{"id":94047,"date":"2026-04-21T17:59:18","date_gmt":"2026-04-21T15:59:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ssschoolsplus.co.za\/?p=94047"},"modified":"2026-04-21T17:59:18","modified_gmt":"2026-04-21T15:59:18","slug":"fixtures-for-the-2026-fairtree-sport-festival","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/?p=94047","title":{"rendered":"Fixtures for the 2026 Fairtree Sport Festival"},"content":{"rendered":"
\n
\n
\n
\n
\n
\n
\n
\n
\"\"
Photo: Frans Lombard\/Actionpix.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The first-ever Fairtree Sport Festival<\/strong> guided by Stadio<\/strong> bursts into life on Friday, 24 April, with a strong Noordvaal contingent in attendance.<\/p>\n

The event, which takes place on the same weekend as the ABSA Wildeklawer<\/strong> Festival<\/strong> in Kimberley, provides valuable preparation for the forthcoming Virseker Noordvaal Cup<\/strong>, with 11 sides from north of the Vaal River and two from the south – Ho\u00ebrskool Tygerberg<\/strong>\u00a0and Ho\u00ebrskool Fichardtpark <\/strong>– visiting from the south.<\/p>\n

Ho\u00ebrskool Swartland\u00a0<\/strong>was initially part of a trio of visiting schools from the south but has, however, withdrawn since. They have since been replaced by\u00a0Ligbron Akademie\u00a0<\/strong>of Ermelo.<\/p>\n

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

Die Ho\u00ebrskool Menlopark<\/strong> is the host of the festival and tackles Tygerberg in the opening match at 19:30 on Friday. The rest of the matches take place on Saturday and Monday, which is Freedom Day, a public holiday.<\/p>\n

The Capetonians follow their Friday night outing with a highly anticipated fixture against Ho\u00ebrskool Pietersburg <\/strong>on Monday.<\/p>\n

Saturday’s 1st XV action begins at 11:50, when Afrikaans Ho\u00ebr Seunskool (Affies) XV outfit takes on Meyerton’s Dr Malan<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

One of the day’s highlights will be the main match showdown between Pietersburg<\/strong> and Ho\u00ebrskool Fichardtpark<\/strong> at 19:15. Another of the noteworthy clashes on Saturday is the Buffels<\/strong><\/em> of Ho\u00ebrskool Ben Vorster<\/strong> squaring off against Ho\u00ebrskool Dinamika<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Ben Vorster is one of two schools travelling from behind the citrus curtain in Tzaneen.\u00a0The other is Merensky Landbou Akademie<\/strong>, who face Ho\u00ebrskool Marais Viljoen<\/strong> on day one before a daunting Monday meeting with Ligbron Akademie<\/strong>. Ben Vorster’s second outing will be a test as they take on the challenge of Ho\u00ebrskool Randburg<\/strong> on Monday.<\/p>\n

Heidelberg Volkskool<\/strong>, initially set to face Swartland on Saturday, will kick off their first and only encounter against Fichardtpark at 13:00 on Monday.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n

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

Friday, 24 April\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

19:30\u00a0<\/strong>– Menlopark vs Tygerberg<\/p>\n

Saturday, 25 April<\/strong><\/p>\n

11:55 <\/strong>– Affies XV vs Dr Malan
\n13:15 <\/strong>– Menlopark XV vs Overvaal
\n14:35 <\/strong>– Randburg vs Ligbron Akademie
\n15:55 <\/strong>– Marais Viljoen vs Merensky Landbou Akademie
\n17:05\u00a0<\/strong>– Ben Vorster vs Dinamika
\n19:15\u00a0<\/strong>– Ho\u00ebrskool Pietersburg vs Fichardtpark<\/p>\n

Monday, 27 April\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

08:00\u00a0<\/strong>– Overvaal vs Dinamika
\n09:15\u00a0<\/strong>– Menlopark XV vs Dr Malan
\n10:30\u00a0<\/strong>– Ho\u00ebrskool Pietersburg vs Tygerberg
\n11:45\u00a0<\/strong>– Menlopark vs Swartland – Cancelled
\n13:00\u00a0<\/strong>– Heidelberg Volkskool vs Fichardtpark
\n14:15\u00a0<\/strong>– Ben Vorster vs Randburg
\n15:30\u00a0<\/strong>– Marais Viljoen vs Merensky Landbou Akademie<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The first-ever Fairtree Sport Festival guided by Stadio bursts into life on Friday, 24 April, with a strong Noordvaal contingent in attendance. The event, which takes place on the same weekend as the ABSA Wildeklawer Festival in Kimberley, provides valuable preparation for the forthcoming Virseker Noordvaal Cup, with 11 sides from north of the Vaal […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":94051,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-94047","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\/94047","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\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=94047"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/94047\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/94051"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=94047"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=94047"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=94047"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}