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Boland Landbou claimed both the u15 and u17 titles this weekend at the inaugural Cape Schools sevens festival in Wellington, getting through some of the top teams in the country on their way to the trophy.

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The Boland Landbou boys have shown glimpses of their potential over the previous couple of tournaments but found their rhythm this weekend.

The u17s finished on top of their pool after getting through Forward Foundation (38-0), Hoërskool Durbanville (36-7), Augsburg (53-0) and holding on against an inspired attack by the hosts, Hugenote, to win by 26-17.

In the quarter-finals, they saw away with Hoërskool Bellville by 31-7 before ending the boys from Hoërskool Durbanville’s tournament in the semis with 39 unanswered points.

They played against Paarl Gimnasium in the final, who had to hold on for dear life to survive a late Stellenberg onslaught in the semi-finals.

The Boland boys held a 14-7 lead at halftime, and both teams only managed to score one additional try in the final seven minutes, giving Boland Landbou the 19-14 victory over their big rivals from Paarl.

The u15s won their final against Paul Roos by the same margin, beating the Stellenbosch boys by 24-19 to become the first champions of the brand-new tournament.

The Paul Roos u17s came into the weekend as the favourites after having won the two major tournaments over the last couple of weeks, beating Grey College in both finals, first in Potchefstroom at the NWU Prestige Schools Festival, then in Paarl at the Marius Schoeman Sevens festival.

The boys from Stellenbosch are yet to go through a weekend unbeaten though, and after two weeks of non-stop action, they seemed to run out of steam this weekend losing to Stellenberg first by 7-0 before being knocked out of the Cup competition in the quarter-finals after going down against Paarl Gimnasium by 33-19.

Finally, they met Oakdale in the semi-finals for the Plate, but the boys from Riversdal proved too strong as well, beating Paul Roos by 45-5 to bring an end to their weekend.

With 40 of the top rugby schools in the Cape already competing at this first edition of the tournament, producing top-quality schoolboy sevens rugby all weekend, the future of this brand-new platform looks exciting.

All the results

u17

Pool stage

Pool A: Paarl Boys’ High 29, JSA Foundation 5; Brackenfell 10, Hoërskool Bellville 10; Hoërskool Bellville 19, JSA Foundation 12; Paarl Boys’ High 60, Brackenfell 0; Paarl Boys’ High 31, Hermanus 0; Brackenfell 17, JSA Foundation 17; Paarl Boys’ High 36, Hoërskool Bellville 21; Hermanus 24, Brackenfell 19; Hoërskool Bellville 27, Hermanus 0;  Hermanus 5, JSA Foundation 0; Hoërskool Bellville 19, JSA Foundation 12.

Pool B: Paarl Gimnasium 17, Parel Vallei 0; Oakdale 19, Bredasdorp 5; Paarl Gimnasium 17, Boland Landbou II 5; Oakdale 50, Parel Vallei 0; Paarl Gimasium 21, Bredasdorp 7; Parel Vallei 10, Boland Landbou II 5; Oakdale 22, Boland Landbou II 5; Paarl Gimnasium 21, Oakdale 14; Parel Vallei 0, Bredasdorp 0; Bredasdorp 7, Boland Landbou II 5.

Pool C: Paul Roos Gimnasium 15, Curro Langebaan 12; Stellenberg 19, Porterville 12; Paul Roos Gimnasium 17, Paarl Boys High II 10; Stellenberg 24, Curro Langebaan 5; Paul Roos Gimnasium 26, Porterville 14; Stellenberg 7, Paul Roos Gimnasium 0; Stellenberg 19, Paarl Boys’ High II 7; Paarl Boys’ High 24, Curro Langebaan 7;  Paarl Boys’ High II 24, Porterville 14; Curro Langebaan 10, Porterville 10.

Pool D: Boland Landbou 38, Forward Foundation 0; Hugenote 34, Augsburg 12; Forward Foundation 38, Augsburg 5; Boland Landbou 26, Hugenote 17; Boland Landbou 36, Hoërskool Durbanville 7; Hugenote 24, Forward Foundation 17; Hoërskool Durbanville 49, Augsburg 5; Hoërskool Durbanville 17, Hugenote 10; Boland Landbou 53, Augsburg 0; Hoërskool Durbanville 27, Forward Foundation 12.

Quarter-finals

Bowl – Forward Foundation 26, Hermanus 0; Hugenote 39, Brackenfell 5; Porterville 17, Bredasddorp 7; Paarl Boys’ High II 29, Parel Vallei 0.

Cup – Hoërskool Durbanville 24, Paarl Boys’ High 7; Boland Landbou 31, Hoërskool Bellville 7; Paarl Gimnasium 33, Paul Roos Gimnasium 19; Stellenberg 12, Oakdale 10.

Semi-finals

Bowl – Forward Foundation 17, Hugenote 15; Paarl Boys High 29, Porterville 14.

Plate – Paarl Boys High 27, Hoërskool Bellville 7; Oakdale 45, Paul Roos 5.

Cup – Boland Landbou 39, Hoërskool Durbanville 0; Paarl Gimnasium 19, Stellenberg 14.

Finals

Bowl – Paarl Boys’ High II 22, Forward Foundation 14.

Plate – Paarl Boys’ High 26, Oakdale 17.

Cup – Boland Landbou 19, Paarl Gimnasium 14.

u15

Pool stage

Pool A: Paarl Gimnasium II 26, Brackenfell 5; Paarl Boys High 35, Boland Landbou II 5; Paarl Gimnasium II 17, Hermanus 7; Boland Landbou II 24, Hermanus 7; Paarl Boys’ High 17, Hermanus 10; Paarl Gimnasium II 24, Boland Landbou 0; Paarl Boys’ High 60, Brackenfell 0; Boland Landbou II 34, Brackenfell 15; Paarl Boys’ High 27, Paarl Gimnasium II 5; Hermanus 26, Brackenfell 0.

Pool B: Oakdale 33, Bredasdorp 0; Hoërskool Bellville 19, Parel Vallei 0; Paarl Gimnasium 40, Bredasdorp 7; Oakdale 35, Hoërskool Bellville 0; Paarl Gimnasium 60, Parel Vallei 0; Paarl Gimnasium 12, Oakdale 5; Hoërskool Bellville 22, Bredasdorp 12; Bredasdorp 12, Parel Vallei 7; Paarl Gimnasium 58, Hoërskool Bellville 7; Oakdale 36, Parel Vallei 5.

Pool C: Stellenberg 22, Porterville 5; Paul Roos Gimnasium 43, Porterville 7; Paul Roos Gimnasium 22, Paarl Boys’ High II 12; Paul Roos Gimnasium 28, Stellenberg 7; Paarl Boys High II 15, Porterville 14; Forward Foundation 5, Porterville 5; Forward Foundation 17, Paarl Boys’ High II 7; Forward Foundation 27, Paul Roos Gimnasium 0; Stellenberg 21, Paarl Boys’ High II 0.

Pool D: Hugenote 17, Robertson 10;  Boland Landbou 49, Augsburg 5; Hoërskool Durbanville 29, Robertson 12; Forward Foundation 12, Stellenberg 7; Hoërskool Durbanville 29, Augsburg 0; Boland Landbou 17, Hugenote 10; Boland Landbou 17, Hoërskool Durbanville 7; Robertson 19, Augsburg 14; Hugenote 33, Augsburg 5; Boland Landbou 31, Robertson 5; Hugenote 14, Hoërskool Durbanville 7.

Quarter-finals

Bowl – Boland Landbou II 19, Robertson 14; Hoërskool Durbanville 19, Hermanus 14; Paarl Boys’ High 12, Hoërskool Bellville 0; Stellenberg 38, Bredasdorp 5.

Cup – Paarl Boys’ High 22, Hugenote 21; Boland Landbou 29, Paarl Gimnasium II 5; Paul Roos Gimnasium 26, Paarl Gimnasium 12; Forward Foundation 17, Oakdale 7.

Semi-finals

Bowl – Hoërskool Durbanville 43, Boland Landbou II 5; Stellenberg 14, Paarl Boys’ High II 10.

Plate – Paarl Gimnasium II 22, Hugenote 7; Paarl Gimnasium 14, Oakdale 5.

Cup – Boland Landbou 14, Paarl Boys’ High 12; Paul Roos Gimnasium 19, Forward Foundation 12.

Finals

Bowl – Hoërskool Durbanville 27, Stellenberg 0.

Plate – Paarl Gimnasium 24, Paarl Gimnasium II 15.

Cup – Boland Landbou 24, Paul Roos Gimnaisum 19.

 

Noordheuwel took the spoils at the Monument leg of the Darryl Weir sevens series this weekend after seeing away with Helpmekaar College in the final by 28-19.

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After seeing away with Dinamika (33-12), St Stithians (52-7) and Marais Viljoen (35-26) to end on top of their group, the Nories eliminated the hosts from the competition in the semi-finals, beating them by 38-14, before going on to take the trophy with a 28-19 victory over Helpmekaar.

With this, Noordheuwel have booked their spot in the Championship tournament in Bloemfontein at the end of the season, where they will be competing against the other champions in the series for the ultimate prize.

The sevens action at Monument continues next weekend, when they host the Frogfoot Noordvaal provincial tournament.

The hosts’ younger boys defended their pride well this weekend in the u15 tournament.

Monument won the Cup, Bowl and Shield with their three teams in the junior competition.

The u15 A team beat Helpmekaar by 28-12 for the top honour, their B team claimed the Bowl after getting by Wagpos narrowly by 14-12 and a Monument Invitational squad that replaced Cooper College in the lineup this weekend made it all the way to the Shield final where they beat Trinity House by 12-10.

All the results:

u17

Pool A – Monument 42, Wagpos 0; Helpmekaar 91, Trinity House 0; Monument 50, Trinityhouse 5; Helpmekaar 61, Wagpos 0; Helpmekaar 38, Monument 5; Trinityhouse 45, Wagpos 21.

Pool B – Noordheuwel 33, Dinamika 12; St Stithians 19, Marais Viljoen 12; Noordheuwel 52, St Stithians 7; Marais Viljoen 19, Dinamika 19; Dinamika 28, St Stithians 24; Noordheuwel 35, Marais Viljoen 26.

Semi-finals

Bowl – Marais Viljoen 45, Trinityhouse 10; St Stithians 26, Wagpos 7.
Cup – Helpmekaar 29, Dinamika 5; Noordheuwel 38, Monument 14.

Finals

Shield – Trinityhouse 28, Wagpos 5.
Bowl – Marais Viljoen 27, St Stithians 7.
Plate – Monument 19, Dinamika 17.
Cup – Noordheuwel 28, Helpmekaar 19.

u15

Pool A – Noordheuwel 35, Wagpos 5; Helpmekaar 36, Monument II 12; Monument II 19, Noordheuwel 17; Helpmekaar 40, Wagpos 5; Noordheuwel 19, Helpmekaar 14; Wagpos 27, Monument II 19.

Pool B – Monument 69, Trinityhouse 5; Marais Viljoen 28, Monument Invitational 0; Monument 50, Monument Invitational 10; Marais Viljoen 28, Trinityhouse 10; Monument Invitational 42, Trinity House 7; Monument 57, Marais Viljoen 5.

Semi-finals

Bowl – Monument II 26, Trinityhouse 7; Wagpos 28, Monument Invitational 0.
Cup – Helpmekaar 35, Marais Viljoen 5; Monument 33, Noordheuwel 10.

Finals 

Shield – Monument Invitational 12, Trinityhouse 10.
Bowl – Monument II 14, Wagpos 12.
Plate – Noordheuwel 17, Marais Viljoen 12.
Cup – Monument 28, Helpmekaar 12.

The Boland Wynland invitational team stole the show at the Swartland leg of the 2023 Frogfoot Sevens series.

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The flyers from the Boland/Wynland region were unstoppable, winning by an average of 39-5 over the six games this weekend, spurred on by the efforts of their exciting SA u18 Sevens player from Charlie Hofmeyr, Luan Giliomee, who was honoured as the man-of-the-match four times over the weekend.

Giliomee earned bronze as part of the SA u18 Sevens team at the Commonwealth Youth Games in Trinidad and Tobago earlier this year, and received the sportsman of the year award at the proud school in Ceres, along with his sister, Lané, who was honoured as the sportswoman of the year.

Their little brother, Ruben, has also already shown that he will follow in his siblings’ footsteps, catching everyone’s attention last week at the Marius Schoeman u12 sevens tournament in Paarl, where he finished off a brilliant individual try to win the final for Gericke Primary School.

Brent Simmons and Marno du Plessis also stood out for the winning squad, and HTS Drostdy’s Harold Mbuqa was selected as the player of the tournament.

The HTS Drostdy boys played well to get to the final, getting by a promising Montagu team in the group stage by 20-7 and fighting off an inspired Strand attack in the semis by 26-21 to book a spot in the final.

The representative team, however, put on another masterclass in the grand finale to beat the school from Worcester and secure the bragging rights as well as a spot at the Frogfoot Champions tournament in Pretoria in October.

Judging by the success of the teams from the Western Province, and particularly the Boland/Wynland regions this season, they should go into the championship tournament as one of the favourites, despite not having had the benefit of playing together all season like most of the other teams would have.

HTS Drostdy managed to go all the way in the u15 tournament, beating the Paul Roos Invitational team by 24-14 thanks to a man-of-the-match performance by Anvil Jacobs.

The hosts, Swartland, were also punching above their weight this weekend, doing well to keep Strand to a 12-all draw in the group stages and beating a promising Montagu by 29-24 in the Plate semi-final before going on to claim the Plate at their home competition after a thrilling 19-17 battle against Hoërskool Punt in the final.

JH Kleinhans was singled out as the player-of-the-match in that game. Kailen Kotze and Liam Anthony also stood out for Swartland over the weekend.

All the results:

Pool A – Strand 38, Melkbosstrand 0; Dirkie Uys 19, Hexvallei 7; Swartland 35, Dirkie Uys 0; Strand 40, Hexvallei 0; Swartland 41, Hexvallei 5; Melkbosstrand 22, Dirkie Uys 17; Swartland 12, Strand 12; Melkbosstrand 48, Hexvallei 12; Swartland 36, Melkbosstrand 5; Strand 31, Dirkie Uys 0.

Pool B – Montagu 29, Schoonspruit 0; Vredendal 26, Vooruitsig 10; HTS Drostdy 38, Vredendal 0; Montagu 33, Vooruitsig 7; HTS Drostdy 36, Vooruitsig 0; Schoonspruit 26, Vredendal 5; HTS Drostdy 20, Montagu 7; Schoonspruit 36, Vooruitsig 12; HTS Drostdy 22, Schoonspruit 10; Montagu 40, Vredendal 10.

Pool C – Paul Roos Invitational 29, Ashton 0; Jakes Gerwal 17, Vredenburg 15; Boland Wynland 36, Jakes Gerwal 0; Ashton 24, Vredenburg 17; Paul Roos Invitational 50, Vredenburg 7; Boland Wynland 44, Ashton 0; Boland Wynland 26, Paul Roos Invitational 5; Jakes Gerwal 15, Ashton 7; Paul Roos Invitational 19, Jakes Gerwal 7; Boland Wynland 61, Vredenburg 0.

Pool D – Hoërskool Stellenbosch 17, Wesbank 14; Worcester Gimnasium 12, Punt 10; Punt 21, Milnerton 19; Wesbank 17, Worcester Gimnasium 12; Worcester Gimnasium 33, Hoërskool Stellenbosch 12; Milnerton 19, Wesbank 5; Milnerton 45, Hoërskool Stellenbosch 7; Punt 12, Wesbank 12; Punt 33, Hoërskool Stellenbosch 0; Milnerton 34, Worcester Gimnasium 0.

Semi-finals

Spoon – Hexvallei 19, Vooruitsig 12; Hoërskool Stellenbosch 26, Vredenburg 19.
Shield – Vredendal 26, Dirkie Uys 7; Wesbank 28, Ashton 0.
Bowl – Worcester Gimnasium 35, Jakes Gerwal 7; Schoonspruit 22, Melkbosstrand 5.
Plate – Swartland 29, Montagu 24; Punt 14, Paul Roos Invitational 12.
Cup – HTS Drostdy 26, Strand 21; Boland Wynland 31, Milnerton 7.

Finals

Spoon – Hoërskool Stellenbosch 38, Hexvallei 12.
Shield – Wesbank 17, Vredendal 12.
Bowl – Schoonspruit 17, Worcester Gimnasium 15.
Plate – Swartland 19, Punt 17.
Cup – Boland Wynland 38, HTS Drostdy 20.

Diamantveld het die naweek oorheers by hul sewestoernooi waar hulle die plaaslike kompetisie onder die tafel ingevee het en met altwee ouderdomsgroepe die onderskeie titels kon verower voor hul tuisskare.

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Die Diamonds was op volle vaart in Kimberley, hul blitsige o.17 span kon die titel neem met ‘n gemiddelde telling van 40-8.

In groep 2  het Noord-Kaap ook sterk gelyk, maar die tuisspan kon hulle met ‘n omvattende 42-17 vertoning in die eindstryd wegsien.

Diamantveld het verlede naweek net-net kortgeval by die Uppies Fees sewestoernooi, waar hulle in die halfeindstryd die knie moes buig teen Duineveld met 26-19.

Hul o.15s het ook belowend gelyk verlede naweek en het dit tot in die eindstryd gemaak voordat Hoërskool Upington hul aanslag vir die titel tot ‘n einde kon bring met ‘n 19-7 sege.

Hierdie naweek kon altwee die Diamonds spanne al die pad gaan, en ondanks die Northerns se beste pogings kon die Kimberley-seuns ‘n dubbelle sukses beleef deur om altwee trofees te verower na ‘n naweek van lekker plattelandse sewesrugby.

Al die uitslae:

o.17

Groep 1: Diamantveld 50, Adamantia II 0; Hopetown 19, Wildeklawer 12; Diamantveld 47, Wildeklawer 5; Hopetown 41, Adamantia II 0; Diamantveld 33, Hopetown 12; Wildeklawer 54, Adamantia II 0;

Groep 2: Noord-Kaap 31, Van Druten 17; Diamantveld II 24, Adamantia 21; Noord-Kaap 40, Diamantveld II 7; Van Druten 42, Adamantia 0; Noord-Kaap 30, Adamantia 14; Van Druten 21, Diamantveld II 19.

Halfeindronde: Diamantveld 31, Van Druten 7; Noord-Kaap 43, Hopetown 0.

Eindstryd: Diamantveld 42, Noord-Kaap 17.

o.15

Groep 1: Noord-Kaap 31, Wildeklawer 0; Curro Kathu 35, Diamantveld II 14; Noord-Kaap 47, Diamantveld II 0; Curro Kathu 27, Wildeklawer 10; Noord-Kaap 21, Curro Kathu 14; Diamantveld II 37, Wildeklawer 12.

Groep 2: Wildeklawer II 12, Hopetown 5; Diamantveld 47, Adamantia 0; Hopetown 26, Adamantia 14; Diamantveld 52, Wildeklawer II 5; Wildeklawer II 24, Adamantia 7.

Halfeindronde: Noord-Kaap 17, Wildeklawer 7; Diamantveld 50, Curro Kathu 0.

Eindstryf: Diamantveld 22, Noord-Kaap 14.

 

The World of Rugby sevens tournament kicks off in Randburg on Friday where 22 teams will be competing for the crown in the u15 and u17 tournaments.

The action starts on Friday and the hosts get things going with a mouthwatering fixture against Alberton.

With only the top two teams in each pool qualifying for the Cup quarter-finals, every match will be of the utmost importance and they will also need to get through the likes of Riebeeckrand, Florida, Krugersdorp High and Lynx for a chance of defending their honour in front of their home crowd.

Pool A sees Roosevelt High, Allen Glen, Bergsig, the Barbarians and the Randburg seccies battle it out for the other two open spots in the playoffs.

The knockout games will commence on Saturday as soon as the pool stages have been concluded.

The pools:

u17

Pool A: Roosevelt High, Linden, Allen Glen, Randburg II, Bergsig, Barbarians.

Pool B: Randburg, Alberton, Riebeeckrand, Florida, Krugersdorp High, Lynx.

u15

Pool A: Randburg, Alberton, Lynx, Allen Glen, Riebeeckrand.

Pool B: Bergsig, Florida, Westridge, Krugersdorp High, Lynx II

The fixtures:

Friday

u17: 14:00 – Roosevelt High vs Bergsig; 14:20 – Randburg vs Alberton; 14:40 – Allen Glen vs Randburg II; 15:00 – Riebeeckrand vs Florida; 15:20 – Bergsig vs Barbarians; 15:40 – Krugersdorp High vs Lynx; 16:00 – Roosevelt High vs Allen Glen; 16:20 – Randburg vs Riebeeckrand; 16:40 – Linden vs Randburg II; 17:00 – Alberton vs Florida; 17:20 – Roosevelt High vs Barbarians; 17:40 – Florida vs Krugersdorp High; 18:00 – Randburg vs Lynx; 18:20 – Randburg II vs Bergsig; 18:40 – Linden vs Allen Glen; 19:00 – Alberton vs Riebeeckrand; 19:20 – Florida vs Lynx; 19:40 – Barbarians vs Randburg II; 20:00 – Roosevelt High vs Linden; 20:20 – Randburg vs Krugersdorp High; 20:40 – Riebeeckrand vs Lynx.

u15: 14:00 – Randburg vs Alberton; 14:20 – Lynx vs Allen Glen; 14:40 – Bergsig vs Florida; 15:00 – Westridge vs Krugersdorp High; 15:20 – Randburg vs Riebeeckrand; 15:40 – Bergsig vs Lynx II; 16:00 – Alberton vs Lynx; 16:20 – Florida vs Westridge; 16:40 – Allen Glen vs Riebeeckrand; 17:00 – Krugersdorp High vs Lynx II; 17:20 – Randburg vs Lynx; 17:40 – Bergsig vs Westridge.

Saturday

u17: 08:40 – Barbarians vs Allen Glen; 09:00 – Linden vs Bergsig; 09:20 – Alberton vs Krugersdorp High; 09:40 – Roosevelt High vs Randburg II; 10:00 – Randburg vs Florida; 10:20 – Linden vs Barbarians; 10:40 – Alberton vs Lynx; 11:00 – Allen Glen vs Bergsig; 11:20 – Riebeeckrand vs Krugersdorp High.

u15: 08:40 – Florida vs Lynx II; 09:00 – Alberton vs Riebeeckrand; 09:20 – Randburg vs Allen Glen; 09:40 – Bergsig vs Krugersdorp High; 10:00 – Lynx vs Riebeeckrand; 10:20 – Westridge vs Lynx II; 10:40 – Alberton vs Allen Glen; 11:00 – Florida vs Krugersdorp High.

 

Voortrekker van Bethlehem het die bordjies verhang teen Welkom Gimnasium om die o.17 sewestitel by die Witterberg Sportsfees te verower.

Verlede naweek was die Trekkers ook baas met 17-12 teen die Gimmies by die Hentiesfees in Virginia toe hulle in die groepswedstryde ontmoet het. Die span uit Bethlehem was egter net vir die eerste  dag van die fees daar en Welkom Gimnasium het in hul afwesigheid aangegaan om daardie titel te neem.

Hierdie naweek kon Voortrekker bewys dat sy o.17 sewesspan die kroon in die Griffonstreek dra na nog ‘n indrukwekkende vertoning.

Nadat die Trekkers bo aan hul poel geeindig het met seges oor Sarel Cilliers (43-12), Kestell (63-5) en Goudveld (31-7) kon die manne van Bethlehem vir Landboudal in die kwarteindstryd uitskakel met 17-5.

In die halfeindstryd het hulle met die besoekers uit Braamfontein, Helpmekaar, reken met 17-5 voordat die Gimmies in die eindstryd kon weg sien.

Dawie Fourie het bo-oor ‘n paar manne gehardloop hierdie naweek. Sy haastige eerstespan vleuels, Kamohelo Moses en Kaneng Komane was weereens opwindend elke keer as hulle die bal in die hande kon kry.

Moses is aangewys as speler van die wedstryd in die eindstryd, maar altwee manne skitter nog heel seisoen vir die Trekker eerstespan.

Kelvin Chaka en Atilla Ozturk is nog twee wat vir die Trekker-span beïndruk het.

Welkom Gimnasium se Revaldo Farmer is ook ‘n opwindende speler om dop te hou, maar die Trekkers kon hierdie naweek die Gimmie-aanval neutraliseer en het hulself bewys as die voorste sewesspan in die streek met ‘n omvattende vertoning by hul buurskool se toernooi.

Hul o.15 span het dit ook tot in die eindstryd gemaak deur om die B-span in die halfeindronde uit te skakel. Die jonger manne het teen die tuisspan uitgedraf vir die titel, en na 14 minute was daar niks om die twee spanne te skei op 28-elk nie. Witteberg het egter die eerste drie gedruk en word dus, volgens die toernooi se reëls aangewys as die wenners om aan te beweeg na die eindstryd toe.

Voortrekker se uitslae

o.17: Voortrekker 43, Sarel Cilliers 12; Voortrekker 63, Kestell 5; Voortrekker 31, Goudveld 7; (Kwarteindstryd) Voortrekker 24, Landboudal 7; (Halfeindstryd) Voortrekker 17, Helpmekaar 5; (Eindstryd) Voortrekker 19, Welkom Gimnasium 15.

o.15: Voortrekker 60, Kestell 0; Voortrekker 47, Landboudal 17; Voortrekker 50, Die Anker 21; (Kwarteindstryd) Voortrekker 27, Voortrekker II 7; (Halfeindstryd) Witteberg 28, Voortrekker 28 (Witteberg druk eerste).

o.15 B: Voortrekker II 19, Hoërskool Trio 5; Voortrekker II 66, New Horizon 0; Helpmekaar 48, Voortrekker II 7; (Kwarteindstryd) Voortrekker 27, Voortrekker II 7; (Plaat halfeindstryd) Voortrekker II 42, Witteberg II 7; (Plaat eindstryd) Goudveld 28, Voortrekker II 21.

Ongelukig kon het ons nie al die toernooi se uitslae vanaf die organiseerders ontvang nie.

The Frogfoot Sevens series reaches the penultimate qualifying rounds this weekend when Swartland hosts the Western Cape leg of the prestigious competition.

Along with the bragging rights, the winners this weekend will qualify to compete at the Championship Tournament in Pretoria on the 14th of October.

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Paul Roos Gimnasium have proven themselves to be the foremost u17 sevens team in the country at the moment, after two consecutive victories in major tournaments over the last couple of weeks.

What makes this achievement even more special for the proud boys from Stellenbosch is the fact that they beat their fiercest rivals, Grey College, in the final of both tournaments.

Paul Roos was crowned champions at the inaugural NWU Prestige Schools Sevens tournament in Potchefstroom two weeks ago, when they beat Grey by 22-19 after a massive second-half comeback.

They then repeated the trick at the prestigious Marius Schoeman Sevens festival at Paarl Gimnasium last weekend, this time seeing away with the boys from Bloemfontein with a comprehensive 33-10 victory.

The Maroon Machine will be competing at another tournament making its debut this weekend when they travel to Wellington to participate in the Cape Schools Sevens festival, so an invitational team will be representing them at the Frogfoot tournament.

The likes of Strand, Worcester Gimnasium and  Milnerton will see this as a golden opportunity to upset the giants from the Winelands, especially since the quicker format of the game makes it possible for some of the smaller teams to cause big upsets.

With only seven men to defend, and only fourteen minutes to play, the smaller teams tend to find the playing field much more equal and we can expect some exhilarating action this weekend as the speedsters in the Western Cape lock horns.

The groups are:

Pool A – Swartland, Strand, Melkbosstrad, Dirkie Uys, Hexvallei.

Pool B – HTS Drostdy, Montagu, Schoonspruit, Vredendal, Vooruitsig.

Pool C – Paul Roos Invitational, Boland Wynland, Jakes Gerwal, Vredenburg, Ashton.

Pool D – Hoërskool Stellenbosch, Milnerton, Punt, Worcester Gimnasium, Wesbank.

The fixtures:

Friday

Pitch 1: 14:00 – Strand vs Melkbosstrand; 14:20 – Dirkie Uys vs Hexvallei; 14:40 – Montagu vs Schoonspruit; 15:00 – Vredendal vs Vooruitsig; 15:20 – Paul Roos Invitational vs Ashton; 15:40 – Jakes Gerwal vs Vredenburg; 16:00 – Hoërskool Stellenbosch vs Wesbank; 16:20 – Punt vs Worcester Gimnasium; 16:40 – Swartland vs Dirkie Uys; 17:00 – Strand vs Hexvallei; 17:20 – HTS Drostdy vs Vredendal; 17:40 – Montagu vs Vooruitsig; 18:20 – Paul Roos Invitational vs Vredenburg; 18:40 – Boland Wynland vs Ashton; 19:00 – Hoërskool Stellenbosch vs Worcester Gimnasium; 19:20 – Milnerton vs Wesbank; 19:40 – Swartland vs Strand; 20:00 – Melkbosstrand vs Hexvallei; 20:20 – HTS Drostdy vs Montagu; 20:40 – Schoonspruit vs Vooruitsig.

Pitch 2: 14:00 – Boland Wynland vs Jakes Gerwal; 14:20 – Vredenburg vs Ashton; 14:40 – Milnerton vs Punt; 15:00 – Worcester Gimnasium vs Wesbank; 15:20 – Swartland vs Hexvallei; 15:40 – Melkbosstrand vs Dirkie Uys; 16:00 – HTS Drostdy vs Vooruitsig; 16:20 – Schoonspruit vs Vredendal.

Saturday

Pitch 1: 08:00 – Paul Roos Invitational vs Boland Wynland; 08:20 – Jakes Gerwal vs Ashton; 08:40 – Hoërskool Stellenbosch vs Milnerton; 09:00 – Punt vs Wesbank; 09:20 – Swartland vs Melkbosstrand; – 09:40 – Strand vs Dirkie Uys; 10:00 – HTS Drostdy vs Schoonspruit; 10:20 – Montagu vs Vredendal; 10:40 – Paul Roos Gimnasium vs Jakes Gerwal; 11:00 – Boland Wynland vs Vredenburg; 11:20 – Hoërskool Stellenbosch vs Punt; 11:40 – Milnerton vs Worcester Gimnasium.

 

Daar is weer hope sewes-aksie by Transvalia in Vanderbijlpark hierdie naweek.

32 o.15- en o.17-spanne sal van Vrydag middag af meeding vir die Noordvaal Valke Sewes-titel.

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Hierdie toernooi sal ook ‘n geleentheid bied vir nie Valke spanne wat volgende naweek aan die onderskeie Frogfoot- en Darryl Weir-reekse deelneem volgende naweek in Krugersdorp en Benoni om hul staal te toets teen van die plaaslike kompetisie wat ook by daardie toernooie deelneem.

Verlede jaar was Dr EG Jansen die voorste sewesspan in die streek. Hulle kon albei plaaslike toernooie by onderskeidelik Hans Moore en Hugenote wen.

In altwee daardie wedstryde het hulle teen Kempton Park te staan gekom in die eindstryd, en daar is ‘n goeie kans dat ons hierdie jaar nog ‘n uitspeelwedstryd tussen die twee trotse skole sal sien.

EG Jansen deel ‘n poel met Hugenote, Birchleigh en Vereeniging Gimnasium. Vir ‘n kans om Saterdag aan te beweeg na die uitspeelrondes toe sal hulle tenminste bo twee van hul teenstanders in hul groep moet eindig.

Die tuisspan kompeteer met Die Anker, Hoërskool Sasolburg en Dr Malan vir ‘n plek in die kwarteindstryd terwyl verlede jaar se naaswenners, Kempton Park, moet reken met Brandwag, Driehoek en Hans Moore.

Die groepe:

Poel A: EG Jansen, Hugenote, Birchleigh, Vereeniging Gimnasium.

Poel B: Jeugland, Heidelberg, Oosterlig, HTS Sasolburg.

Poel C: Transvalia, Die Anker, Hoërskool Sasolburg, Dr Malan.

Poel D: Brandwag, Kempton Park, Driehoek, Hans Moore.

Die bepalings:

Vrydag

A-veld: 12:00 – EG Jansen t. Vereeninging Gimnasium; 12:20 – Jeugland t. HTS Sasolburg; 12:40 – Transvalia t. Dr Malan; 13:00 – Brandwag t. Hans Moore; 13:40 – Hugenote t. Vereeniging Gimnasium; 14:00 – Heidelberg t. HTS Sasolburg; 14:20 – Die Anker t. Dr Malan; 14:40 – Kempton Park t. Hans Moore; 15:20 – Vereeniging Gimnasium t. Birchleigh; 15:40 – HTS Sasolburg t. Oosterlig; 16:00 – Jeugland t. Heidelberg; 16:20 – Brandwag t. Kempton Park; 16:40 – EG Jansen t. Hugenote; 17:00 – Transvalia t. Die Anker.

B-veld: 16:00 – Driehoek t. Hans Moore.

C-veld: 12:00 – Hugenote t. Birchleigh; 12:20 – Heidelberg t. Oosterlig; 12:40 – Die Anker t. Hoërskool Sasolburg; 13:00 – Kempton Park t. Driehoek; 13:40 – EG Jansen t. Birchleigh; 14:00 – Jeugland t. Oosterlig; 14:20 – Transvalia t. Hoërskool Sasolburg; 14:40 – Brandwag t. Driehoek; 15:40 – Dr Malan t. Hoërskool Sasolburg

The Bloemfontein leg of the High School Sevens Series takes place at Grey College this weekend before all the respective winners return to the City of Roses again on the 13th of October for the Champions Tournament.

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The team from Bloemfontein have been as dominant as ever over the last two weeks during which time they made it to the finals of two major tournaments without a loss.

On both occasions though, the Grey boys met their match against their old rivals, Paul Roos. If they can get a trophy at their home tournament this weekend they are likely to have one more opportunity to turn the tables against the boys from Stellenbosch at the Champion of Champions event later this year.

First, they will need to get through some of their local competition though.

Jim Fouché is the 2023 Free State champion after handing Fichardtpark their first defeat of the season in the 15-man league earlier in the year. Though their first team relied heavily on its set-piece plays and the power of their forwards, the JF sevens team played well at their home tournament last weekend to reach the plate final, where they narrowly lost to Sentraal by 22-19.

Grey’s first team was not at that event, but the second team reminded their local rivals who the top dogs are in Bloemfontein by storming through the competition and beating Fichardtpark in the final by 39-24.

They finished that tournament with a staggering average of 51-3, and it’s hard to see how anyone will be able to prevent an all-Grey final this weekend when the first team joins.

Keep an eye on the likes of Alzeadon Felix, Pieter van der Merwe and Phillip Mclaren, who have been very exciting for the Grey sevens team so far this season.

Felix is a livewire who seems to be able to score from anywhere, at the Prestige Sevens tournament in Potchefstroom his athleticism grabbed the imagination of everyone who saw him play and he was recognised as the “best stepper” at the tournament, and Van der Merwe, his first team centre who already made the SA A squad this year was awarded the “biggest hit”.

Participating u17 teams:

Grey College, Grey College II, Jim Fouché, Landboudal, Wilgerivier, Kimberley Boys’ High.

u17 fixtures:

09:00 – Grey College vs Grey College II; 09:20 – Jim Fouché vs Landboudal; 09:40 – Wilgerivier vs Kimberley Boys’ High; 10:20 – Grey College vs Jim Fouché; 10:40 – Grey College II vs Wilgerivier; 11:00 – Landboudal vs Kimberley Boys’ High; 11:40 – Jim Fouché vs Wilgerivier; 12:00 – Grey College II vs Kimberley Boys’ High; 12:20 – Grey College vs Landboudal; 13:00 – Grey College II vs Landboudal; 13:20 – Grey College vs Wilgerivier; 13:40 – Jim Fouché vs Kimberley Boys’ High; 14:20 – Landboudal vs Wilgerivier; 14:40 – Grey College II vs Jim Fouché; 15:00 – Grey College vs Kimberley Boys’ High.

u15 fixtures:

09:00 – Grey College II vs Jim Fouché; 09:20 – Wilgerivier vs Kimberley Boys’ High; 09:40 – Grey College vs Landboudal; 10:00 – Grey College III vs HTS Louis Botha; 10:20 – Grey College II vs Kimberley Boys’ High; 10:40 – Wilgerivier vs Jim Fouché; 11:00 – Grey College vs HTS Louis Botha; 11:20 – Grey College III vs Landboudal; 11:40 – Grey College II vs Wilgerivier; 12:00 – Landboudal vs HTS Louis Botha; 12:20 – Jim Fouché vs Kimberley Boys’ High; 12:40 – Grey College vs Grey College III.