some medical issues after the birth of her son.
“My junior coach led the team and I watched from afar in the hospital with my little boy. He responded well to medical assistance, and it was on Sunday and we were in the final. I sat with a nurse, with whom I had become friendly, and she could see how much I wanted to be with those girls. She encouraged me to stop fussing. My little Jamie was fine. He was being fed and all that, so she pushed me to the car, and I drove down to the final.
“I made it just when the girls were starting their warm-up. We were very excited to see each other, and we ended up winning that final. We beat Durban Girls’ College, which St Anne’s had never done. That’s probably one of my favorite memories of being a coach, just sharing the delight and the ecstasy of that moment”
“I had a special captain, Isabella Bertossi. Her belief that we could do this got the girls on board. That was awesome. We had some ups and downs but we came a long way.
“And another favorite memory is us making it to the final in this last tournament. For St Anne’s, that was unheard of – getting a silver medal in the top tournament and beating some of the top teams that they never actually thought they could do – so, to share the belief and determination with the girls is something I am proud of,” she said.
Now in her mid-thirties, Sileno has built up valuable experience, and she has made her mark. She reflected on the challenges she has faced on her coaching journey.
“There are lots of challenges as a young coach. You get to be a top coach by going through all of that – the inexperience, realising that games are won and lost, and especially lost on decisions that you have made, and you do a lot of reflecting, and those are big challenges as a young coach.
“Coaching young girls is an emotional rollercoaster and one of my biggest challenges at St Anne’s is just getting the girls to believe that they deserve to be where they are.
“They can get into a game, and they can be amazing and then two games later, just because they are playing a top team, they will completely fall apart when they know they can do better. That’s a huge challenge for me. It’s getting these girls to believe that they can do it.
“There is only so much you can do when you are outside the pool. It has to come down to them and the decisions they make in the pool and how they carry themselves through it. That, also, has been a big challenge, and I think I’ve done a good job now.”
The St Anne’s Sports Coordinator and senior team coach represented the South African women’s team from 2006 to 2024, including at the Summer Olympics in Tokyo in 2021.
Earlier this year, she was again selected for the national team that contested the World Aquatics Championships in Doha.
“I look back on seven years as my journey with St Anne’s comes to an end,” Sileno said, “and I think I’m exactly where I’m supposed to be in my walk through life.
“I’ve built something special at this school and I am confident it will continue with the culture that has been created within the programme. The buy-in from the girls and parents will ensure that it gets passed down through the teams to come.”
Though she is leaving her coaching job at St Anne’s, she is not leaving coaching.
“My family and I are off to Johannesburg to start work at St Stithians College. Coaching is still on the cards for me up there. I plan to build on the programme that is already established and put my spin on it.
“My career as a national player may be coming to an end. We just can’t seem to break through the politics to let our young athletes fly. But maybe on the coaching side of things, I can make an impact. It is sad to be thinking of hanging up my cap for good but, as for coaching, I don’t think I’ve even scratched the surface,” Sileno concluded.
After an outstanding victory in the St Anne’s Water PoloTournament earlier in the week, Reddam House Constantia coach Connor Whiting has credited his team’s defensive work for their title-winning performance.
Fresh off of winning the MacKenzie Cup in the own pool, Reddam Constantia joined 19 other top water polo-playing schools at St Anne’s, where icy conditions made the first two days of the four-day event especially challenging.
In pool play, up against St Mary’s DSG Kloof, Westville Girls’ High, Rhenish, and St Mary’s Waverley, Whiting‘s side dominated. They won all of their pool games to easily secure their place in the playoffs.
“We just got better as the tournament progressed. We were going from strength to strength,” Whiting said. “The whole focus on the weekend, on each game, was on defence, which I think was the main reason for our success,” he told SuperSport Schools Plus.
The Western Cape side opened their assignments as one of the favourites and they quickly lived up to that tag, powering their way to an impressive 13-1 win over St Mary’s DSG Kloof in their first game. In a tighter second contest, they ran out comfortable 6-1 winners over Rhenish.
St Mary’s Waverley put up a good fight, but Reddam claimed a 6-4 victory. It was one-way traffic against Westville Girls’ High School, with the Cape girls cruising to a 17-0 win.
In the playoffs, they dealt with the St Anne’s junior team, the Stingrays, who performed admirably against senior opposition, winning 9-2. Then, against Herschel, the team they had faced in the final of the MacKenzie Cup, they won 8-3.
“Conceding a handful of goals, or just over a handful of goals, all weekend, was the key to our success,” Whiting said, “and then the goal for the final was to be patient and control the game on defence, which I think we did well, stopping them from scoring goals.”
Up against St Anne’s for the title, Reddam House Constantia recorded an emphatic 10-2 victory.
“On our attack, it is structured. It’s quite hard for teams to defend us and break us down from a defence perspective, so the goal was to be as patient as possible and wait for opportunities to score, and I think we did that really well, especially in the first half of the game. From then, the goal was to control the momentum throughout the final.” Whiting explained. “Also, with two very strong goalkeepers, it suits our defence, and the overall team effort worked well for us.
“We have been working with the first team girls and u16 girls, Nick Tinkler and I, and we have structured our defence and worked on it for the last two years, and it is showing success now.”
ST ANNE’S WATER POLO TOURNAMENT TOP 10
1 Reddam House Constantia
2 St Anne’s Diocesan College
3 Roedean School
4 Herschel Girls School
5 St Stithians Girls’ College
6 Rhenish High School
7 Durban Girls’ College
8 St Anne’s Stingrays
9 Reddam House Bedfordview
10 St Dominic’s Catholic School for Girls
After a tense and nerve-wracking 71 games in the St Anne’s Water Polo Tournament, Reddam HouseConstantia blew past the hosts, St Anne’s, in the 72nd and last match, beating them 10-2 in the final on Tuesday to be crowned the champions.
It was an emphatic ending to a superb run through the tournament for the Western Cape side.
They set the bar high from their very first game, opening their challenge with a 13-1 shellacking of St Mary’s DSG (Kloof).
Rhenish provided stiff opposition, but Reddam triumphed 6-1. After that, they brushed aside Westville Girls High’, racking up a 17-0 victory.
That momentum continued when they beat the Stingrays, the St Anne’s Junior team, 9-2, and Herschel 8-3.
In the final, the Constantia girls seized the initiative early on, racing into an 8-2 lead in the second chukka. The outcome was pretty much decided by then, but St Anne’s did well to limit the damage over the remainder of the contest, eventually going down by eight goals.
It was a good tournament for the hosts, who showed off their intent in their first two fixtures, crushing The Wykeham Collegiate 24-0 and Danville 25-1.
While the weather was cold, the action in the pool was hot as 20 of the best teams in the country battled it out for the St Anne’s Water Polo Tournament title.
“I’m so proud of my St Anne’s teams, both of them,” coach Megan Sileno said. “The Junior team (the Stingrays) outdid themselves and exceeded all expectations by ending top eight and winning three out of three penalty shootouts. They were truly amazing.
“And my first team was truly incredible. They showed such grit, fight, and determination. They were remarkable this weekend. I am so proud of them,” she told SuperSport Schools Plus.
Sileno, who will bid farewell to St Anne’s at the end of the year, thanked everyone who had supported her and the water polo programme.
“I am unfortunate to be leaving St Anne’s at the end of the year,” she said. “It’s such an amazing community of parents and girls and school spirit. All of my parents were around, helping and troubleshooting. When the weather was so bad on Friday and Saturday, they were just helping,” she said, alluding to the icy conditions, which brought snow to the KZN Midlands, which could be seen from St Anne’s.
“My headmistress was helping with hay and was baling for me to cover the mud. Nobody was sleeping, they were getting stuck in and our ground staff was incredible as well. They were just all over the place and amazing.
“Our community catering staff and cleaning ladies all came down to show support for the final and they were remarkable. It was incredible, I am very happy with our performance and how the tournament ran,” Sileno concluded.
Herschel Girls’ School, second at the MacKenzie Cup, had to settle for fourth at the St Anne’s Water Polo Tournament.
The 2023 champions, St Stithians, finished fifth after an impressive 9-3 win over Rhenish Girls’ High in the playoffs.
Coach Kyla Moolman’s girls had a tough opener, which ended in a 3-4 defeat at the hands of Durban Girls College (DGC). Later in the tournament, they avenged that loss, edging out DGC 6-5 in another one-goal thriller.
Saints dug deep in their second outing to defeat Beaulieu 8-2. A 4-2 victory over Maris Stella kept them in the running for the title, but St Anne’s hurt their prospects of success by recording a 5-2 win over the Johannesburg school.
St Anne’s 24-0 The Wykehem Collegiate (TWC)
Stingrays v Reddam Umhlanga 4-3
DGC v Maris Stella
St Mary’s Kloof 15-3 Westville
St Anne’s 25-1 Danville
Herschel 11-1 Stingrays
Reddam Bedfordview 8-4 Beaulieu
DAY 2
St Mary’s Kloof 1-13 Reddam Constantia
Roedean 18-0 Danville
St Dominic’s 5-4 Reddam Umhlanga
DGC 4-3 St Stithians
St Mary’s Kloof 5-9 Rhenish
St Anne’s 5-4 Roedean
Stingrays 6-5 Crawford La Lucia
Maris Stella 3-9 Reddam Bedfordview
St Mary’s Waverley 11-2 Westville Girls’ High
Kingsmead 15-0 TWC
Herschel 8-2 St Dominic’s
St Stithians 8-2 Beaulieu
Reddam Constantia 6-1 Rhenish
Kingsmead 9-2 Danville
Crawford La Lucia 5-7 Reddam Umhlanga 5-7
DGC 11-10 Reddam Bedfordview
St Mary’s Waverley 5-4 St Mary’s Kloof
Kingsmead 1-5 Roedean
Stingrays 6-5 St Dominic’s 6-5
DAY 3
St Stithians 4-2 Maris Stella
Rhenish 11-1 Westville Girls’ High
Roedean 20-0 TWC
Herschel 10-1 Crawford La Lucia
DGC 5-1 Beaulieu
St Mary’s Waverley 4-6 Reddam Constantia
St Anne’s 8-4 Kingsmead
St Dominic’s 7-2 Crawford La Lucia
Reddam Bedfordview 5-6 St Stithians
St Mary’s Waverley 4-5 Rhenish
Herschel 5-2 Reddam Umhlanga
Maris Stella 4-5 Beaulieu
TWC 5-6 Danville
Reddam Constantia 17-0 Westville Girls’ High
Stingrays 6-5 Reddam Bedfordview
St Dominic’s 4-7 St Stithians
St Mary’s Waverley 2-7 Roedean
Rhenish 8-1 Kingsmead
DAY 4
Danville 3-4 Westville Girls’ High
Reddam Umhlanga 8-3 Maris Stella
Beaulieu 4-2 Crawford La Lucia
St Mary’s Kloof 9-3 TWC
St Anne’s 5-2 St Stithians
Herschel 11-3 Rhenish
Roedean 7-4 DGC
Reddam Constantia 9-2 Stingrays
Reddam Bedfordview 8-2 St Mary’s Waverley
St Dominic’s 6-4 Kingsmead
Crawford 8-1 Danville
Maris Stella 15-5 TWC
Westville Girls’ High 1-16 Beaulieu
Reddam Umhlanga 9-1 St Mary’s
DGC 5-6 St Stithians
Stingrays 3-6 Rhenish
St Anne’s v Roedean (3) 5-5 (2)
Reddam Constantia 8-3 Herschel
DAY 5
TWC 7-6 Danville (19/20)
Crawford La Lucia 5-2 Maris Stella (17/18)
Westville Girls’ High 2-7 St Mary’s Kloof (15/16)
Beaulieu (5) 3-3 (6) Reddam Umhlanga (13/14)
St Mary’s Waverley 9-5 Kingsmead (11/12)
St Dominic’s 2-4 Reddam Bedfordview (9/10)
Stingrays 2-5 DGC (7/8)
St Stithians 9-3 Rhenish 9-3 (5/6)
Roedean 4-3 Herschel (3/4)
St Anne’s 2-10 Reddam Constantia (1/2)
The 18th edition of the St Anne’s Water Polo Tournament explodes into action at the Hilton school from Friday, 20 September, to Tuesday, 24 September, bringing together 20 top teams from KwaZulu-Natal, Gauteng, and the Western Cape.
The sides are split into four pools with the hosts in Pool A where they will face last year’s runners-up, Roedean, The Wykeham Collegiate (TWC),Danville, and Kingsmead.
The 2022 winners, CrawfordLa Lucia, will face a stiff challenge in Pool B from Herschel, who finished last year’s tournament in fourth place, and who were the runners-up at the Mackenzie Cup this past weekend. Reddam House Umhlanga, St Dominic’s, and the St Anne’s junior side, the Stingrays Club, complete the Pool B lineup.
Pool C promises to be interesting, pitting the 2023 champions, St. Stithians Girls College, who are no longer the all-conquering juggernaut of last year, but who remain strong, nonetheless, against Durban Girls College (DGC), who placed fifth in the St Anne’s tournament last year and also won the 2023 MacKenzie Cup.
This year’s McKenzie Cup winners, Reddam House Constantia, are in Pool D. They placed third in last year’s tournament. They’ll be challenged by Rhenish, Westville Girls’ High School (WGHS), and St Mary’s Waverley and St Mary’s Kloof, who both finished in the top 10 in 2023.
The action begins at 13:00 on Friday, with St Anne’s taking on familiar opposition in the form of The Wykeham Collegiate. Their juniors, the Stingrays Club, are next in the pool, tackling Reddam House Umhlanga, while DGC faces Maris Stella in an all-Durban clash in the third game.
With very cold and rainy weather forecast for Friday and Saturday, how the teams handle the conditions will play a crucial role in how they perform during the pool stage of the competition.
The current champions, St Stithians, begin their title defence on Saturday against DGC. Their team includes Ngcali Metu,Keira Hollard, Emily Carle and Ginna Squazzin, who all received Half Colours at the Johannesburg school’s first term Awards. Cadha Mosehla, who received the Most Promising Senior Player Award, and Erin Blackburn, who was recognised as the Most Improved Senior Player, are also in their lineup.
The games will be played in the St Anne’s Pool, with Hilton College hosting four playoff games on Tuesday, too.
POOLS
Pool A: St Anne’s; TWC; Roedean; Danville; Kingsmead Pool B: Stingrays Club; Reddam Umhlanga; Herschel; Crawford La Lucia; St Dominic’s Pool C: DGC; Maris Stella; Reddam Bedfordview; Beaulieu; St Stithians Pool D: St Mary’s Kloof; Westville GHS; St Mary’s Waverley; Reddam Constantia; Rhenish
FIXTURES
Friday, 20 September
13:00 – St Anne’s vs TWC (A)
13:40 – Stingrays vs Reddam Umhlanga (1)
14:20 – DGC vs Maris Stella (2)
15:00 – St Mary’s Kloof vs Westville GHS (3)
15:40 – Kingsmead vs Danville (4)
16:20 – Herschel vs Crawford (5)
17:00 – Reddam Bedfordview vs Beaulieu (6)
Saturday, 21 September
07:00 – St Mary’s Waverley vs Reddam Constantia (8)
07:40 – Roedean vs Danille (9)
08:20 – St Dominic’s vs Reddam Umhlanga (10)
09:00 – DGC vs St Stithians (11)
09:40 – St Mary’s Kloof vs Rhenish (12)
10:20 – St Anne’s vs Roedean (13)
11:00 – Stingrays vs Crawford (14)
11:40 – Maris Stella vs Reddam Bedfordview (15)
12:20 – St Mary’s Waverley vs Westville GHS (16)
13:00 – Kingsmead vs TWC (17)
13:40 – Herschel vs St Dominic’s (18)
14:20 – Beaulieu vs St Stithians (19)
15:00 – Reddam Constantia vs Rhenish (20)
15:40 – St Anne’s vs Danville (21)
16:20 – Crawford vs Reddam Umhlanga (22)
17:00 – DGC vs Reddam Bedfordview (23)
17:40 – St Mary’s Kloof vs St Mary’s Waverley (24)
18:20 – Roedean vs Kingsmead (25)
19:00 – Stingrays vs St Dominic’s
Sunday, 22 September
07:00 – Maris Stella vs St Stithians (27)
07:40 – Westville GHS vs Rhenish (28)
08:20 – Roedean vs TWC (29)
09:00 – Herschel vs Stingrays (30)
09:40 – DGC vs Beaulieu (31)
10:20 – St Mary’s Kloof vs Reddam Constantia (32)
11:00 – St Anne’s vs Kingsmead (33)
11:40 – St Dominic’s vs Crawford (34)
12:20 – Reddam Bedfordview vs St Stithians (35)
13:00 – St Mary’s Waverley vs Rhenish (36)
13:40 – Herschel vs Reddam Umhlanaga (37)
14:20 – Maris Stella vs Beaulieu (38)
15:00 – TWC vs Danille (39)
15:40 – Westville GHS vs Reddam Constantia (40)
16:20 – 2B vs 3C (41)
17:00 – 2C vs 3B (42)
17:40 – 2A vs 3D (43)
18:20 – 2D vs 3A (44)
Monday, 23 September
Playoffs 13-20
07:00 – 4A vs 5D (45)
07:40 – 4B vs 5C (46)
08:20 – 4C vs 5B (47)
09:00 – 4D vs 5A (48)
Playoffs 1-8
09:40 – 1A vs W42 (49)
10:20 – 1B vs W44 (50)
11:00 – 1C vs W43 (51)
11:40 – 1D vs W31 (52)
Playoffs 9-12
12:20 – L43 vs L44 (53)
13:00 0 L42 vs L44 (54)
Playoffs 17-20
13:40 – L45 vs L47 (55)
14:20 – L46 vs L48 (56)
Playoffs 13:16
15:00 – W45 vs W47 (57)
15:40 – W46 vs W48 (58)
Playoffs 5-8
16:20 – L51 vs L53 (59)
17:00 – L 52 vs L54 (60)
Playoffs 1-4
17:40 – W51 vs W53 (61)
18:20 – W52 vs W54 (62)
Tuesday, 24 September
Hilton Pool
19th/20th – 07:00 – L55 vs L56 (63)
17th/18th – 07:40 – W55 vs W56 (64)
15th/16th – 08:20 – L57 vs L58 (65)
13th/14th – 09:00 – W57 vs W58 (66)
St Anne’s Pool
11th/12th – 07:00 – L53 vs L54 (67)
9th/10th – 07:40 – W53 vs W54 (68)
7th/8th – 08:20 – L59 vs L60 (69)
5th/6th – 09:00 – W59 vs W60 (70)
3rd/4th – 09:40 – L61 vs L62 (71)
1st/2nd – 10:30 – W61 vs W62 (72)
The 2023 Saints Invitational Tournament champion, South African College High School (SACS), remains hopeful after winning one and losing one game on Thursday, the first day of the 2024 tournament, at the St Stithians Aquatic Centre.
Reddam House Bedfordview and St Stithians College staged a repeat of last weekend’s Parktown Spring Sports Festival on Saturday when they met in the final of the Roedean Prestige Cup in Johannesburg. 
After a colourful journey with her players, St Anne’s Diocesan College water polo coach Megan Sileno has whispered into the ears of SuperSport Schools Plus that she will be taking on a new challenge at the end of 2024.
After an outstanding victory in the St Anne’s Water Polo Tournament earlier in the week, Reddam House Constantia coach Connor Whiting has credited his team’s defensive work for their title-winning performance.
