{"id":80185,"date":"2025-08-12T11:11:38","date_gmt":"2025-08-12T09:11:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ssschoolsplus.co.za\/?p=80185"},"modified":"2025-08-12T11:11:38","modified_gmt":"2025-08-12T09:11:38","slug":"a-super-no-7-for-clarendon-and-selborne-at-top-schools-squash-tournament","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/?p=80185","title":{"rendered":"A super no. 7 for Clarendon and Selborne at Top Schools Squash Tournament"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Selborne College succeeded Ho\u00ebrskool Zwartkop as the top team in South Africa, winning the Top Schools title for a seventh time. Photo: Selborne College on Facebook.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Clarendon High School for Girls<\/strong> and Selborne College<\/strong>, both from East London, won the girls’ and boys’ titles for a seventh time each at the 40th annual Top Schools Squash Tournament<\/strong>. hosted at Epworth School<\/strong>, in Pietermaritzburg, over the weekend.<\/p>\n

At the event, the massive contribution of the doyen of girls’ squash in South Africa, Sally White<\/strong>, who has been a part of the Top Schools Tournament since its start, was also recognised.<\/p>\n

SA Schools’ Squash<\/strong> presented White with a Meritorious Service certificate, which read: “SA Schools’ Squash acknowledges with grateful thanks, forty years of highly commendable, dedicated and loyal service to SA Schools’ squash, as pioneer and custodian of the SA Top Schools’ Squash Tournament.”<\/span><\/p>\n

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Under White’s tutelage, Epworth has long been one of the leading squash-playing schools in the country and has won the Top Schools title an eye-popping 21 times, including nine times in succession between 1991 and 1999.<\/p>\n

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Sally White, a driving force in girls’ squash in South Africa for decades, was honoured at the 40th Top Schools Squash Tournament for her huge contribution to the game. Photo: Supplied.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

In recognition of her outstanding service to Epworth’s squash programme, the school’s squash courts were renamed the Sally White Squash Courts<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

On court, the girls’ defending champion, Clarendon High School for Girls<\/strong>, was ever so slightly less dominant than when they won the 2024 Top Schools title, but they were, nonetheless, the far and away the class of the field as they powered their way to a seventh Top Schools title.<\/p>\n

Clarendon’s toughest challenge came from the hosts, but they beat Epworth 15-7 in their group clash before repeating that result in the cross-pool playoff.<\/p>\n

Epworth finished second in Section 2 behind the East London school, but then handily dealt with the Section 1 winner, Midstream College<\/strong>, beating the 2024 runner-up 16-6 to move up one position from their third place finish of last year.<\/p>\n

Midstream dominated Section 1, recording convincing wins over Eunice<\/strong>, Paarl Gimnasium<\/strong>, and Rustenburg Girls’ High<\/strong>, with Bloemfontein’s Eunice going on to finish in fourth place.<\/p>\n

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Clarendon repeated as the Top Schools girls’ champion, comfortably winning the title. Photo: Clarendon High School for Girls on Facebook.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

In the boys’ competition, the 2024 champion, Ho\u00ebrskool Zwartkop<\/strong>, missed out on qualification for the Top Schools tournament, with Die Ho\u00ebrskool Menlopark<\/strong>, succeeding them as the champion of Northern Gauteng. Menlo did a good job, but they had to settle for fifth place overall.<\/p>\n

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It was, instead, Selborne College<\/strong>, one of the traditional powers, who went all the way, comfortably winning all of their matches. There was little doubt that the East London school was the team to beat.<\/p>\n

With their seventh title, Selborne is second only to Pretoria Boys High<\/strong>‘s nine titles in the history of the Top Schools event.<\/p>\n

While Selborne winning the tournament was not unexpected, the runner-up was a surprise, with Maritzburg College<\/strong> achieving the school’s best-ever finish at the Top Schools Tournament.<\/p>\n

After finishing in a comfortable second place to Selborne in Section 1, College won against Grey High<\/strong> and St Andrew’s School<\/strong>, two of the other traditional powers, in the cross-pool playoffs to end in the silver medal position.<\/p>\n

Grey High, the winner of Section 2, took third place, with St Andrew’s School in fourth.<\/p>\n

RESULTS
\n<\/strong>
\nGIRLS
\n<\/strong>
\n<\/span>Section 1<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Midstream 17-4 Eunice
\n<\/span>Midstream 18-3 Paarl Gimnasium
\nMidstream 20-1 Rustenburg Girls’ High<\/span><\/p>\n

Eunice 4-17 Midstream
\nEunice 18-5 Paarl Gimnasium
\nEunice 14-7 Rustenburg Girls’ High<\/span><\/p>\n

Paarl Gimnasium 3-18 Midstream
\nPaarl Gimnasium 5-18 Eunice
\nPaarl Gimnasium 6-14 Rustenburg Girls’ High
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

Rustenburg<\/span> Girls’ High 1-20 Midstream
\nRustenburg Girls’ High 7-14 Eunice
\n<\/span>Rustenburg Girls’ High <\/span>14-6 Paarl Gimnasium<\/p>\n

Section 2<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Clarendon 15-7 Epworth
\nClarendon 20-1 St Mary’s Waverley
\n<\/span>Clarendon 20-0 Collegiate<\/p>\n

Epworth 7-15 Clarendon
\nEpworth 20-0 St Mary’s Waverley
\nEpworth 20-0 Collegiate<\/span><\/p>\n

St Mary’s Waverley <\/span>1-20 Clarendon
\nSt Mary’s Waverley 0-20 Epworth
\n<\/span>St Mary’s Waverley 19-6 Collegiate
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

Collegiate<\/span> 0-20 Clarendon
\nCollegiate 0-20 Epworth
\nCollegiate 6-19 St Mary’s Waverley<\/span><\/p>\n

Cross-Pool (1-4)<\/strong><\/p>\n

Clarendon (1st)
\nClarendon 17-5 Midstream
\nClarendon 20-1 Eunice
\nClarendon 15-7 Epworth<\/p>\n

Epworth (2nd)<\/strong>
\nEpworth 16-6 Midstream
\n<\/span>Epworth 7-15 Clarendon
\n<\/span>Epworth 16-6 Eunice<\/span><\/p>\n

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Midstream College (3rd)
\n<\/strong>Midstream 5-17 Clarendon
\nMidstream 17-4 Eunice
\nMidstream 6-16 Epworth<\/span><\/p>\n

Eunice High (4th)
\n<\/strong>Eunice 4-17 Midstream
\nEunice 1-20 Clarendon
\nEunice 6-16 Epworth<\/p>\n

Cross-Pool <\/span>(5-8)<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

St Mary’s (5th)
\nSt Mary’s Waverley <\/span>16-11 Rustenburg Girls’ High
\nSt Mary’s Waverley 19-5 Paarl Gimnasium
\nSt Mary’s Waverley 19-6 Collegiate<\/span><\/p>\n

Rustenburg Girls’ High (6th)
\n<\/strong>Rustenburg Girls’ High 11-16 St Mary’s Waverley<\/span>
\nRustenburg Girls’ High 14-6 Paarl Gimnasium
\nRustenburg Girls’ High 18-7 Collegiate<\/span><\/p>\n

Collegiate Girls’ High (7th)
\n<\/strong>Collegiate<\/span> 7-18 Rustenburg Girls’ High
\nCollegiate 6-19 St Mary’s Waverley
\nCollegiate 14-9 Paarl Gimnasium<\/span><\/p>\n

Paarl Gimnasium (8th)<\/strong>
\nPaarl Gimnasium<\/span> 6-14 Rustenburg Girls’ High
\nPaarl Gimnasium<\/span> 5-19 St Mary’s Waverley<\/span>
\nPaarl Gimnasium<\/span> 9-14 Collegiate<\/p>\n

BOYS<\/strong><\/p>\n

Section 1<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Selborne<\/span> 18-6 Maritzburg College
\n<\/span>Selborne<\/span> 18-3 Rondebosch
\n<\/span>Selborne<\/span> 20-0 Strand<\/span><\/p>\n

Maritzburg College 6-18 Selborne
\n<\/span>Maritzburg College 19-4 Rondebosch
\n<\/span>Maritzburg<\/span> College 20-0 Strand<\/span><\/p>\n

Rondebosch 3-18 Selborne
\n<\/span>Rondebosch 4-19 Maritzburg College
\n<\/span>Rondebosch 16-6 Strand<\/span><\/p>\n

Strand 0-20 <\/span>Selborne
\n<\/span>Strand 0-20 Maritzburg College
\nStrand 6-16 Rondebosch<\/span><\/p>\n

Section 2<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Grey High 17-6 St Andrew’s School
\n<\/span>Grey High 20-2 <\/span>Menlopark<\/span>
\nGrey High 20-0 St John’s<\/span><\/p>\n

St Andrew’s School 6-17 Grey High
\nSt Andrew’s School 15-6 <\/span>Menlopark
\n<\/span>St Andrew’s School 20-3 St John’s<\/p>\n

Menlopark<\/span> 2-20 Grey High
\n<\/span>Menlopark<\/span> 6-15 St Andrew’s School
\n<\/span>Menlopark<\/span> 19-3 St John’s<\/span><\/p>\n

Cross-Pool (1-4)<\/strong><\/p>\n

Selborne College (1st)<\/strong>
\nSelborne<\/span> 15-8 Grey High
\n<\/span>Selborne<\/span> 18-6 Maritzburg College
\n<\/span>Selborne<\/span> 20-1 St Andrew’s School<\/span><\/p>\n

Maritzburg College (2nd)
\n<\/strong>Maritzburg College 6-18 Selborne<\/span>
\nMaritzburg College 17-8 Grey High
\n<\/span>Maritzburg College 14-7 St Andrew’s School<\/span><\/p>\n

Grey High School (3rd)<\/strong>
\nGrey High 8-15 Selborne
\n<\/span>Grey High 8-17 Maritzburg College
\n<\/span>Grey High 17-6 St Andrew’s School<\/span><\/p>\n

St Andrew’s School (4th)
\n<\/strong>St Andrew’s School 1-20 Selborne<\/span>
\nSt Andrew’s School 6-17 Grey High
\n<\/span>St Andrew’s School 7-14 Maritzburg College<\/span><\/p>\n

Cross Pool (5-8)<\/strong><\/p>\n

Die Ho\u00ebrskool Menlopark (5th)<\/strong><\/p>\n

Menlopark<\/span> 17-4 Rondebosch
\n<\/span>Menlopark<\/span> 18-5 Strand
\n<\/span>Menlopark<\/span> 19-3 St John’s<\/span><\/p>\n

Rondebosch Boys’ High (6th)
\n<\/strong>Rondebosch 4-17 Menlopark<\/span>
\nRondebosch 16-6 Strand
\nRondebosch 15-10 St John’s
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

St John’s College (7th)<\/strong>
\nSt John’s 3-19 Menlopark
\nSt John’s 10-15 Rondebosch
\nSt John’s 16-6 Strand<\/p>\n

Ho\u00ebrskool Strand (8th)<\/strong>
\nStrand 6-16 Rondebosch
\nStrand 5-18 Menlopark<\/span>
\nStrand 6-16 St John’s<\/span><\/p>\n

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