{"id":82494,"date":"2025-09-08T11:48:43","date_gmt":"2025-09-08T09:48:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ssschoolsplus.co.za\/?p=82494"},"modified":"2025-09-08T11:48:43","modified_gmt":"2025-09-08T09:48:43","slug":"st-stithians-crowned-st-albans-beach-water-polo-champs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/?p=82494","title":{"rendered":"St Stithians crowned St Alban’s Beach Water Polo champs"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The St Alban’s Beach Water Polo Tournament Champions, St Stithians College. Photo: St Stithians College Water Polo<\/strong><\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

St Stithians College<\/strong> was crowned the winner of the St Alban’s Beach Water Polo Festival<\/strong> on Sunday after a flawless campaign that showcased both class and consistency.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

The three-day event opened the schools’ water polo season in Gauteng, bringing together teams from Johannesburg and Pretoria, as well as Zimbabwe’s CBC Bulawayo<\/strong>.<\/div>\n
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Saints<\/strong><\/em>, in Pool B, showed their intent from their opening outing, dominating their opposition to complete the group stage with the maximum 18 points from six wins.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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In the final, they faced St David’s Marist Inanda<\/strong>, whom they had earlier beaten 7-4 before the cross-pool playoffs.<\/p>\n

The second time around, St Stithians turned it on, powering their way to a 15-8 victory in front of an energetic crowd. St David\u2019s, who had upset the Pool A winner, St John’s College<\/strong>, in the semi-finals, had to settle for the silver medal.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

In the bronze medal playoff, St John’s College had the measure of Afrikaanse Ho\u00ebr Seunskool<\/strong> (Affies<\/strong>) and romped to a 14\u20137 victory to ensure they finished on the podium.<\/div>\n
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Fifth place went to Jeppe High School for Boys<\/strong>, whose defence was watertight in a 7-0 win over Pretoria Boys High<\/strong>.<\/div>\n
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In the seventh-place playoff, King Edward VII School (KES)<\/strong> edged out the hosts St Alban’s College<\/strong> 10\u20139 in a thrilling encounter, while the depth of the game at St John’s was on show when their second team beat St Benedict\u2019s College<\/strong> 11\u20138 to take ninth spot.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Christian Brothers College (CBC) Bulawayo<\/strong> overcame St Peter’s College to end 11th after a 10-6 win, while the St Alban’s second team placed 13th after beating Parktown Boys’ High<\/strong> 13-6.<\/div>\n
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RESULTS
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\nCross-pool Playoffs<\/strong><\/span><\/div>\n
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CBC Bulawayo 11-13 St Benedict’s
\n<\/span>KES 4-6 Jeppe
\n<\/span>St Alban’s 2-3 Pretoria Boys High<\/span><\/p>\n

Semifinals<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

St John’s 8-11 St David’s
\n<\/span>Affies<\/span> 11-16 St <\/span>Stithians<\/span><\/p>\n

Playoffs<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

13\/14: Parktown 6-13 St Alban’s 2nd team
\n<\/span>11\/12: St Peter\u2019s 6-10 CBC Bulawayo
\n<\/span>9\/10:\u00a0\u00a0 St John’s 2nd team 11-8 St Benedict’s
\n<\/span>7\/8: KES 10-9 St Alban’s
\n<\/span>5\/6: Jeppe 7-0 Pretoria Boys High
\n<\/span>3\/4: St John’s 14-7 <\/span>Affies
\n<\/span>1\/2: St David’s 8-15 St <\/span>Stithians<\/span><\/p>\n

Final Standings<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

1. St <\/span>Stithians<\/span> College
\n<\/span>2. St David’s Marist <\/span>Inanda
\n<\/span>3. St John\u2019s College
\n<\/span>4. <\/span>Affies
\n<\/span>5. Jeppe High School for Boys
\n<\/span>6. Pretoria Boys High School
\n<\/span>7. King Edward VII School
\n<\/span>8. St Alban\u2019s College
\n<\/span>9. St John’s College 2nd team
\n<\/span>10. St Benedict\u2019s College
\n<\/span>11. CBC Zimbabwe
\n<\/span>12. St Peter’s College
\n<\/span>13. St Alban’s College 2nd team
\n<\/span>14. Parktown Boys’ High\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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St Stithians College was crowned the winner of the St Alban’s Beach Water Polo Festival on Sunday after a flawless campaign that showcased both class and consistency. The three-day event opened the schools’ water polo season in Gauteng, bringing together teams from Johannesburg and Pretoria, as well as Zimbabwe’s CBC Bulawayo. Saints, in Pool B, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":22,"featured_media":82514,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-82494","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\/82494","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\/22"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=82494"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/82494\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/82514"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=82494"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=82494"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=82494"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}