{"id":85102,"date":"2025-10-17T13:35:29","date_gmt":"2025-10-17T11:35:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ssschoolsplus.co.za\/?p=85102"},"modified":"2025-10-17T13:35:29","modified_gmt":"2025-10-17T11:35:29","slug":"champions-garsfontein-begin-wildeklawer-diamantveld-t20-campaign-in-style","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/?p=85102","title":{"rendered":"Champions Garsfontein begin Wildeklawer Diamantveld T20 campaign in style"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"The defending champions of the annual Wildeklawer Diamantveld T20 tournament, Ho\u00ebrskool Garsfontein, started off their 2025 campaign with an emphatic 110-run victory over Outeniqua in their opening match.<\/p>\n

The Ysbere from Pretoria posted a solid 171\/5 in their allotted 20 overs, thanks to contributions by Riaan Boshoff (39*), Xander Venter (31), Reuben van Zyl (28) and Righardt Joubert (27).<\/p>\n

Captain Venter (3\/13) and Reinard Niebuhr (4\/13) then caused problems with Outeniqua\u2019s batting line-up, bowling them out for only 62 runs.<\/p>\n

The champions of 2023, Potchefstroom Volkskool, also started their campaign off with a solid victory of 47 runs over Helpmekaar Kollege. Volkies recorded 182\/7 in their allotted overs with Louis van Wyk (65) and Riekert Kruger (61) weighing in with half-centuries.<\/p>\n

Van Wyk and Kruger shared a 96-run partnership over the second wicket to lay the foundation for the victory. Helpies reached a respectable 135\/6 thanks to Zuan Joubert (38) and Sebastian Kloek (36) getting proper starts.<\/p>\n

Potch Volkies lost against Garsfontein in last year\u2019s final in Kimberley by 41 runs.<\/p>\n

Paarl Boys\u2019 High will definitely also be a title contender this year. They started their tournament in the City of Diamonds off with a commanding 73-run victory over Parel Vallei from Somerset West.<\/p>\n

Boishaai\u2019s Ullrich Drotschie (63*) and AB Jacobs (63) top-scoring with half-centuries. The team from Paarl reached 192\/4 in their 20 overs with Jacobs and Daniel Franke (34) sharing a 94-run partnership from only 52 deliveries over the second wicket.<\/p>\n

Drotschie and Aden Batt (9*) had an unbeaten 63-run partnership over the fifth wicket.<\/p>\n

Summarised Scorecards: <\/strong><\/p>\n

Diamantveld 70\/8<\/strong> (Francois Holtzhausen 25, Ruben Viljoen 16*; Francois Prins 2\/12, Gunther Schmidt 2\/14); Boland Landbou 74\/4<\/strong> (Matthew Geldenhuys 18; Hanru Rademeyer 2\/23). Boland Landbou won by six wickets<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Paarl Boys\u2019 High 192\/4<\/strong> (Ullrich Drotschie 63*, AB Jacobs 63, Daniel Franke 34); Parel Vallei 119\/8 <\/strong>(Sevi Barlow 24, Ruben du Plessis 21; Reese Petersen 3\/16, Schalk van der Merwe 2\/10). Paarl Boys\u2019 High won by 73 runs<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Garsfontein 171\/5<\/strong> (Riaan Boshoff 39*, Xander Venter 31, Reuben van Zyl 28, Righardt Joubert 27; Kobus Boshoff 2\/19, Nathan Best 2\/32); Outeniqua 62<\/strong> (Hanno Swart 22; Reinard Niebuhr 4\/13, Xander Venter 3\/13). Garsfontein won by 110 runs<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Potchefstroom Volkskool 182\/7 <\/strong>(Louis van Wyk 65, Riekert Kruger 61, Eduan van der Merwe 20; Zuan Joubert 2\/34, Rudolph Odendaal 2\/41); Helpmekaar 135\/6<\/strong> (Zuan Joubert 38, Sebastian Kloek 36, Dominic Tait 22; Eduan van der Merwe 2\/19, Olefa Padi 2\/25). Potchefstroom Volkskool won by 47 runs.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Monument 99<\/strong> (Andr\u00e9 van Niekerk 31*; Renquin Goliath 4\/26, Logan Fleetwood 3\/11); Framesby 101\/4<\/strong> (Dandr\u00e9 Henwick 23*; Zian Maritz 3\/20). Framesby won by six wickets<\/strong>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The defending champions of the annual Wildeklawer Diamantveld T20 tournament, Ho\u00ebrskool Garsfontein, started off their 2025 campaign with an emphatic 110-run victory over Outeniqua in their opening match. The Ysbere from Pretoria posted a solid 171\/5 in their allotted 20 overs, thanks to contributions by Riaan Boshoff (39*), Xander Venter (31), Reuben van Zyl (28) […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":66776,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-85102","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\/85102","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\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=85102"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85102\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/66776"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=85102"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=85102"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=85102"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}