{"id":61762,"date":"2024-12-11T23:01:36","date_gmt":"2024-12-11T21:01:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ssschoolsplus.co.za\/?p=61762"},"modified":"2024-12-11T23:01:36","modified_gmt":"2024-12-11T21:01:36","slug":"south-african-schools-boys-water-polo-squad-named","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/?p=61762","title":{"rendered":"South African Schools boys’ water polo squad named"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Kirk Wilson’s selection for the South African Schools squad was also a reflection of Durban High School’s ascending water polo programme. Photo: Brad Morgan.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The u19 finalists, Central Gauteng A<\/strong> and KwaZulu-Natal A<\/strong>, both had five players selected for the South African Schools<\/strong> squad, which was announced at the Schools Water Polo South Africa Inter-Provincial Tournament<\/strong> in East London on Wednesday.<\/p>\n

Four players from Western Province<\/strong> were included, while the hosts, Buffalo City<\/strong>, celebrated the selection of Liam Hansen<\/strong> and Thomas Caswell<\/strong>. They were part of an all-Selborne College<\/strong> team that impressed with their hustle and never-say-die spirit, and which carried them to fourth place in the tournament.<\/p>\n

The champions, Central Gauteng, had two players from St John’s College<\/strong>, Ross Rovelli<\/strong> and Greg Pryce<\/strong>, selected, while Pryce was named the Best Defender<\/strong> for a second year in succession. There was further success for St John’s when Jon-Marc De Carvalho<\/strong> was named the coach of the national side.<\/p>\n

King Edward VII (KES)<\/strong> had goalkeeper Judah Dos Santos<\/strong> and defender Karabo Mamaregane<\/strong> selected for the side, while Marc Smith<\/strong>, of St Stithians<\/strong>, who was named the Player of the Tournament<\/strong>, also cracked the nod.<\/p>\n

The KwaZulu-Natal contingent included players from five different schools. The Goalkeeper of the Tournament<\/strong>, Ross Strauss<\/strong>, of Clifton College<\/strong>, was picked, as was the Best Attacker<\/strong>, Tristan Uys<\/strong>, of Hilton College<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

They were joined by Kirk Wilson<\/strong>, of Durban High School (DHS)<\/strong>, Northwood<\/strong>‘s Matthew Lortan<\/strong>, and James Pohl<\/strong>, from the Saints Invitational Water Polo champions<\/strong>, Kearsney College<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

The Western Province quartet included two players from Bishops Diocesan College<\/strong>, Thomas Truter<\/strong> and Ross Stewart<\/strong>, while Nicholas Fall<\/strong>, last year’s Best Attacker, who enjoyed another outstanding tournament, was selected for a second year in a row. They were joined by Arkin Marais<\/strong>, of Paul Roos Gimnasium<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

The team will be managed by Glenwood<\/strong>‘s Rob Ambler<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

SOUTH AFRICAN SCHOOLS SQUAD<\/strong><\/p>\n

Arkin Marais (Paul Roos Gimnasium, Western Province), Greg Pryce (St John’s College, Central Gauteng), James Pohl (Kearsney College, KwaZulu-Natal), Judah Dos Santos (King Edward VII, Central Gauteng), Karabo Mamaregane (King Edward VII, Central Gauteng), Kirk Wilson (Durban High School, KwaZulu-Natal), Liam Hansen (Selborne College, Buffalo City), Marc Smith (St Stithians, Central Gauteng), Matthew Lorton (Northwood, KwaZulu-Natal), Nicholas Fall (SACS, Western Province A), Ross Rovelli (St John’s College, Central Gauteng),\u00a0Ross Stewart (Bishops, Western Province), Ross Strauss (Clifton College, KwaZulu-Natal), Thomas Caswell (Selborne College, Buffalo City), Thomas Truter (Bishops, Western Province), Tristan Uys (Hilton College, KwaZulu-Natal).<\/p>\n

Manager: Rob Ambler (KwaZulu-Natal)
\nCoach: Jon-Marc De Carvalho (Central Gauteng)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The u19 finalists, Central Gauteng A and KwaZulu-Natal A, both had five players selected for the South African Schools squad, which was announced at the Schools Water Polo South Africa Inter-Provincial Tournament in East London on Wednesday. Four players from Western Province were included, while the hosts, Buffalo City, celebrated the selection of Liam Hansen […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":29,"featured_media":61764,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-61762","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\/61762","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=61762"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61762\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=61762"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=61762"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=61762"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}