{"id":88944,"date":"2026-01-22T08:36:34","date_gmt":"2026-01-22T06:36:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ssschoolsplus.co.za\/?p=88944"},"modified":"2026-01-22T08:36:34","modified_gmt":"2026-01-22T06:36:34","slug":"all-set-for-the-western-cape-boys-and-girls-switch-schools-sa20-phase-2-finals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/?p=88944","title":{"rendered":"All set for the Western Cape Boys and Girls Switch Schools SA20 Phase 2 finals"},"content":{"rendered":"
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A throwback to a late-October T20 battle between the Stellenberg High Girls First XI and the HTS Drostdy Girls First XI. Photo: Stellenberg Cricket on Instagram.<\/strong><\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Six boys and three girls teams will contest the second phase of the Western Cape’s Switch Schools SA20 Volume Two <\/strong>competition, with the honour of representing the region at the national final on the line.<\/p>\n

Stellenbosch<\/strong> and Somerset West<\/strong> host the playoff matches from Friday to Sunday.<\/p>\n

The boys’ teams feature the top two sides from the Western Province<\/strong>, Boland<\/strong>, and South Western Districts (SWD)<\/strong> respectively. The girls’ line-up features the winners from those regions.<\/p>\n

Bishops Diocesan College, <\/strong>who were, once again, the Western Province winners<\/a><\/strong>,<\/a>\u00a0Paarl Gimnasium<\/strong>, and the SWD champs, Bridgton Hub<\/strong>, make up the boys’ sides in Pool A<\/strong>. Paarl Boys’ High<\/strong>, the winners of the Boland region<\/strong>,<\/a> Wynberg Boys’ High<\/strong>, and Ho\u00ebrskool Outeniqua<\/strong> are in Pool B<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Stellenberg High<\/strong>,\u00a0the Western Province winners; HTS Drostdy<\/strong>, the Boland winners; and Bridgton Hub, the SWD champs, make up the girls’ contingent.<\/p>\n

Bishops bear watching. In 2025, they qualified for the third phase of the competition and went on to win the national title, defeating St David’s Marist Inanda in the title game.<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Hard-hitting Litha Mbiko<\/strong> was the joint top-scorer with 22 runs in that final, and will be a big threat to those teams intent on dethroning the champions.\u00a0It will, though, take something special for one of the other outfits to usurp Bishops’ Western Cape title.<\/p>\n

In the girls’ competition, Stellenberg is a force to be reckoned with. The Jade Brigade<\/strong><\/em> will fancy their chances, but one cannot underestimate the fighting spirit of the Bridgton Hub and HTS Drostdy.<\/p>\n

FIXTURES<\/strong><\/p>\n

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

Friday, 23 January, 09:30\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Paarl Boys’ High vs Bishops Diocesan College (Paul Roos Oval)
\nWynberg Boys’ High vs Ho\u00ebrskool Outeniqua (Mark\u00f6tter\u00a0One Oval)
\nPaarl Gimnasium vs Bridgton Hub (Paul Roos B Oval)<\/p>\n

Girls – Stellenberg High vs HTS Drostdy (Distell Cricket Field).<\/p>\n

14:00<\/strong><\/p>\n

Paarl Gimnasium vs Bishops Diocesan College (Paul Roos Oval)
\nWynberg Boys’ High vs Bridgton Hub (Mark\u00f6tter One Oval)
\nHo\u00ebrskool Outeniqua vs Paarl Boys’ High (Paul Roos B Oval)<\/p>\n

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

HTS Drostdy vs Bridgton Hub (Distell Cricket Field).<\/p>\n

Saturday, 24 January, 09:30<\/strong><\/p>\n

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

Wynberg Boys’ High vs Paarl Boys’ High (Taberer Oval)
\nHo\u00ebrskool Outeniqua vs Paarl Gimnasium (Somerset College A Oval)
\nBridgton Hub vs Bishops Diocesan College (Somerset College B Oval)<\/p>\n

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

Bridgton Hub vs Stellenberg High (Somerset College C Oval)<\/p>\n

Saturday, 24 January, 14:00\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Boys – First place in Pool A will face the second-place finisher from Pool B, while the second-place finisher from Pool A will take on Pool B’s winner.<\/p>\n

Girls’ final – A combination of win average and net run rate will be used to determine the finalists.<\/p>\n

Sunday, 25 January, 09:30<\/strong><\/p>\n

Boys’ final<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Six boys and three girls teams will contest the second phase of the Western Cape’s Switch Schools SA20 Volume Two competition, with the honour of representing the region at the national final on the line. Stellenbosch and Somerset West host the playoff matches from Friday to Sunday. The boys’ teams feature the top two sides […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":40,"featured_media":88947,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-88944","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\/88944","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\/40"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=88944"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/88944\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/88947"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=88944"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=88944"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=88944"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}