{"id":55445,"date":"2024-08-19T11:50:34","date_gmt":"2024-08-19T09:50:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ssschoolsplus.co.za\/?p=55445"},"modified":"2024-08-19T11:50:34","modified_gmt":"2024-08-19T09:50:34","slug":"sarel-cilliers-surges-to-victory-at-pionier-sevens-marais-viljoen-wins-u15-title","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/?p=55445","title":{"rendered":"Sarel Cilliers surges to victory at Pionier Sevens, Marais Viljoen wins u15 title"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Sarel Cilliers<\/strong> claimed the u17 title and Marais Viljoen<\/strong> captured the u15 honours when The High School Sevens Series, proudly sponsored by Toyota<\/strong>, visited Ho\u00ebrskool Pionier <\/strong>in Vryheid over the weekend.<\/p>\n

The event was played over two days and brought together teams from as far away as Zululand and, in the case of Marais Viljoen, from Gauteng.<\/p>\n

In the u17 competition, the hosts, Pionier topped Pool A, while Vryheid Landbou<\/strong> put their experience in the Glenwood Sevens<\/a><\/strong> to full use, which helped them win Pool B.<\/p>\n

Pool C was comfortably won by Sarel Cilliers, while Zayo Rhinos<\/strong> emerged as the winners of Pool D.<\/p>\n

In the Cup semi-finals, Vryheid Landbou accounted for Pionier, recording a 26-14 victory, to move on to the title game. Meanwhile, Sarel Cilliers was stretched by Zayo Rhinos but came away with a hard-fought 24-17 win.<\/p>\n

The final, unfortunately, was an anti-climax as Vryheid Landbou ran out of legs, with their exertions of the past two weeks catching up with them. It was a comfortable outing for Sarel Cilliers who cruised to the crown, winning 49-5.<\/p>\n

The Shield went Estcourt<\/strong>‘s way after a 21-17 win over HS Vryheid 2, while Richards Bay<\/strong> held off their neighbours, Empangeni<\/strong>, to win the Bowl 17-12. Marais Viljoen picked up the Plate with a 31-12 defeat of Ferrum<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

U15 Competition<\/strong><\/p>\n

In the u15 competition, Marais Viljoen cruised through their group assignments but found a tough opponent in John Ross College<\/strong> in the Cup quarterfinals. They advanced, nonetheless, with a 17-10 win.<\/p>\n

Pionier sneaked by Empangeni by two points, Sarel Cilliers ousted Vryheid Landbou 26-17, and HS Vryheid convincingly dealt with Ferrum, winning 31-12.<\/p>\n

They were stopped by Marais Viljoen in the semi-finals, however, with the school from Alberton booking their place in the final after a 15-10 win. Pionier squeezed past Sarel Cilliers in the other semi, edging it 14-12.<\/p>\n

It was tight in the final, too, with Marais Viljoen lifting the title after a 24-19 victory.<\/p>\n

Amajuba<\/strong> downed Gelofte<\/strong> 19-7 to hoist the Shield, Richards Bay ran out 21-0 winners over Estcourt in the Bowl final, and Vryheid Landbou bagged the Plate with a 33-12 win over John Ross College.<\/p>\n

u17 Results<\/strong><\/p>\n

Pool A<\/strong><\/p>\n

Ladysmith 10-0 BYE
\nPionier 27-10 Estcourt
\nLadysmith 24-22 Estcourt
\nPionier 10-0 BYE
\nEstcourt 10-0 BYE
\nPionier 28-19 Ladysmith<\/p>\n

Pool B<\/strong><\/p>\n

Marais Viljoen 45-0 Pionier Barbarians
\nRichards Bay 26-31 Vryheid Landbou
\nMarais Viljoen 18-29 Vryheid Landbou
\nRichards Bay 31-10 Pionier Barbarians
\nMarais Viljoen 48-12 Richards Bay
\nVryheid Landbou 33-0 Pionier Barbarians<\/p>\n

Pool C<\/strong><\/p>\n

Sarel Cilliers 36-17 HS Vryheid 2
\nFerrum 10-0 BYE
\nSarel Cilliers 10-0 BYE
\nFerrum 36-12 HS Vryheid 2
\nSarel Cilliers 42-12 Ferrum
\nHS Vryheid 2 10-0 Bye<\/p>\n

Pool D<\/strong><\/p>\n

HS Vryheid 21-10 Amajuba
\nZayo Rhinos 26-14 Empangeni
\nHS Vryheid 17-14 Empangeni
\nZayo Rhinos 33-14 Amajuba
\nHS Vryheid 17-31 Zayo Rhinos
\nEmpangeni 5-0 Amajuba<\/p>\n

Solitaire playoff<\/strong><\/p>\n

Pionier Barbarians 5-31 Amajuba<\/p>\n

Cup quarterfinals<\/strong><\/p>\n

Pionier 22-5 HS Vryheid
\nVryheid Landbou 33-7 Ferrum
\nSarel Cilliers 29-17 Marais Viljoen
\nZayo Rhinos 43-14 Ladysmith<\/p>\n

Bowl semi-finals<\/strong><\/p>\n

Richards Bay 19-0 HS Vryheid 2
\nEstcourt 17-22 Empangeni<\/p>\n

Plate semi-finals<\/strong><\/p>\n

HS Vryheid 5-38 Ferrum
\nMarais Viljoen 19-5 Ladysmith<\/p>\n

Cup semi-finals<\/strong><\/p>\n

Pionier 14-26 Vryheid Landbou
\nSarel Cilliers 24-17 Zayo Rhinos<\/p>\n

Shield final<\/strong><\/p>\n

Estcourt 21-17 HS Vryheid 2<\/p>\n

Bowl final<\/strong><\/p>\n

Richards Bay 17-12 Empangeni<\/p>\n

Plate final<\/strong><\/p>\n

Marais Viljoen 31-12 Ferrum<\/p>\n

Cup final<\/strong><\/p>\n

Sarel Cilliers 49-5 Vryheid Landbou<\/p>\n

u15 Results<\/strong><\/p>\n

Pool A<\/strong><\/p>\n

Ferrum 7-7 Gelofte
\nMarais Viljoen 36-0 Gelofte
\nMarais Viljoen 33-10 Ferrum<\/p>\n

Pool B<\/strong><\/p>\n

Richards Bay 24-24 John Ross College
\nHS Vryheid 24-14 John Ross College
\nHS Vryheid 26- Richards Bay<\/p>\n

Pool C<\/strong><\/p>\n

Pionier 54-5 Amajuba
\nSarel Cilliers 52-10 Amajuba
\nSarel Cilliers 19-26 Pionier<\/p>\n

Pool D<\/strong><\/p>\n

Empangeni 10-0 Estcourt
\nVryheid Landbou 36-7 Estcourt
\nVryheid Landbou 24-19<\/p>\n

Cup quarterfinals<\/strong><\/p>\n

Marais Viljoen 17-10 John Ross College
\nHS Vryheid 31-12 Ferrum
\nPionier 17-15 Empangeni
\nVryheid Landbou 17-26 Sarel Cilliers<\/p>\n

Bowl semi-finals<\/strong><\/p>\n

Gelofte 7-26 Richards Bay
\nAmajuba 12-24 Estcourt<\/p>\n

Plate semi-finals<\/strong><\/p>\n

John Ross College 40-7
\nEmpangeni 5-17 Vryheid Landbou<\/p>\n

Cup semi-finals<\/strong><\/p>\n

Marais Viljoen 15-10 HS Vryheid
\nPionier 14-12 Sarel Cilliers<\/p>\n

Shield final<\/strong><\/p>\n

Gelofte 7-19 Amajuba<\/p>\n

Bowl final<\/strong><\/p>\n

Richards Bay 21-0 Estcourt<\/p>\n

Plate final<\/strong><\/p>\n

Vryheid Landbou 33-12 John Ross College<\/p>\n

Cup final<\/strong><\/p>\n

Marais Viljoen 24-19 Pionier<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Sarel Cilliers claimed the u17 title and Marais Viljoen captured the u15 honours when The High School Sevens Series, proudly sponsored by Toyota, visited Ho\u00ebrskool Pionier in Vryheid over the weekend. The event was played over two days and brought together teams from as far away as Zululand and, in the case of Marais Viljoen, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":29,"featured_media":55447,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-55445","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\/55445","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\/29"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=55445"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55445\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=55445"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=55445"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=55445"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}