{"id":84321,"date":"2025-10-05T10:45:41","date_gmt":"2025-10-05T08:45:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ssschoolsplus.co.za\/?p=84321"},"modified":"2025-10-05T10:45:41","modified_gmt":"2025-10-05T08:45:41","slug":"finalists-decided-at-national-co-ed-water-polo-tournament","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/?p=84321","title":{"rendered":"Finalists decided at National Co-Ed Water Polo Tournament"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Photo: Kaalvoet Foto’s<\/strong><\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Saturday, day three of the National Co-Ed Water Polo Tournament<\/strong>, produced high-intensity action in both the girls’ and boys’ divisions as teams scrambled for playoff victories.<\/p>\n

The hosts, Pearson<\/strong> High<\/strong>, and Glenwood House <\/strong>won through to the final of the boys’ competition, while Kingwood College<\/strong> and Reddam House Bedfordview<\/strong> progressed to the girls’ final.<\/p>\n

On the girls’ side, the day began with the bottom quarterfinals, where Steyn City School<\/strong> impressed in a dominant 10-2 win over Alexander Road<\/strong>. The NMMU\/VC Invitational<\/strong> side, meanwhile, beat Curro Hillcrest <\/strong>7-3.<\/strong><\/p>\n

In the main quarterfinals, the top finishers from the group stage showed their class. Reddam Bedfordview scored a confident 12-5 win over Hudson Park High<\/strong>, while Pearson overcame Stirling High<\/strong> 8-4.<\/p>\n

The clash between St Peter\u2019s College<\/strong> and Beaulieu College<\/strong> ended with the sides knotted at 10-10 before St Peter\u2019s triumphed 3-2 in a penalty shootout. Kingswood College was in in fine form against Kloof’s Thomas More College<\/strong>, beating the KwaZulu-Natalians\u00a09-2.<\/p>\n

In the qualifier rounds, NMMU\/VC Invitational thrashed Alex Road 15-0, Crawford Lonehill <\/strong>edged out Westerford High<\/strong> 5-3, and Glenwood House bagged a 4-2 win over Woodridge College<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, in the qualifier semifinals, Steyn City crushed Rand Park High <\/strong>11-0, while Merrifield College <\/strong>narrowly beat Curro Hillcrest 6-4 to advance.<\/p>\n

Later, in the playoff qualifiers, Hudson Park recovered from their loss to Reddam House Bedfordview, beating Stirling 6-2, and Beaulieu<\/strong> secured a 7-3 victory over Thomas More.<\/p>\n

In the semi-finals, Reddam Bedfordview kept rolling, picking up a 10-5 victory over Pearson High, while Kingswood booked their place in the final after a 9-6 defeat of St Peter’s College.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile,\u00a0Pearson delivered a powerhouse performance in the boys’ quarterfinals, dismantling Hudson Park 19-4, while St Peter’s got by Reddam Bedfordview 10-5. Woodridge won a high-scoring thriller 15-9 against Stirling<\/strong>, and Glenwood House secured a comfortable 11-4 win over Steyn City<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

In the qualifiers, the Invitational team beat the Co-ed Invitational<\/strong> side 7-3, Merrifield eased past Curro Hillcrest 10-2, and Kingswood handed Westerford a 7-1 defeat.<\/p>\n

Then, in the qualifier semifinals, Thomas More dominated Alex Road 8-2, and Reddam Helderfontein proved too strong for Rand Park, winning 17-0.<\/p>\n

In the semifinals, Woodridge stormed their way into the title game after cruising to a 16-6 win over Glenwood House, while Pearson booked their place with a 12-8 victory over St Peter’s.<\/p>\n

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

GIRLS<\/strong><\/p>\n

Bottom Quarterfinals<\/strong>
\nSteyn City 10-2 Alex Road
\nCurro Hillcrest 3-7 NMMU\/VC Invitational<\/p>\n

Quarterfinals<\/strong>
\nReddam Bedfordview 12-5 Hudson Park
\nStirling 4-8 Pearson
\nSt Peter\u2019s (10) 3-2 (10) Beaulieu
\nKingswood 9-2 Thomas More<\/p>\n

Qualifiers<\/strong>
\nAlex Road 0-15 NMMU\/VC Invitational
\nWesterford 3-5 Crawford Lonehill
\nGlenwood 4-2 Woodridge<\/p>\n

Qualifier Semifinals
\n<\/strong>Steyn City 11-0 Rand Park
\nMerriefield 6-4 Curro Hillcrest<\/p>\n

Qualifiers<\/strong>
\nHudson Park 6-2 Stirling
\nBeaulieu 7-3 Thomas More
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\nSemifinals<\/strong>
\nReddam Bedfordview 10-5 Pearson
\nSt Peter\u2019s 6-9 Kingswood<\/p>\n

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

Bottom QF
\nInvitational 0-0 Thomas More
\nReddam Helderfontein 10-5 Co-ed Invitational<\/p>\n

Quarterfinals
\n<\/strong>Pearson 19-4 Hudson Park
\nReddam Bedfordview 5-10 St Peter\u2019s
\nWoodridge 15-9 Stirling
\nGlenwood 11-4 Steyn City<\/p>\n

Qualifiers
\n<\/strong>Invitational 7-3 Co-ed Invitational
\nCurro Hillcrest 2-10 Merrifield
\nWesterford 1-7 Kingswood<\/p>\n

Qualifier Semifinals
\n<\/strong>Thomas More 8-2 Alex Road
\nRand Park 0-17 Reddam Helderfontein<\/p>\n

Qualifiers
\n<\/strong>Hudson Park 4-10 Reddam Bedfordview
\nStirling 3-7 Steyn City<\/p>\n

Semifinals
\n<\/strong>Woodridge 16-6 Glenwood
\nPearson 12-8 St Peter\u2019s<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Saturday, day three of the National Co-Ed Water Polo Tournament, produced high-intensity action in both the girls’ and boys’ divisions as teams scrambled for playoff victories. The hosts, Pearson High, and Glenwood House won through to the final of the boys’ competition, while Kingwood College and Reddam House Bedfordview progressed to the girls’ final. On […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":22,"featured_media":84323,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-84321","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\/84321","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=84321"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/84321\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/84323"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=84321"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=84321"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=84321"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}