{"id":57165,"date":"2024-09-18T10:26:47","date_gmt":"2024-09-18T08:26:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ssschoolsplus.co.za\/?p=57165"},"modified":"2024-09-18T10:26:47","modified_gmt":"2024-09-18T08:26:47","slug":"sas-best-sevens-teams-on-show-at-champions-tournament","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/?p=57165","title":{"rendered":"SA’s best Sevens teams on show at Champions Tournament"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The hosts, Grey College, will be among the favourites to win the Champions Tournament in both age groups. Photo: Grey College on Facebook<\/a><\/strong>.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Grey College<\/strong> will play host to the country’s leading teams when the High School Sevens Series, proudly sponsored by Toyota<\/strong>, concludes with the Champions Tournament<\/strong>, in Bloemfontein, on Friday and Saturday.<\/p>\n

The event brings together the top u15 and u17 sides from events in the series that have already taken place around South Africa.<\/p>\n

The hosts are in Pool A of the u17 competition with Kempton Park<\/strong>, Cambridge<\/strong>, Welkom Gimnasium<\/strong>, and Bloemfontein Invitation<\/strong>, while Pool B features Sarel Cilliers<\/strong>, Dinamika<\/strong>, Durbanville<\/strong>, Jim Fouch\u00e9<\/strong> and Monument<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Grey’s toughest opposition in Pool A of the u17 event would appear to be their Free State neighbours, Welkom Gimnasium, the winners of the Heidelberg Sevens<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Gimmies are renowned for playing an attractive running game and giving the ball air in the 15-man format and that translates well to Sevens where, given more space to operate in, their imagination is given full rein.<\/p>\n

In Pool B, Monnas, who won the Monument Sevens<\/a><\/strong> going away, look like the team to beat, but Pool B also appears to be, at a glance, a more open group. Sarel Cilliers, Durbanville, and Jim Fouch\u00e9 won the Pionier Sevens<\/a><\/strong>, Cape Schools Sevens<\/a><\/strong>, and Jim Fouch\u00e9 Sevens<\/a><\/strong> respectively, and Durbanville’s win in the Cape Schools tournament included beating the Stellenbosch powerhouse, Paul Roos Gimnasium (PRG),<\/strong> in the semi-finals.<\/p>\n

The u15 competition features two fewer teams, with Grey College<\/strong>, Kempton Park<\/strong>, Monument<\/strong>, and Bloemfontein<\/strong> Invitation<\/strong> in Pool A, and Graeme College<\/strong>, Northwood<\/strong>, Noordheuwel<\/strong>, and Sentraal<\/strong> in Pool B.<\/p>\n

One of the first things to note is that Kempton Park has matched Grey and Monument by having teams in both the u17 and u15 events, so that, in itself, is already quite some achievement. Pool A, though, is likely to come down to a showdown between the home team and Monument.<\/p>\n

Pool B is less predictable, although Noordheuwel was a hugely impressive winner of the Heidelberg Sevens. Northwood claimed the Glenwood Sevens<\/a><\/strong>‘ title where the competition among the top u15 teams in KZN is extremely tight.<\/p>\n

They beat Glenwood in that final. Two A couple of weeks later, at the DHS Sevens<\/strong>, it was DHS against Westville in the final, and Northwood finished as the runners-up in the Plate competition. They’ll need to be on their game from the first match to the last if they are to challenge for the honours in Bloemfontein.<\/p>\n

U17 Champions Tournament<\/strong><\/p>\n

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

Kempton Park
\nGrey College
\nBloemfontein Invitation
\nCambridge
\nWelkom Gimnasium<\/p>\n

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

Sarel Cilliers
\nDinamika
\nDurbanville
\nJim Fouch\u00e9
\nMonument<\/p>\n

Friday, 20 September<\/strong><\/p>\n

Pitch One<\/strong><\/p>\n

12:00 – Kempton Park vs Welkom Gim
\n12:20 – Grey College vs Cambridge
\n12:40 – Dinamika vs Jim Fouche
\n13:00 – Kempton Park vs Bloemfontein Invitation
\n13:20 – Sarel Cilliers vs Durbanville
\n13:40 – Jim Fouche vs Monument
\n14:00 – Dinamika vs Durbanville
\n14:20 – Grey College vs Bloemfontein Invitation
\n14:40 – Sarel Cilliers vs Jim Fouche
\n15:00 – Kempton Park vs Cambridge
\n15:20 – TBA vs Welkom Gim
\n15:40 – Dinamika vs Monument
\n16:00 – Durbanville vs Jim Fouche
\n16:20 – Kempton Park vs Grey College
\n16:40 – Sarel Cilliers vs Dinamika
\n17:00 – Bloemfontein Invitation vs Cambridge
\n17:20 – Durbanville vs Monument
\n17:40 – Grey College vs Welkom Gim<\/p>\n

Pitch Two<\/strong><\/p>\n

12:00 – Sarel Cilliers vs Monument
\n13:40 – Cambridge vs Welkom Gim<\/p>\n

Saturday, 21 September<\/strong><\/p>\n

Playoff Games<\/p>\n

09:00 – 3rd Pool A vs 4th Pool B (21)
\n09:20 – 3rd Pool B vs 4th Pool A (22)
\n09:40 – Winner Pool A vs 2nd Pool B (23)
\n10:00 – Winner Pool B vs 2nd Pool A (24)<\/p>\n

Final Placings<\/strong><\/p>\n

10:20 – 9th\/10th – 5th Pool A vs 5th Pool B
\n10:40 – u15 7th\/8th – Loser Bowl semi 1 vs Loser Bowl semi 2
\n11:00 – 7th\/8th – Loser 21 vs Loser 22
\n11:20 – u15 5th\/6th – Winner Bowl semi 1 vs Winner Bowl semi 2
\n11:40 – 5th\/6th – Winner 21 vs Winner 22
\n12:00 – u15 3rd\/4th – Loser Cup semi 1 vs Loser Cup semi 2
\n12:20 – 3rd\/4th – Loser 23 vs Loser 24
\n12:40 – u15 Cup final – Winner Cup semi 1 vs Winner Cup semi 2
\n13:00 – Cup final – Winner 23 vs Winner 24<\/p>\n

U15 Champions Tournament<\/strong><\/p>\n

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

Grey College
\nKempton Park
\nMonument
\nBloemfontein Invitation<\/p>\n

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

Graeme College
\nNorthwood
\nSentraal
\nNoordheuwel<\/p>\n

Friday, 20 September<\/strong><\/p>\n

Pitch Two<\/strong><\/p>\n

14:00 – Grey College vs Kempton Park
\n14:20 – Monument vs Bloemfontein Invitation
\n14:40 – Graeme College vs Northwood
\n15:00 – Sentraal vs Noordheuwel
\n15:20 – Grey College vs Bloemfontein Invitation
\n15:40 – Monument vs Kempton Park
\n16:00 – Graeme College vs Noordheuwel
\n16:20 – Sentraal vs Northwood
\n16:40 – Grey College vs Monument
\n17:00 – Northwood vs Noordheuwel
\n17:20 – Kempton Park vs Bloemfontein Invitation
\n17:40 – Graeme College vs Sentraal<\/p>\n

Satturday, 21 September<\/strong><\/p>\n

Pitch Two<\/strong><\/p>\n

Semi-finals<\/strong><\/p>\n

09:00 – Bowl Semi 1 – A3 vs B4
\n09:20 – Bowl Semi 2 – B3 vs A4
\n09:40 – Cup Semi 1 – A1 vs B2
\n10:00 – Cup Semi 2 – B1 vs A2<\/p>\n

Finals<\/strong><\/p>\n

Pitch One<\/strong><\/p>\n

10:40 – 7th\/8th – Loser A3 vs B4 vs Loser B3 vs A4
\n11:20 – 5th\/6th – Winner A3 vs B4 vs Winner B3 vs A3
\n12:00 – 3rd\/4th – Loser A1 vs B2 vs Loser B1 vs A2
\n12:40 – Cup final – Winner A1 vs B2 vs Winner B1 vs A2<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Grey College will play host to the country’s leading teams when the High School Sevens Series, proudly sponsored by Toyota, concludes with the Champions Tournament, in Bloemfontein, on Friday and Saturday. The event brings together the top u15 and u17 sides from events in the series that have already taken place around South Africa. The […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":29,"featured_media":57181,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-57165","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\/57165","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=57165"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57165\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=57165"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=57165"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=57165"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}