{"id":36250,"date":"2024-03-01T07:41:57","date_gmt":"2024-03-01T05:41:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ssschoolsplus.co.za\/?p=36250"},"modified":"2024-03-01T07:41:57","modified_gmt":"2024-03-01T05:41:57","slug":"saints-imperious-as-defence-of-reef-cup-begins","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/?p=36250","title":{"rendered":"Saints imperious as defence of Reef Cup begins"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"The hosts, St Stithians College<\/strong>, opened their challenge at the annual Reef Cup Water Polo Invitational<\/strong> tournament with two convincing victories on Thursday.<\/p>\n

The defending champions beat Falcon College<\/strong> 16-0 in their opening match in the morning, and then thumped Afrikaanse Ho\u00ebr Meisieskool<\/strong> 20-3 in the afternoon, to send out a strong message to their opponents; they’re intent on sending their coach Etienne le Roux<\/strong><\/a> out on a high.<\/p>\n

Against Affies, Saints were on fire from the opening whistle, scoring eight times in the first chukka, and early in the second chukka they made it nine, while the visitors had mustered only one goal in reply.<\/p>\n

Affies battled hard but they were simply outplayed as St Stithians ran away to a 20\u20133 win.<\/p>\n

Earlier, in the first match of the day, Harare’s Hellenic Academy<\/strong> defeated Parktown High School for Girls<\/strong> 13\u20134. Reddam House Bedfordview<\/strong> saw off Steyn City School<\/strong> 9\u20133 and Kingsmead College<\/strong> also made it into the winning column with a 6-2 victory over Beaulieu College<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Roedean made a light work of Pretoria High School for Girls<\/strong> when they overran them 23\u20132. The Johannesburg girls received strong performances from Mia Loizides<\/strong>, Ziyanda Tshabalala<\/strong> and Taylor Billett<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

It didn’t take long for them to secure a solid lead. In the first chukka they went six goals clear, netting six times while Pretoria remained goalless. By the end of the third chukka, they had stretched their advantage to 17-2.<\/p>\n

There were a number of other one-sided results, with St Peter’s College<\/strong> handing Afrikaanse Ho\u00ebr Meisieskool<\/strong> a 21\u20131 loss and St Dominic’s Catholic School for Girls<\/strong> powering their way to an 18\u20131 win over Woodridge College<\/strong><\/p>\n

The second round of action splashes off at 07:50 on Friday with the Tournament Invitation Team<\/strong> taking on Pretoria High School for Girls in the Olympic South pool. The last clash of the day will be St Stithians College versus Reddam House Umhlanga<\/strong>, starting at 17:50.<\/p>\n

RESULTS<\/strong><\/p>\n

Hellenic 13-4 Parktown
\nReddam Bedfordview 9-3 Steyn City
\nKingsmead 6-2 Beaulieu
\nReddam Umhlanga 8\u20131 St Peter’s
\nRoedean 18\u20137 Tournament Invitation
\nSt Dominic’s 18\u20131 Woodridge
\nCrawford 13-2 Rand Park
\nSt Stithians 16-0 Falcon College
\nParktown 10-4 Pretoria
\nSteyn City 8\u201310 Maris Stella
\nBeaulieu 8-3 Reddam
\nSt Peter’s 21\u20132 Afrikaanse Ho\u00ebr
\nHellenic 8-5 Tournament Invitation
\nReddam Bedfordview 13\u20133 Woodridge
\nKingsmead 11-1 Rand Park
\nReddam Umhlanga 9-5 Falcon
\nRoedean 23-2Pretoria High
\nSt Dominic’s 11-4 Maris Stella
\nCrawford 11-4 Reddam Helderfontein
\nSt Stithians 20\u20133 Afrikaanse Ho\u00ebr<\/p>\n

Day 2, Friday 1 March 2024 @ St Stithians College,<\/strong> Sandton<\/strong><\/p>\n

07h50 \u2013 <\/strong>(21) Tournament Invitation v Pretoria High, (22) Woodridge v Maris Stella; 8h40 \u2013 <\/strong>(23) Rand Park v Reddam Helderfontein, (24) Afrikaans Ho\u00ebr v Falcon; 10h20 – <\/strong>(25) Roedean v Parktown (26) St Dominic’s v Steyn City,\u00a0 (27) Crawford Lonehill v Beaulieu; 11h10 \u2013 (<\/strong>28)\u00a0 St Stithians v St Peter’s; 12h00 <\/strong>– (29) Hellenic v Pretoria High; 12h50 \u2013<\/strong> (30) Reddam Bedfordview v Maris Stella; (31) Kingsmead v Reddam Helderfontein; (32) Reddam Umhlanga v Afrikaans Ho\u00ebr; 14h30 –<\/strong> (33) Tournament Invitation v\u00a0 Parktown, (34) Woodridge v Steyn City; 15h20 \u2013<\/strong> (35) Rand Park v Beaulieu, (36) Falcon v St Peter’s; 17h00 \u2013<\/strong> (37) Hellenic v Roedean, (38) Reddam Bedfordview v St Dominic’s, (39) Kingsmead v Crawford Lonehill; 17h50 \u2013<\/strong> (40); St Stithians v Reddam Umhlanga<\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/strong>Day 3, Saturday 2 March 2024 @St Stithians College,<\/strong> Sandton<\/strong><\/p>\n

07h50 \u2013 <\/strong>(41) A1 v B3, (42) B2 v\u00a0 A3; 8h40 \u2013 <\/strong>(43) C2 v D3, (44) D2 v C3; 10h20 – <\/strong>(45) A5 v B4, (46) A4 v B5, (47) C5 v D4; 11h10 –<\/strong> (48) C4 v D5; 12h00 \u2013<\/strong> (49) A1 v Winner Game 43; 12h50 \u2013<\/strong> (50) Winner Game 44 v B1, (51) Winner Game 41 v C1, (52) D1 v Winner Game 42; 13h40 \u2013<\/strong> (53) Loser Game 45 v Loser Game 47; 14h30 \u2013<\/strong> (54) Loser Game 46 v Loser Game 48; 15h20 \u2013 <\/strong>(55) <\/strong>Loser Game 43 v Loser Game 41; (56) Loser Game 44 v Loser Game 42; 16h10 \u2013 <\/strong>(57) Winner Game 47 v Winner Game 45; 17h00 \u2013<\/strong> (58) Winner Game 46 v Winner Game 48; 17h50 \u2013<\/strong> (59) Winner Game 50 v Winner Game 49, (60) Loser Game 50 (QF2) v Loser Game 49; (61) Loser Game 50 v Loser Game 49; 18h40 –<\/strong> (62) Loser Game 52 v Loser Game 51<\/p>\n

Day 4, Sunday 3 March 2024 @St Stithians College,<\/strong> Sandton<\/strong><\/p>\n

07h50<\/strong> \u2013 (63) Loser Game 53 v Loser Game 54, (64) Winner Game 53 v Winner Game 54, (65) Loser Game 57 v Loser Game 58, 09h30<\/strong> – (66) Winner Game 57 v Winner Game 58; (67) Loser Game 55 v Loser Game 56, (68) Loser Game 55 v Loser Game 56; 11h10<\/strong> \u2013 (69)\u00a0Loser Game 61 v Loser Game 60, (70) Winner Game 62 v Winner Game 59, (71) Loser Game 62 v Loser Game 59;\u00a0 13h10<\/strong> – (72) Winner Game 62 v Girls Winner Game 59 – Final<\/p>\n

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