{"id":29913,"date":"2023-09-26T11:18:20","date_gmt":"2023-09-26T09:18:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/watersports.supersportschools.com\/?p=927"},"modified":"2023-09-26T11:18:20","modified_gmt":"2023-09-26T09:18:20","slug":"st-stithians-the-winners-of-the-st-annes-water-polo-tournament","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/?p=29913","title":{"rendered":"St Stithians \u2013 The winners of the St Anne\u2019s Water Polo tournament\u00a0\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"St Stithians Girls College from Gauteng have been crowned winners of the inaugural St Anne\u2019s Water Polo tournament after defeating Roedean School (9-5) in the final in Durban on Monday. <\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cSaints\u201d as they\u2019re famously known came into the tournament as one of the favourites and despite being paired up in a competitive group which featured the likes of Kingsmead, St Anne\u2019s, St Mary\u2019s Kloof, and St John\u2019s, the Gauteng side prevailed by playing some entertaining but smart Water Polo throughout the long weekend.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

During the group stages, Saints were dominant and looked un-playable in the pool.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

They thumped every team they came across in the pool stages, starting with a three-point win against hosts St Anne\u2019s (8-5) on Friday.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

On day two, the visitors just got better. Their two statement wins of (14-0) against St Mary\u2019s Kloof and (21-1) against St John\u2019s put a marker on the side as the team to beat going forward.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

To top it off, the visitors also thumped Kingsmead by 10 goals to one.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

After a dominant display in the first two days, Saints put themselves in a good position going forward and their record meant that their journey to the final was a simple straight one. They had to win one more time against Durban Girls College to make it.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The side did exactly that, getting one past the Durban girls (6-5) to book themselves a date with Reddam House Constantia in the semi-finals. The semi-final clash was closely fought with both sides coming at each other in the first two chukkas.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Saints once again showed their class, outscoring Reddam to claim a (11-9) win and secure a spot in the final against Roedean, who also were impressive in their journey to the last round.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The final was always going to be a tough one between the two best sides in tournament. Saints, just as they did in most of their matches started on the front foot scoring early, but Roedean didn\u2019t lie down.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Roedean went on to score two goals and led (2-1) after the first chukka.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

St Stithians came back firing in the second chukka and regained the lead. The Gauteng side then extended their lead, scoring three more goals while Roedean kept applying pressure, scoring two of their own to see Saints leading (5-4).<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The last two chukkas were a case of match management, something Saints managed to do the whole weekend. They added two more goals to their tally to reach seven, and despite Roedean\u2019s fight and determination with their late two goals, the damage had already been done and St Stithians prevailed.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

In other matches on the final day, Reddam House Constantia defeated Herschel to finish in third spot, while wins for Durban Girls College, St Mary\u2019s Waverly, and the KZN Invitational side saw them finish inside the top 10.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Results:<\/span><\/b>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Day 1:<\/span><\/b>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

KZN Invitational 8, Maris Stella 3; St Anne\u2019s 15, St Mary\u2019s Kloof 1; St Anne\u2019s u16 4, Durban Girls College 14; Rodean 6, Reddam House Bedfordview 4; Kingsmead 16, St John\u2019s 0; Herschel 20, St Mary\u2019s Waverly 6; TWC 12, Danville 10; St Anne\u2019s 5, St Stithians 8; Crawford 17, KZN Invitational 4; St Dominics 3, Reddam House Bedford View 2; St Anne\u2019s u16 9, Beaulieu 4; Reddam House Constantia 16, Thomas More College 2.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Day 2:\u00a0<\/span><\/b>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Durban Girls College 19, Beaulieu 4; Roedean 22, Danville 0; St Stithians 14, St Mary\u2019s Kloof 0; Crawford 16, Maris Stella 0; Reddam House Constantia 16, St Anne\u2019s u16 2; St Dominic\u2019s 20, TWC 1; Herschel 17, KZN Invitational 2; St Anne\u2019s 6, Kingsmead 4; Beaulieu 6, Thomas More College 7; Reddam House Bedford View 19, Danville 0; St Stithians 21, St John\u2019s 1; St Mary\u2019s Waverley 10, Maris Stella 4; Reddam House Constantia 5 (2), Durban Girls College 5 (1); Roedean 7, St Dominic\u2019s 4; Kingsmead 10, St Mary\u2019s Kloof 1; Herschel 10, Crawford 8; Reddam House Bedford View 17, TWC 2; St Mary\u2019s Waverly 8, KZN Invitational 6; St Anne\u2019s 10, St John\u2019s 0; St Anne\u2019s u16 6, Thomas More College 5; Reddam House Constantia 21, Beaulieu 1; St Dominic\u2019s 21, Danville 1; Herschel 18, Maris Stella 1; St Stithians 10, Kingsmead 1; Roedean 15, TWC 0; Durban Girls College 14, Thomas More College 0; St Mary\u2019s Kloof 16, St John\u2019s 1; Crawford 9, St Mary\u2019s Waverly 4.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Day 3:<\/span><\/b>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

St Anne\u2019s 9, Reddam House Bedford View; St Mary\u2019s Kloof 10, Danville 1; Crawford 14, St Anne\u2019s 4; Durban Girls College 9, St Mary\u2019s Waverly 3; KZN Invitational 10, Beaulieu 3; Kingsmead 4, St Dominic\u2019s 3; Thomas More College 5, Maris Stella 2; TWC 14, St John\u2019s 3; Herschel 15, St Anne\u2019s 5; Roedean 7, Crawford 4; St Stithians 6, Durban Girls College 5; Maris Stella 9, Danville 2; Beaulieu 11, St John\u2019s 1; Thomas More College 4, St Mary\u2019s Kloof 2; Reddam House Constantia 8, Kingsmead 3; Reddam House Bedford View 6, St Mary\u2019s 5; St Dominic\u2019s 8, St Anne\u2019s u16 2; KZN Invitational 14, TWC 0; Durban Girls College 10, Kingsmead 2; Crawford 12, St Anne\u2019s 7; St Stithians 6, Durban Girls College 5.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Day 4:<\/span><\/b>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Roedean 6, Herschel 5; St Sitihians 11, Reddam House Constantia 9; Danville 13, St John\u2019s 3; St Dominics 8, Reddam House Bedford View 4; Maris Stella 8 (14), Beaulieu (8) 13; St Anne\u2019s 8, Kingsmead 3; St Mary\u2019s Kloof 11, TWC 2; KZN Invitational 8, Thomas More College 2; St Mary\u2019s Waverly 11, St Anne\u2019s u16 5; Durban Girls College 9, Crawford 7; Reddam House Constantia 8, Herschel 6; St Stithians 9, Roedean 5.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

St Stithians Girls College from Gauteng have been crowned winners of the inaugural St Anne\u2019s Water Polo tournament after defeating Roedean School (9-5) in the final in Durban on Monday. \u00a0 \u201cSaints\u201d as they\u2019re famously known came into the tournament as one of the favourites and despite being paired up in a competitive group which […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":928,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-29913","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29913","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/14"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=29913"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29913\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/928"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=29913"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=29913"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=29913"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}