{"id":60097,"date":"2024-10-25T18:26:19","date_gmt":"2024-10-25T16:26:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ssschoolsplus.co.za\/?p=60097"},"modified":"2024-10-25T18:26:19","modified_gmt":"2024-10-25T16:26:19","slug":"four-teams-remain-unbeaten-after-day-two-of-the-saints-invitational","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/?p=60097","title":{"rendered":"Four teams remain unbeaten after day two of the Saints Invitational"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Photo:The St Stithians College<\/strong> Olympic North and South swimming pools played host to the second day of the highly competitive St Stithians College Invitational Water Polo Tournament<\/strong> on Friday.<\/p>\n

After a sizzling opening day<\/strong><\/a>, during which the defending champions in the boys’ section, South African College High School (SACS)<\/strong> suffered a 6-7 defeat to Hilton College<\/strong>, day two threatened more upsets and it duly delivered.<\/p>\n

Heading into the day’s action, Bishops Diocesan College<\/a><\/strong>, Rondebosch Boys’ High<\/a>,<\/strong> St David’s Marist Inanda<\/strong>, and Kearsney College<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0were all unbeaten.<\/p>\n

Those four sides maintained their clean records on Friday, adding another two wins to their records to end the round-robin stage sitting atop their respective groups.<\/p>\n

In Group A, Rondebosch, coached by Jared Wingate-Pearse<\/strong>, claimed victories against two Eastern Cape schools, sneaking by St Andrew’s College<\/strong> 10-9, before scoring a more convincing 8-2 win over Grey High School<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

St Andrew’s, who won the Woodridge Stayers tournament<\/a> <\/strong>recently, finished the day in second place after winning three of their four matches. They were followed by Durban High School (DHS)<\/strong>, Grey High<\/strong>, and Affies<\/strong>, with the latter two remaining winless after they shared a 7-7 draw.<\/p>\n

Bishops was dominant in Group B and on Friday continued the impressive form they showed on day one. They rolled to a 16-5 win over King Edward VII 16-5 (KES)<\/strong> before Matt Fenn<\/strong> netted five times against St John’s College<\/strong> to lead his team to an outstanding 9-6 win over a strong side. St John’s star, Nicholas Searle<\/strong>, netted five of his team’s six goals.<\/p>\n

Heading into the tournament, Group C had been dubbed the “group of death” with three top-quality teams – Hilton<\/strong>, Kearsney<\/strong>, and SACS <\/strong>–\u00a0set to face each other.<\/p>\n

It has been the KwaZulu-Natal teams that have stepped up to the plate. Kearsney, coached by Nick Rodda<\/strong>, notched up four notable wins, and on day two defeated the defending champions, SACS, 10-8 in the final match of the day.<\/p>\n

Hilton also cemented their spot in the play-offs with wins against Pretoria Boys High<\/strong> and Jeppe High School for Boys<\/strong>, which followed victory over SACS on Thursday and a loss to Kearsney. Pretoria Boys High remains winless, while Jeppe has picked up just one win so far in the tournament, although they were very competitive in losses against the group’s three favoured teams.<\/p>\n

\"Photo:
Photo: Debbi Adcock Photography<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Group D, while maybe not one that immediately captured the imagination, has delivered some fine play in the pool, with St David’s Marist Inanda catching the eye.<\/p>\n

They surprised some by beating St Stithians<\/strong> 5-3 in the group’s key clash on day two, which kept their record at a perfect four from four. They also won against Reddam House Constantia <\/b>on Friday.<\/p>\n

Grey College<\/a>, <\/strong>meanwhile, picked up their first victory of the tournament after edging a struggling St Alban’s<\/strong> team 6-4.<\/p>\n

The group matches are done and dusted and the top teams will enter day three pursuing a place in the semi-finals.<\/p>\n

SACS, the three-time defending champions, despite suffering two defeats in their group, are not out of the running. They can still secure a quarterfinal berth if they beat Saints in a cross-pool playoff. The top four teams will await other results to see who will join them in the quarterfinals.<\/p>\n

Day three’s action will be LIVE <\/strong>on SuperSport Schools<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n

Boys | Day 2 Results<\/strong><\/p>\n

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

Durban High School 6-5<\/strong> Afrikaanse Ho\u00ebr Seunskool
\nRondebosch Boys’ High 8-2<\/strong> Grey High School
\nSt Andrew’s College 6-4<\/strong> Durban High School
\nRondebosch Boys’ High 10-9<\/strong> St Andrew’s College
\nAfrikaanse Ho\u00ebr Seunskool 7-7 <\/strong>Grey High School.<\/p>\n

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

Bishops Diocesan College 16-5<\/strong> King Edward VII
\nSt John’s College 12-4<\/strong> Pearson High School
\nMichaelhouse 8-3<\/strong> Pearson High School
\nKing Edward VII 10-8<\/strong> Michaelhouse
\nBishops Diocesan College 9-6<\/strong> St John’s College<\/p>\n

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

Hilton College 12-5<\/strong> Pretoria Boys High
\nKearsney College 11-8<\/strong> Jeppe High School for Boys
\nSouth African College High School (SACS) 12-4<\/strong> Pretoria Boys High
\nHilton 10-8<\/strong> Jeppe High School for Boys
\nSouth African College High School (SACS) 8-10<\/strong> Kearsney College<\/p>\n

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

Reddam House Constantia 15-4<\/strong> Grey College
\nSt Stithians College 9-4<\/strong> St Alban’s College
\nSt David’s Marist Inanda\u00a08-6<\/strong> Reddam House Constantia
\nGrey College 6-4<\/strong> St Alban’s College
\nSt Stithians College 3-5<\/strong> St David’s Marist Inanda<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The St Stithians College Olympic North and South swimming pools played host to the second day of the highly competitive St Stithians College Invitational Water Polo Tournament on Friday. After a sizzling opening day, during which the defending champions in the boys’ section, South African College High School (SACS) suffered a 6-7 defeat to Hilton […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":60098,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-60097","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\/60097","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\/14"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=60097"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60097\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=60097"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=60097"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=60097"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}