{"id":82791,"date":"2025-09-13T07:39:28","date_gmt":"2025-09-13T05:39:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ssschoolsplus.co.za\/?p=82791"},"modified":"2025-09-13T07:39:28","modified_gmt":"2025-09-13T05:39:28","slug":"a-roaring-start-to-the-kings-school-linbro-park-basketball-tournament","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/?p=82791","title":{"rendered":"A roaring start to The King’s School Linbro Park Basketball Tournament"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Three days of non-stop, continuous basketball action began at The King’s School Linbro Park Basketball Tournament on Friday. The action concludes on Sunday. Photo: Supplied.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The annual King’s School Linbro Park Basketball Tournament<\/strong>\u00a0exploded into action on Friday, with two more days of competition to follow until Sunday’s final.<\/p>\n

Catch the action LIVE on SuperSport Schools<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

In Group A of the u18 boys’ competition, King’s Linbro, kicked off their challenge with two victories, beginning with a 48-16 win over Croydon House School<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

They matched that output against Parktown Boys’ High School<\/strong>, with the match finishing 48-27 in the hosts’ favour.<\/p>\n

After those impressive performances, King’s Linbro faces a stiff challenge on Saturday when they take on St Benedict’s College<\/strong> in the pivotal match of their group stage fixtures.<\/p>\n

Bennies<\/strong><\/em> also sport a clean record after the opening day, although they were pushed hard by Parktown Boys’ High, winning by only two points, 29-27. They found the going easier against Croydon and ran away to a 49-21 victory.<\/p>\n

In Group B, ESCA Wanderers<\/strong>, whose team includes the talented Siyabonga Mashaba<\/strong>, who participated in the Basketball Without Borders Camp<\/strong><\/a> in Rwanda last month, quickly took control.<\/p>\n

They overran HeronBridge College<\/strong> 83-15 in their first outing and were every bit as dominant in their second game, charging to a 75-7 win over Curro Savannah<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

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King’s Linbro demonstrated their prowess on day one with decisive wins against Parktown Boys’ High and Croydon House. Photo: Supplied<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

On Saturday, ESCA concludes their group assignments against the St John’s College B Team<\/strong>, who defeated HeronBridge College 48-28.<\/p>\n

Only two matches were played in Group C, with King Edward VII School (KES)<\/strong> securing a 49-28 victory over St John’s College A\u00a0<\/strong>in a key clash, while Saheti rolled to a 75-30 win over Reddam House Helderfontein.<\/strong><\/p>\n

In the girls’ u18 competition, Reddam House Helderfontein<\/strong> began their campaign by blanking Saheti B<\/strong> 16-0.<\/p>\n

The home team, King’s Linbro, eked out a narrow 13-12 win over HeronBridge College. HeronBridge, in turn, claimed a tight 13-10 victory against Saheyi B.<\/p>\n

The Saheti A<\/strong> side, meanwhile, hit their stride against Reddam House Helderfontein, scoring an impressive 34-15 win.<\/p>\n

RESULTS<\/strong><\/p>\n

u18 Boys\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

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

King’s Linbro 48-16 Croydon House School
\nSt Benedict’s College 29-27 Parktown Boys’ High
\nSt Benedict’s College 49-21 Croydon House School
\nKing’s Linbro 48-27 Parktown Boys’ High<\/p>\n

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

ECSA Wanderers 83-15 HeronBridge College
\nESCA Wanderers 75-7 Curro Savvanah
\nSt John’s College B 40-28 HeronBridge College<\/p>\n

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

KES 49-28 St John’s College A
\nSaheti 75-30 Reddam House Helderfontein<\/p>\n

u18 Girls\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Reddam House Helderfontein 16-0 Saheti B
\nKing’s Linbro 13-12 HeronBridge College
\nHeronBridge College 13-10 Saheti B
\nSaheti A 34-15 Reddam House Helderfontein<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The annual King’s School Linbro Park Basketball Tournament\u00a0exploded into action on Friday, with two more days of competition to follow until Sunday’s final. Catch the action LIVE on SuperSport Schools In Group A of the u18 boys’ competition, King’s Linbro, kicked off their challenge with two victories, beginning with a 48-16 win over Croydon House […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":27,"featured_media":82798,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-82791","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\/82791","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\/27"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=82791"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/82791\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/82798"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=82791"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=82791"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=82791"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}