{"id":63422,"date":"2025-01-29T14:20:58","date_gmt":"2025-01-29T12:20:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ssschoolsplus.co.za\/?p=63422"},"modified":"2025-01-29T14:20:58","modified_gmt":"2025-01-29T12:20:58","slug":"affies-garsfontein-the-favourites-in-schools-sa20-playoffs-at-willowmoore","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/?p=63422","title":{"rendered":"Affies, Garsfontein the favourites in Schools SA20 playoffs at Willowmoore"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Affies’ batsman Vihan Pretorius: Jean Le Roux<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

All roads lead to Benoni, specifically Willowmoore Park<\/strong>, for phase two of the Schools SA20<\/strong> regional playoffs between the top two teams from the Northern Gauteng<\/strong>,\u00a0Limpopo,<\/strong>\u00a0and\u00a0Easterns <\/strong>regions.<\/strong>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

They’ll battle it out for a place in the national final and a shot at ultimate glory at the University of Pretoria<\/strong> from 12-15 March.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Follow all the action live on SuperSport Schools<\/strong> – (www.supersportschools.com)<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

The home of Eastern Cricket, Willowmoore Park will host all of the matches on four fields: the Willowmoore Park Oval, Willowmoore B, Willowmoore C, and Willowmoore D.<\/p>\n

As expected, the Phase Two playoffs will bring some big guns together. The match between Ho\u00ebrskool Kempton Park<\/strong> and Afrikaans Ho\u00ebr Seunskool<\/strong> (Affies<\/strong><\/em>) will surely be the highlight of the first day. The Kempies<\/strong><\/em>, having won the Easterns leg, under the leadership of captain, Marko Richter<\/strong>, will pose a big threat, and not only to Affies.<\/p>\n

Kempton Park’s frontline batsmen, Wian Pieters<\/strong> and Hanr\u00e9 van Deventer<\/strong>, hit their straps at just the right time, on the eve of the action in Benoni. They warmed up for the Schools SA20 playoffs by each scoring a century against Potchefstroom Gimnasium<\/a> <\/strong>in the Finsbury League<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

The Affies’ challenge will be fronted by the talented left-handed batsman Vihan Pretorius<\/strong>, who showed off his class throughout 2024. That earned him a place in the Northern u16<\/strong> side, and he followed that up by representing the CSA Invitational<\/strong> team at the Khaya Majola Week<\/strong> in December. Then, at just 16 years of age, he turned out for the Northern Champions in the CSA u19 Cubs Week in early January.<\/p>\n

Alongside Pretorius, all-rounder, Ruben Groenewald<\/strong>, will also have a massive role to play. As arguably the cleanest hitter of a cricket ball in the Affies’ side, his wicket will, without a doubt, be prized.<\/p>\n

Merensky Landbou Akademie<\/strong>, the winners of the Limpopo leg of the Schools SA20, will have their work cut out for them. They face a tough challenge, with Ho\u00ebrskool Garsfontein<\/strong>‘s Ysbere<\/strong> <\/em>waiting for them in the first round. Garsfontein is off to an unbeaten start to the season, mostly thanks to the bat of the talented Xander Venter<\/strong>, and they’re viewed as a team that could go all the way.<\/p>\n

Merensky’s clash with the Ysbere will be followed by two equally challenging encounters, with that Friday morning match being followed by an outing against Ho\u00ebrskool Kempton Park on Friday afternoon and, then, they take on Affies on Saturday morning.<\/span><\/p>\n

St Benedict’s College<\/strong>, the Easterns’ runner-up, will face Limpopo’s runner-up, Phalaborwa Hub<\/strong>, in their opening match. Getting away to a winning start and building momentum will be important to both sides.\u00a0Bennies<\/strong><\/em> will tackle Affies on Friday afternoon.<\/p>\n

All teams will play two matches on both Friday and Saturday, while the final will be the only match taking place on Sunday.<\/p>\n

Matches start at 10:00 and 14:00 on Friday and Saturday. The Final starts at 09:30 on Sunday.<\/p>\n

FIXTURES<\/strong><\/p>\n

Day One – Friday – 31 January<\/strong><\/p>\n

10:00<\/strong>
\nHo\u00ebrskool Kempton Park vs Affies
\nPhalaborwa Hub vs St Benedict’s College
\nMerensky vs Garsfontein<\/p>\n

14:00<\/strong>
\nGarsfontein vs Phalarborwa Hub
\nAffies vs St Benedict’s College
\nMerensky vs Ho\u00ebrskool Kempton Park<\/p>\n

Saturday – 1 February\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

10:00<\/strong>
\nSt Benedict’s College vs Garsfontein
\nAffies vs Merensky
\nHo\u00ebrskool Kempton Park vs Phalaborwa Hub<\/p>\n

14:00: Semi-Finals<\/strong>
\nPool A no. 1 vs Pool no. 2
\nPool B no. 1 vs Pool A no. 2<\/p>\n

Sunday – 2 February<\/strong><\/p>\n

09:30 – Final<\/strong><\/p>\n

Log no. 1 vs Log no. 2.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

All roads lead to Benoni, specifically Willowmoore Park, for phase two of the Schools SA20 regional playoffs between the top two teams from the Northern Gauteng,\u00a0Limpopo,\u00a0and\u00a0Easterns regions.\u00a0 They’ll battle it out for a place in the national final and a shot at ultimate glory at the University of Pretoria from 12-15 March.\u00a0 Follow all the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":58772,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-63422","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\/63422","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\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=63422"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63422\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/58772"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=63422"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=63422"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=63422"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}