{"id":56825,"date":"2024-09-10T12:26:55","date_gmt":"2024-09-10T10:26:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ssschoolsplus.co.za\/?p=56825"},"modified":"2024-09-10T12:26:55","modified_gmt":"2024-09-10T10:26:55","slug":"jim-fouche-wins-u17-jf-sevens-grey-the-u15-champs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/?p=56825","title":{"rendered":"Jim Fouch\u00e9 wins u17 JF Sevens, Grey the u15 champs"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_56846\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-56846\" style=\"width: 400px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-56846\" src=\"https:\/\/ssschoolsplus.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/rugby-jim-fouche-100924-400x400.jpg\" alt=\"Photo: JF Amptelik\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-56846\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo: <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/JFAmptelik\">JF Amptelik on Facebook<\/a><\/strong>.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>There was joy for the hosts, <strong>Ho\u00ebrskool Jim Fouch\u00e9<\/strong>, as they claimed the u17 title at the <strong>High School Sevens Series, proudly sponsored by Toyota<\/strong>, event in Bloemfontein on Saturday, while <strong>Grey College<\/strong> walked away as the u15 champions.<\/p>\n<p>JF took advantage of the fact that Grey&#8217;s rugby players did double duty on the weekend, with their frontline team in action at the <strong>NWU Prestige Sevens<\/strong>, where they beat <strong>Ho\u00ebrskool Nelspruit<\/strong> in the final.<\/p>\n<p>That shouldn&#8217;t distract from a fine performance by the hosts, given the incredible depth of talent at Grey, and their 21-20 victory in the final was a fitting culmination to an action-packed competition.<\/p>\n<p>In the semi-finals, Grey cruised to a victory over <strong>Landboudal<\/strong>, while Jim Fouch\u00e9 was given a good workout by <strong>Wilgerivier<\/strong> but won comfortably in the end.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Sentraal<\/strong> claimed the Shield, outplaying <strong>HTS Louis Botha<\/strong> 24-0 in the final, while Landboudal picked themselves up from their Cup semi-final loss and defeated Wilgeriver 24-5 in the Plate final, which was the exact score by which JF had beaten them in the semis.<\/p>\n<p>Grey hoisted the u15 trophy but was made to put in a couple of hard shifts by <strong>Witteberg<\/strong> and <strong>Sentraal<\/strong> in the semi-finals and final respectively.<\/p>\n<p>The Bloem boys beat the Bethlehem boys 24-14 in the first semi, while Sentraal won 29-10 in the second semi-final against Wilgerivier. Grey, then, grabbed the title with a 24-10 victory.<\/p>\n<p>Wilgerivier triumphed in the Plate final, handing Witteberg a 20-5 loss. The Bowl went to Landboudal, who scored a decisive 31-5 win over HTS Louis Botha.<\/p>\n<p><strong>U17 RESULTS<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Group A<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Heatherdale Heat 5-31 HTS Louis Botha<br \/>\nJim Fouch\u00e9 38-12 HTS Louis Botha<br \/>\nHeatherdale Heat 0-62 Jim Fouch\u00e9<\/p>\n<p><strong>Group B<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Grey College 24-5 Burgersdorp<br \/>\nCurro Bloemfontein 0-79 Grey College<br \/>\nBurgersdorp 46-0 Curro Bloemfontein<\/p>\n<p><strong>Group C<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Sentraal 5-31 Landboudal<br \/>\nBrebner 0-29 Sentraal<br \/>\nLandboudal 43-7 Brebner<\/p>\n<p><strong>Group D<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Wilgerivier 49-7 Zastron<br \/>\nFichardtpark 26-29 Wilgerivier<br \/>\nZastron 7-24 Fichardtpark<\/p>\n<p><strong>Playoffs<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Heatherdale 5-62 Zastron<br \/>\nCurro Bloemfontein 0-45 Brebner<\/p>\n<p><strong>11th\/12th<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Curro Bloemfontein 50-0 Heatherdale<\/p>\n<p><strong>Bowl semi-finals<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>HTS Louis Botha 0-14 Fichardtpark<br \/>\nBurgersdorp 29-19 Sentraal<\/p>\n<p><strong>Cup semi-finals<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Jim Fouch\u00e9 24-5 Wilgerivier<br \/>\nGrey College 45-0 Landboudal<\/p>\n<p><strong>Bowl final<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Fichardtpark Burgersdorp<\/p>\n<p><strong>Shield final<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>HTS Louis Botha 0-24 Sentraal<\/p>\n<p><strong>Plate final<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Landboudal 24-5 Wilgerivier<\/p>\n<p><strong>Cup final<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Jim Fouch\u00e9 21-20 Grey College<\/p>\n<p><strong>U15 RESULTS<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Group A<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Jim Fouch\u00e9 45-0 Curro Bloemfontein<br \/>\nWilgerivier 21-14 HTS Louis Botha<br \/>\nCurro Bloemfontein 0-69 HTS Louis Botha<br \/>\nJim Fouch\u00e9 19-19 Wilgerivier<br \/>\nWilgerivier 77-0 Curro Bloemfontein<br \/>\nHTS Louis Botha 24-14 Jim Fouch\u00e9<\/p>\n<p><strong>Group B<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Grey College 62-0 Brebner<br \/>\nLandboudal 0-69 Grey College<br \/>\nBrebner 0-43 Landboudal<\/p>\n<p><strong>Group C<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Witteberg 44-0 Heat<br \/>\nFichardtpark 12-22 Witteberg<br \/>\nHeatherdale Heat 0-44 Fichardtpark<\/p>\n<p><strong>Group D<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Sand du Plessis 0-43 Sentraal<br \/>\nZastron 17-19 Sand du Plessis<br \/>\nSentraal 49-0 Zastron<\/p>\n<p><strong>Playoffs<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Jim Fouche 39-0 Zastron<br \/>\nBrebner 7-15 Heatherdale<\/p>\n<p><strong>11th\/12th<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Zastron 38-0 Brebner<\/p>\n<p><strong>Bowl semi-finals<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>HTS Louis Botha 26-7 Sand du Plessis<br \/>\nLandboudal 5-0 Fichardtpark<\/p>\n<p><strong>Cup semi-finals<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Sentraal 29-10 Wilgerivier<br \/>\nGrey College 24-14 Witteberg<\/p>\n<p><strong>Bowl final<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>HTS Louis Botha 5-31 Landboudal<\/p>\n<p><strong>Shield final<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Sand du Plessis vs Fichardtpark<\/p>\n<p><strong>Plate final<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Wilgerivier 20-5 Witteberg<\/p>\n<p><strong>Cup final<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Grey College 24-10 Sentraal<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There was joy for the hosts, Ho\u00ebrskool Jim Fouch\u00e9, as they claimed the u17 title at the High School Sevens Series, proudly sponsored by Toyota, event in Bloemfontein on Saturday, while Grey College walked away as the u15 champions. JF took advantage of the fact that Grey&#8217;s rugby players did double duty on the weekend, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":29,"featured_media":56846,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-56825","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\/56825","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=56825"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56825\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=56825"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=56825"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=56825"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}