{"id":85274,"date":"2025-10-19T09:13:39","date_gmt":"2025-10-19T07:13:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ssschoolsplus.co.za\/?p=85274"},"modified":"2025-10-19T09:13:39","modified_gmt":"2025-10-19T07:13:39","slug":"its-an-all-cape-final-at-the-saints-invitational-water-polo-tournament","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/?p=85274","title":{"rendered":"It&#8217;s an all-Cape final at the Saints Invitational Water Polo Tournament"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_85277\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-85277\" style=\"width: 400px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-85277\" src=\"https:\/\/ssschoolsplus.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Ben-Bigara--400x266.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"266\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-85277\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ben Bigara scored a late goal against Rondebosch Boys High to send SACS into the final. Photo: <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/debbiadcockphotography\">Debbi Adcock Photography<\/a><\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The Western Cape&#8217;s <strong>Bishops Diocesan College<\/strong> and <strong>South African College High School<\/strong> <strong>(SACS)<\/strong> will reignite their rivalry on Sunday in the final of the <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/ssschoolsplus.co.za\/saints-invitational-enters-knockout-stage-after-a-dramatic-day-two\/\">St Stithians Invitational Water Polo Tournament<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>The <em><strong>Saints Stayers<\/strong><\/em> concludes with the title game at 13:40 in the <strong>Olympic Pool<\/strong> and it, along with all of the classification games, will be broadcast <strong>LIVE<\/strong> on<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/live.supersportschools.com\/category\/606f65f91eea03755e56797c\/sub-category\/68e405dcf6b3d62da1cfb7b0\/\"> SuperSport Schools<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>The journey to the title-deciding game was far from a walk in the park for the finalists.<\/p>\n<p>Bishops contested the <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/ssschoolsplus.co.za\/spirited-kearsney-claims-first-ever-saints-invitational-title\/\">final last year but fell short against Kearsney College<\/a><\/strong>, so they were out for redemption.<\/p>\n<p>Yet, they finished only second in Pool A behind <strong>Rondebosch Boys&#8217; High<\/strong> and had to win a cross-pool playoff match against<strong> Jeppe High School for Boys<\/strong> to qualify for the quarterfinals.<\/p>\n<p>Coach<strong> Jabulani Sibiya&#8217;<\/strong>s side got the job done efficiently against Jeppe, beating them 10-1, before outplaying a talented <strong>St David&#8217;s Marist Inanda<\/strong> team 7-3 in the quarters.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Waterpolo - Kearsney vs Rondebosch Boys&amp;apos; High - Saints Senior Waterpolo Festival - 18 Oct 2025\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/IkJ2m0FQwS0?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>SACS, meanwhile, breezed into the quarterfinals after topping Pool B ahead of <strong>St John&#8217;s College<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>They delivered a strong performance when they met <strong>Reddam House Constantia<\/strong>, a team they know well, for a place in the semi-finals, with coach <strong>Devon Card<\/strong>&#8216;s boys recording an 8-3 win to set up a showdown with Rondebosch. Bishops, meanwhile, faced <strong>St Stithians<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Both matches were highly entertaining and kept the spectators on the edge of their seats as the sides traded blows for a place in the title game.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Waterpolo - Bishops vs Rondebosch Boys&amp;apos; High - Saints Senior Waterpolo Festival - 17 Oct 2025\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/xeHvBzfoq3k?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>There was almost nothing to separate SACS and &#8216;<em><strong>Bosch<\/strong><\/em>, and it went down to the wire.<\/p>\n<p>At the break, the sides were deadlocked at 4-4 and returned to score four each in the second half. At one stage, Rondebosch led by two goals, but SACS clawed their way back. Then, a moment of magic from <strong>Ben Bigara <\/strong>in the final minute sealed a dramatic 9-8 win for SACS.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_85279\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-85279\" style=\"width: 400px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-85279 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/ssschoolsplus.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Sibiya-1-1-400x266.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"266\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-85279\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Bishops will contest the final for a second year running at the Saints Invitational. Photo: <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/debbiadcockphotography\">Debbi Adcock Photography <\/a><\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>In the second semi-final, Bishops started fast and opened a 2-0 lead after the first chukka, courtesy of a <strong>Matt Fenn<\/strong> brace.<\/p>\n<p>When <strong>Tim Young<\/strong> and<strong> Harry Ford<\/strong> found the back of the net for Bishops in the second chukka, they appeared on course to cruise into the final, up 4-0 at the break.<\/p>\n<p>Fenn, then, extended his team\u2019s lead to five, but <em><strong>Saints<\/strong> <\/em>showed plenty of fight and pulled two back through <strong>Andrew Ochse<\/strong> and <strong>Blake Morton<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>It wasn\u2019t to be for the hosts, however, as Bishops netted two more goals in the final chukka to one from St Stithians to score a 7-3 win.<\/p>\n<p>The bronze medal match between Saints and Rondebosch takes place at 10:00 in the main pool.<\/p>\n<p><strong>RESULTS<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Saturday, 18 October<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Cross-pool playoffs<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Bishops 10-1 Jeppe<br \/>\nSt John&#8217;s 9-5 Michaelhouse<br \/>\nHilton 5-9 Kearsney<br \/>\nAffies 6-7 Reddam Constantia<\/p>\n<p><strong>Position 13-20\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Pearson 3-5 St Benedict&#8217;s<br \/>\nKES 7-6 Durban High School<br \/>\nPretoria Boys High 7-9 St Andrew&#8217;s College<br \/>\nWoodridge 7-5 Grey High<\/p>\n<p><strong>Quarterfinals<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Rondebosch 9-6 Kearsney<br \/>\nSACS 8-3 Reddam House<br \/>\nBishops 7-3 St David&#8217;s<br \/>\nSt Stithians 4-3 St John&#8217;s College<\/p>\n<p><strong>Semifinals<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Bishops 7-3 St Stithians<br \/>\nSACS 9-8 Rondebosch<\/p>\n<p><strong>FIXTURES<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Sunday, 19 October<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>07:00 &#8211; Woodridge vs Pearson @Olympic South (19\/20)<br \/>\n07:00 &#8211; Pretoria Boys High vs DHS @Olympic North (17\/18)<br \/>\n07:00 &#8211; Grey High vs St Benedict&#8217;s College @Saints Pool (15\/16)<br \/>\n08:30 &#8211; St Andrew&#8217;s vs KES @Olympic South (13\/14)<br \/>\n08:30 &#8211; Jeppe vs Affies @Olympic North (11\/12)<br \/>\n08:30 &#8211; Hilton vs Michaelhouse @Saints Pool (9\/10)<br \/>\n10:00 &#8211; St David&#8217;s vs Reddam House @Olympic South (7\/8)<br \/>\n10:00 &#8211; St John&#8217;s vs Kearsney @Olympic North (5\/6)<br \/>\n10:00 &#8211; St Stithians vs Rondebosch @Saints Pool (3\/4)<br \/>\n13:40 &#8211; SACS vs Bishops (Final) @Olympic North<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Western Cape&#8217;s Bishops Diocesan College and South African College High School (SACS) will reignite their rivalry on Sunday in the final of the St Stithians Invitational Water Polo Tournament. 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