{"id":36540,"date":"2024-03-05T17:41:15","date_gmt":"2024-03-05T15:41:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ssschoolsplus.co.za\/?p=36540"},"modified":"2024-03-05T17:41:15","modified_gmt":"2024-03-05T15:41:15","slug":"drostdy-flex-their-muscles-in-worcester","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/?p=36540","title":{"rendered":"Drostdy flex their muscles in Worcester"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-8989\" src=\"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/NewsGHTSDrostdy-300x201.jpg\" alt=\"NewsGHTSDrostdy\" width=\"400\" height=\"268\" \/>The <strong>HTS Drostdy Sport<\/strong> <strong>Day<\/strong> provided the stage for an electrifying start to the new rugby season in Worcester this past weekend, as teams fine-tuned their squads ahead of league battles.<\/p>\n<p>Watch the games again on <strong>SuperSport Schools &#8211; <\/strong><a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/supersportschools\"><strong>Register now<\/strong><\/a> &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/DrostdySportDag2024\">Link to the game<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Local rivals, Worcester Gimnasium and HTS Drostdy, set the tone with impressive twin-victories on Saturday. The Donkeys stampeded past <strong>Schoonspruit<\/strong>, registering a commanding 35-5 win, and followed that up with dominant 65-0 thrashing of <strong>Melkbosstrand<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, <strong>Worcester Gimnasium<\/strong> mirrored their neighbours&#8217; successes, securing two wins, albeit by much smaller margins, against the same opponents. A hard-fought 15-5 triumph over Melkbosstrand preceded a narrow victory over Schoonspruit.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Lhangquin de Bruyn<\/strong> (flyhalf), <strong>Lukewin van Heerden<\/strong> (centre) and <strong>Lorenzo Harmse<\/strong> (fullback) scored the first tries of the season in Worcester Gim&#8217;s first outing. They will be seeking a repeat of last year&#8217;s successes, when they turned many a head by outclassing some of their strongest opponents.<\/p>\n<p>HTS Drostdy faces a tougher challenge in their next fixture on Saturday, when they square off against <strong>Stellenberg<\/strong> .<\/p>\n<p>The Gimmies are set to continue their pre-season fixtures with a tour to George, where they&#8217;ll clash with <strong>Langenhoven Gimnasium<\/strong> at the Ho\u00ebrskool Outeniqua 101 Year Sports Day.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Swartland<\/strong> also remained unbeaten at the weekend&#8217;s event, edging out <strong>Brackenfell<\/strong> by a 13-10 margin, before running in 48 unanswered points against <strong>Worcester Secondary<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>U19 A Results<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>HTS Drostdy 65, Melkbosstrand 0; Worcester Gimnasium 17, Schoonspruit 12; Ho\u00ebrskool Tygerberg 7, Langeberg 3; Swartland 48, Worcester Secondary 0; Ho\u00ebrskool Brackenfell 21, Esselenpark 3; Worcester Gimnasium 15, Melbosstrand 5; HTS Drostdy 35, Schoonspruit 5; Ho\u00ebrskool Tygerberg 5, Worcester Secondary 5; Langeberg 10, Esselenpark 8; Swartland 13, Brackenfell 10.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The HTS Drostdy Sport Day provided the stage for an electrifying start to the new rugby season in Worcester this past weekend, as teams fine-tuned their squads ahead of league battles. Watch the games again on SuperSport Schools &#8211; Register now &#8211; Link to the game Local rivals, Worcester Gimnasium and HTS Drostdy, set the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":8989,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-36540","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\/36540","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\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=36540"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36540\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=36540"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=36540"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=36540"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}