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Grey-kollege het hierdie naweek seker gemaak van hul plek by die Hoërskole-sewesreeks se Kampioen van Kampioene-toernooi wat in Oktober in Bloemfontein aangebied word.

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Grey se sewesspan het oor die afgelope twee naweke baie goed presteer om by twee groot sewestoernooie tot die eindstryd deur te dring, maar albei kere het hulle in hul groot vyand van Stellenbosch, Paul Roos, in die finale wedstryd vasgeloop.

Die seuns van Grey het egter nog teen geen ander span in die vinniger formaat van die spel verloor hierdie jaar nie, terwyl Paul Roos al ‘n paar keer vasgeval het.

Terwyl die Maroen Masjien by die eerste jaarlikse NWU Prestige Skole sewestoernooi in Potchefstroom na halftyd kon terugveg om vir Grey met 22-19 te klop, en verlede naweek by die groot Marius Schoeman fees in die Paarl hul spiere gebult het deur om die Bloemfonteiners met 33-10 weg te sit, sal die manne van Grey hul lippe aflek vir ‘n kans om die bordjies te verhang waneer die twee spanne mekaar in Oktober moontlik weer raakloop by die kampioenetoernooi.

Alzeadon Felix, Pieter van der Merwe, en Philip Mclaren is drie van die Grey-seuns wat uitblink sedert die sewes-seisoen afgeskop het. Van der Merwe het ook die jaar al uitgeblink vir die eerstespan gedurende die gewone 15-man seisoen waar Grey met al hul opponente kon afreken om heel bo aan die skoleranglyste te eindig.

Met sulke dinamiese groep spelers en ‘n afrigtingspan wat al jaar na jaar hulself bewys het belowe die manne van Bloemfontein om volgende jaar hul heerspkappy oor Suid Afrikaanse skolerugby voort te sit, maar vir eers sal alle aandag op die oorblywende sewesoernooie wees.

Met ‘n gemiddelde telling van 45-3 kan daar geen twyfel wees dat die Grey sewesspan hierdie naweek op ‘n vlak van hul eie was nie.

Albei ouderdomsgroepe se eindstrydwedstryde was Grey teen Grey, met die eerste en tweedespanne wat onoorwonne deur die plaaslike kompetisie kon beweeg.

Al die uitslae:

o.17

Groepwedstryde: Grey-kollege 22, Grey-kollege II 5; Landboudal 19, Jim Fouché 12; Wilgerivier 50, Kimberley Boys’ High 0; Grey-kollege 64, Jim Fouché 0; Grey-kollege II 50, Wilgerivier 7; Landboudal 47, Kimberley Boys’ High 0; Wilgerivier 35, Jim Fouché 12; Grey-kollege II 62, Kimberley Boys’ High 0; Grey-kollege 36, Landboudal 7; Grey-kollege II 33, Landboudal 24; Grey-kollege 45, Wilgerivier 5; Jim Fouché 51, Kimberley Boys’ High 7; Landboudal 21, Wilgerivier 19; Grey-kollege II 19, Jim Fouché 19; Grey-kollege 66, Kimberley Boys’ High 0.

Eindstryd

Bowl – Jim Fouché 25, Kimberley Boys’ High 0.

Plaat – Wilgerivier 24, Landboudal 19.

Beker – Grey-kollege 40, Grey-kollege II 5.

o.15

Groep A: Grey-kollege II 29, Jim Fouché 5; Wilgerivier 40, Kimberley Boys’ High 0; Grey-kollege II 60, Kimberley Boys’ High 0; Wilgerivier 27, Jim Fouché 5; Grey-kollege II 43, Wilgerivier 12; Jim Fouché 46, Kimberley Boys’ High 0.

Groep B: Grey-kollege 35, Landboudal 5; Grey-kollege III 42, HTS Louis Botha 0; Grey-kollege 95, HTS Louis Botha 0; Landboudal 26, Grey-kollege III 15; Landboudal 48, HTS Louis Botha 7; Grey-kollege 35, Grey-kollege III 0.

Halfeindronde

Bowl – Jim Fouché 24, HTS Louis Botha 14; Grey-kollege III 59, Kimberley Boys’ High 14.

Beker – Grey-kollege II 36, Landboudal 7; Grey-kollege 43, Wilgerivier 0.

Eindstryd

Skild – HTS Louis Botha 35, Kimberley Boys’ High 7.

Bowl – Jim Fouché 31, Grey-kollege III 15.

Plaat – Landboudal 14, Wilgerivier 12.

Beker – Grey-kollege 45, Grey-kollege II 19.

Boland Landbou claimed both the u15 and u17 titles this weekend at the inaugural Cape Schools sevens festival in Wellington, getting through some of the top teams in the country on their way to the trophy.

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The Boland Landbou boys have shown glimpses of their potential over the previous couple of tournaments but found their rhythm this weekend.

The u17s finished on top of their pool after getting through Forward Foundation (38-0), Hoërskool Durbanville (36-7), Augsburg (53-0) and holding on against an inspired attack by the hosts, Hugenote, to win by 26-17.

In the quarter-finals, they saw away with Hoërskool Bellville by 31-7 before ending the boys from Hoërskool Durbanville’s tournament in the semis with 39 unanswered points.

They played against Paarl Gimnasium in the final, who had to hold on for dear life to survive a late Stellenberg onslaught in the semi-finals.

The Boland boys held a 14-7 lead at halftime, and both teams only managed to score one additional try in the final seven minutes, giving Boland Landbou the 19-14 victory over their big rivals from Paarl.

The u15s won their final against Paul Roos by the same margin, beating the Stellenbosch boys by 24-19 to become the first champions of the brand-new tournament.

The Paul Roos u17s came into the weekend as the favourites after having won the two major tournaments over the last couple of weeks, beating Grey College in both finals, first in Potchefstroom at the NWU Prestige Schools Festival, then in Paarl at the Marius Schoeman Sevens festival.

The boys from Stellenbosch are yet to go through a weekend unbeaten though, and after two weeks of non-stop action, they seemed to run out of steam this weekend losing to Stellenberg first by 7-0 before being knocked out of the Cup competition in the quarter-finals after going down against Paarl Gimnasium by 33-19.

Finally, they met Oakdale in the semi-finals for the Plate, but the boys from Riversdal proved too strong as well, beating Paul Roos by 45-5 to bring an end to their weekend.

With 40 of the top rugby schools in the Cape already competing at this first edition of the tournament, producing top-quality schoolboy sevens rugby all weekend, the future of this brand-new platform looks exciting.

All the results

u17

Pool stage

Pool A: Paarl Boys’ High 29, JSA Foundation 5; Brackenfell 10, Hoërskool Bellville 10; Hoërskool Bellville 19, JSA Foundation 12; Paarl Boys’ High 60, Brackenfell 0; Paarl Boys’ High 31, Hermanus 0; Brackenfell 17, JSA Foundation 17; Paarl Boys’ High 36, Hoërskool Bellville 21; Hermanus 24, Brackenfell 19; Hoërskool Bellville 27, Hermanus 0;  Hermanus 5, JSA Foundation 0; Hoërskool Bellville 19, JSA Foundation 12.

Pool B: Paarl Gimnasium 17, Parel Vallei 0; Oakdale 19, Bredasdorp 5; Paarl Gimnasium 17, Boland Landbou II 5; Oakdale 50, Parel Vallei 0; Paarl Gimasium 21, Bredasdorp 7; Parel Vallei 10, Boland Landbou II 5; Oakdale 22, Boland Landbou II 5; Paarl Gimnasium 21, Oakdale 14; Parel Vallei 0, Bredasdorp 0; Bredasdorp 7, Boland Landbou II 5.

Pool C: Paul Roos Gimnasium 15, Curro Langebaan 12; Stellenberg 19, Porterville 12; Paul Roos Gimnasium 17, Paarl Boys High II 10; Stellenberg 24, Curro Langebaan 5; Paul Roos Gimnasium 26, Porterville 14; Stellenberg 7, Paul Roos Gimnasium 0; Stellenberg 19, Paarl Boys’ High II 7; Paarl Boys’ High 24, Curro Langebaan 7;  Paarl Boys’ High II 24, Porterville 14; Curro Langebaan 10, Porterville 10.

Pool D: Boland Landbou 38, Forward Foundation 0; Hugenote 34, Augsburg 12; Forward Foundation 38, Augsburg 5; Boland Landbou 26, Hugenote 17; Boland Landbou 36, Hoërskool Durbanville 7; Hugenote 24, Forward Foundation 17; Hoërskool Durbanville 49, Augsburg 5; Hoërskool Durbanville 17, Hugenote 10; Boland Landbou 53, Augsburg 0; Hoërskool Durbanville 27, Forward Foundation 12.

Quarter-finals

Bowl – Forward Foundation 26, Hermanus 0; Hugenote 39, Brackenfell 5; Porterville 17, Bredasddorp 7; Paarl Boys’ High II 29, Parel Vallei 0.

Cup – Hoërskool Durbanville 24, Paarl Boys’ High 7; Boland Landbou 31, Hoërskool Bellville 7; Paarl Gimnasium 33, Paul Roos Gimnasium 19; Stellenberg 12, Oakdale 10.

Semi-finals

Bowl – Forward Foundation 17, Hugenote 15; Paarl Boys High 29, Porterville 14.

Plate – Paarl Boys High 27, Hoërskool Bellville 7; Oakdale 45, Paul Roos 5.

Cup – Boland Landbou 39, Hoërskool Durbanville 0; Paarl Gimnasium 19, Stellenberg 14.

Finals

Bowl – Paarl Boys’ High II 22, Forward Foundation 14.

Plate – Paarl Boys’ High 26, Oakdale 17.

Cup – Boland Landbou 19, Paarl Gimnasium 14.

u15

Pool stage

Pool A: Paarl Gimnasium II 26, Brackenfell 5; Paarl Boys High 35, Boland Landbou II 5; Paarl Gimnasium II 17, Hermanus 7; Boland Landbou II 24, Hermanus 7; Paarl Boys’ High 17, Hermanus 10; Paarl Gimnasium II 24, Boland Landbou 0; Paarl Boys’ High 60, Brackenfell 0; Boland Landbou II 34, Brackenfell 15; Paarl Boys’ High 27, Paarl Gimnasium II 5; Hermanus 26, Brackenfell 0.

Pool B: Oakdale 33, Bredasdorp 0; Hoërskool Bellville 19, Parel Vallei 0; Paarl Gimnasium 40, Bredasdorp 7; Oakdale 35, Hoërskool Bellville 0; Paarl Gimnasium 60, Parel Vallei 0; Paarl Gimnasium 12, Oakdale 5; Hoërskool Bellville 22, Bredasdorp 12; Bredasdorp 12, Parel Vallei 7; Paarl Gimnasium 58, Hoërskool Bellville 7; Oakdale 36, Parel Vallei 5.

Pool C: Stellenberg 22, Porterville 5; Paul Roos Gimnasium 43, Porterville 7; Paul Roos Gimnasium 22, Paarl Boys’ High II 12; Paul Roos Gimnasium 28, Stellenberg 7; Paarl Boys High II 15, Porterville 14; Forward Foundation 5, Porterville 5; Forward Foundation 17, Paarl Boys’ High II 7; Forward Foundation 27, Paul Roos Gimnasium 0; Stellenberg 21, Paarl Boys’ High II 0.

Pool D: Hugenote 17, Robertson 10;  Boland Landbou 49, Augsburg 5; Hoërskool Durbanville 29, Robertson 12; Forward Foundation 12, Stellenberg 7; Hoërskool Durbanville 29, Augsburg 0; Boland Landbou 17, Hugenote 10; Boland Landbou 17, Hoërskool Durbanville 7; Robertson 19, Augsburg 14; Hugenote 33, Augsburg 5; Boland Landbou 31, Robertson 5; Hugenote 14, Hoërskool Durbanville 7.

Quarter-finals

Bowl – Boland Landbou II 19, Robertson 14; Hoërskool Durbanville 19, Hermanus 14; Paarl Boys’ High 12, Hoërskool Bellville 0; Stellenberg 38, Bredasdorp 5.

Cup – Paarl Boys’ High 22, Hugenote 21; Boland Landbou 29, Paarl Gimnasium II 5; Paul Roos Gimnasium 26, Paarl Gimnasium 12; Forward Foundation 17, Oakdale 7.

Semi-finals

Bowl – Hoërskool Durbanville 43, Boland Landbou II 5; Stellenberg 14, Paarl Boys’ High II 10.

Plate – Paarl Gimnasium II 22, Hugenote 7; Paarl Gimnasium 14, Oakdale 5.

Cup – Boland Landbou 14, Paarl Boys’ High 12; Paul Roos Gimnasium 19, Forward Foundation 12.

Finals

Bowl – Hoërskool Durbanville 27, Stellenberg 0.

Plate – Paarl Gimnasium 24, Paarl Gimnasium II 15.

Cup – Boland Landbou 24, Paul Roos Gimnaisum 19.

 

Noordheuwel took the spoils at the Monument leg of the Darryl Weir sevens series this weekend after seeing away with Helpmekaar College in the final by 28-19.

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After seeing away with Dinamika (33-12), St Stithians (52-7) and Marais Viljoen (35-26) to end on top of their group, the Nories eliminated the hosts from the competition in the semi-finals, beating them by 38-14, before going on to take the trophy with a 28-19 victory over Helpmekaar.

With this, Noordheuwel have booked their spot in the Championship tournament in Bloemfontein at the end of the season, where they will be competing against the other champions in the series for the ultimate prize.

The sevens action at Monument continues next weekend, when they host the Frogfoot Noordvaal provincial tournament.

The hosts’ younger boys defended their pride well this weekend in the u15 tournament.

Monument won the Cup, Bowl and Shield with their three teams in the junior competition.

The u15 A team beat Helpmekaar by 28-12 for the top honour, their B team claimed the Bowl after getting by Wagpos narrowly by 14-12 and a Monument Invitational squad that replaced Cooper College in the lineup this weekend made it all the way to the Shield final where they beat Trinity House by 12-10.

All the results:

u17

Pool A – Monument 42, Wagpos 0; Helpmekaar 91, Trinity House 0; Monument 50, Trinityhouse 5; Helpmekaar 61, Wagpos 0; Helpmekaar 38, Monument 5; Trinityhouse 45, Wagpos 21.

Pool B – Noordheuwel 33, Dinamika 12; St Stithians 19, Marais Viljoen 12; Noordheuwel 52, St Stithians 7; Marais Viljoen 19, Dinamika 19; Dinamika 28, St Stithians 24; Noordheuwel 35, Marais Viljoen 26.

Semi-finals

Bowl – Marais Viljoen 45, Trinityhouse 10; St Stithians 26, Wagpos 7.
Cup – Helpmekaar 29, Dinamika 5; Noordheuwel 38, Monument 14.

Finals

Shield – Trinityhouse 28, Wagpos 5.
Bowl – Marais Viljoen 27, St Stithians 7.
Plate – Monument 19, Dinamika 17.
Cup – Noordheuwel 28, Helpmekaar 19.

u15

Pool A – Noordheuwel 35, Wagpos 5; Helpmekaar 36, Monument II 12; Monument II 19, Noordheuwel 17; Helpmekaar 40, Wagpos 5; Noordheuwel 19, Helpmekaar 14; Wagpos 27, Monument II 19.

Pool B – Monument 69, Trinityhouse 5; Marais Viljoen 28, Monument Invitational 0; Monument 50, Monument Invitational 10; Marais Viljoen 28, Trinityhouse 10; Monument Invitational 42, Trinity House 7; Monument 57, Marais Viljoen 5.

Semi-finals

Bowl – Monument II 26, Trinityhouse 7; Wagpos 28, Monument Invitational 0.
Cup – Helpmekaar 35, Marais Viljoen 5; Monument 33, Noordheuwel 10.

Finals 

Shield – Monument Invitational 12, Trinityhouse 10.
Bowl – Monument II 14, Wagpos 12.
Plate – Noordheuwel 17, Marais Viljoen 12.
Cup – Monument 28, Helpmekaar 12.

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All the Results: 

GAUTENG DEVELOPMENT LEAGUE 

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EASTERN CAPE

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The Boland Wynland invitational team stole the show at the Swartland leg of the 2023 Frogfoot Sevens series.

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The flyers from the Boland/Wynland region were unstoppable, winning by an average of 39-5 over the six games this weekend, spurred on by the efforts of their exciting SA u18 Sevens player from Charlie Hofmeyr, Luan Giliomee, who was honoured as the man-of-the-match four times over the weekend.

Giliomee earned bronze as part of the SA u18 Sevens team at the Commonwealth Youth Games in Trinidad and Tobago earlier this year, and received the sportsman of the year award at the proud school in Ceres, along with his sister, Lané, who was honoured as the sportswoman of the year.

Their little brother, Ruben, has also already shown that he will follow in his siblings’ footsteps, catching everyone’s attention last week at the Marius Schoeman u12 sevens tournament in Paarl, where he finished off a brilliant individual try to win the final for Gericke Primary School.

Brent Simmons and Marno du Plessis also stood out for the winning squad, and HTS Drostdy’s Harold Mbuqa was selected as the player of the tournament.

The HTS Drostdy boys played well to get to the final, getting by a promising Montagu team in the group stage by 20-7 and fighting off an inspired Strand attack in the semis by 26-21 to book a spot in the final.

The representative team, however, put on another masterclass in the grand finale to beat the school from Worcester and secure the bragging rights as well as a spot at the Frogfoot Champions tournament in Pretoria in October.

Judging by the success of the teams from the Western Province, and particularly the Boland/Wynland regions this season, they should go into the championship tournament as one of the favourites, despite not having had the benefit of playing together all season like most of the other teams would have.

HTS Drostdy managed to go all the way in the u15 tournament, beating the Paul Roos Invitational team by 24-14 thanks to a man-of-the-match performance by Anvil Jacobs.

The hosts, Swartland, were also punching above their weight this weekend, doing well to keep Strand to a 12-all draw in the group stages and beating a promising Montagu by 29-24 in the Plate semi-final before going on to claim the Plate at their home competition after a thrilling 19-17 battle against Hoërskool Punt in the final.

JH Kleinhans was singled out as the player-of-the-match in that game. Kailen Kotze and Liam Anthony also stood out for Swartland over the weekend.

All the results:

Pool A – Strand 38, Melkbosstrand 0; Dirkie Uys 19, Hexvallei 7; Swartland 35, Dirkie Uys 0; Strand 40, Hexvallei 0; Swartland 41, Hexvallei 5; Melkbosstrand 22, Dirkie Uys 17; Swartland 12, Strand 12; Melkbosstrand 48, Hexvallei 12; Swartland 36, Melkbosstrand 5; Strand 31, Dirkie Uys 0.

Pool B – Montagu 29, Schoonspruit 0; Vredendal 26, Vooruitsig 10; HTS Drostdy 38, Vredendal 0; Montagu 33, Vooruitsig 7; HTS Drostdy 36, Vooruitsig 0; Schoonspruit 26, Vredendal 5; HTS Drostdy 20, Montagu 7; Schoonspruit 36, Vooruitsig 12; HTS Drostdy 22, Schoonspruit 10; Montagu 40, Vredendal 10.

Pool C – Paul Roos Invitational 29, Ashton 0; Jakes Gerwal 17, Vredenburg 15; Boland Wynland 36, Jakes Gerwal 0; Ashton 24, Vredenburg 17; Paul Roos Invitational 50, Vredenburg 7; Boland Wynland 44, Ashton 0; Boland Wynland 26, Paul Roos Invitational 5; Jakes Gerwal 15, Ashton 7; Paul Roos Invitational 19, Jakes Gerwal 7; Boland Wynland 61, Vredenburg 0.

Pool D – Hoërskool Stellenbosch 17, Wesbank 14; Worcester Gimnasium 12, Punt 10; Punt 21, Milnerton 19; Wesbank 17, Worcester Gimnasium 12; Worcester Gimnasium 33, Hoërskool Stellenbosch 12; Milnerton 19, Wesbank 5; Milnerton 45, Hoërskool Stellenbosch 7; Punt 12, Wesbank 12; Punt 33, Hoërskool Stellenbosch 0; Milnerton 34, Worcester Gimnasium 0.

Semi-finals

Spoon – Hexvallei 19, Vooruitsig 12; Hoërskool Stellenbosch 26, Vredenburg 19.
Shield – Vredendal 26, Dirkie Uys 7; Wesbank 28, Ashton 0.
Bowl – Worcester Gimnasium 35, Jakes Gerwal 7; Schoonspruit 22, Melkbosstrand 5.
Plate – Swartland 29, Montagu 24; Punt 14, Paul Roos Invitational 12.
Cup – HTS Drostdy 26, Strand 21; Boland Wynland 31, Milnerton 7.

Finals

Spoon – Hoërskool Stellenbosch 38, Hexvallei 12.
Shield – Wesbank 17, Vredendal 12.
Bowl – Schoonspruit 17, Worcester Gimnasium 15.
Plate – Swartland 19, Punt 17.
Cup – Boland Wynland 38, HTS Drostdy 20.

All the Results: 

TITANS 

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St John’s College allrounder Chris Ford played a crucial knock of 85 runs from 92 balls to put his side in the driver’s seat as he steered the visiting side to a crucial 47-run win over hosts Jeppe High School for Boys.

Jeppe won the toss and sent in the visiting side, hoping to capitalize on the early morning conditions and making use of any juice in the pitch on the Beckwith Oval.

Fast bowler Jerimiah Marshall took 2/44 from his nine overs which included castling over opening batsmen Nkosana Sibiya.

The tall all-rounder Ford, coming in at number eight had his work cut out for him, as the rest of the line-up struggled to score runs after experiencing a slight collapse in the middle-order, Ford batted at just under a run-ball.

He was well supported by Cole Francis (34, 49b) who shared in a 65-run partnership to guide the side to a respectable total of 256. 

Ford, having a cracker of a match, was instrumental in the second innings, picking up a wicket in his first over of the second innings, putting Jeppe on the backfoot, right from the onset. 

First change bowler Malan Du Plessis, bowled well picking up figures of 3/28 from his 6 overs which included a wicket-maiden in the 20th over, reducing the home team to 54/5. 

Staring down a mammoth task in front of the lower order, Chris Elston and Jerimiah Marshall shared in a brilliant 99-run partnership, for the 8th wicket. Both batters scored half-centuries for their team, but would have needed to kick-on to see their side through to the end. 

With the tail wagging slightly the St John’s bowlers wrapped up the innings with Cole Francis (3/40) making the important breakthrough to remove Elston for 61 runs from 71 balls, which included six fours and one six.  

Jeppe would have felt that the number of extras that they bowled in the first innings potentially was the difference in the match, plus the two dropped catches of Ford. The Jeppe bowlers sent down 36 extras, which included 29 wides compared to St John’s who were slightly more disciplined only leaking 11 extras.

Score:

St John’s College 256/10 from 47 overs (Chris Ford 85, Cole Francis 34, Extras 36; Jerimiah Marshall 2/44, Tino Mutekwa 2/52, Ryan Harcourt-Baldwin 2/46); Jeppe High School for Boys  209/10 from 48.3 overs (Elston 61, Marshall 50, Extras: 11; Malan Du Plessis 3/21, Cole Francis 3/40, Chris Ford 2/35). St John’s College won by 47 runs.

Diamantveld het die naweek oorheers by hul sewestoernooi waar hulle die plaaslike kompetisie onder die tafel ingevee het en met altwee ouderdomsgroepe die onderskeie titels kon verower voor hul tuisskare.

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Die Diamonds was op volle vaart in Kimberley, hul blitsige o.17 span kon die titel neem met ‘n gemiddelde telling van 40-8.

In groep 2  het Noord-Kaap ook sterk gelyk, maar die tuisspan kon hulle met ‘n omvattende 42-17 vertoning in die eindstryd wegsien.

Diamantveld het verlede naweek net-net kortgeval by die Uppies Fees sewestoernooi, waar hulle in die halfeindstryd die knie moes buig teen Duineveld met 26-19.

Hul o.15s het ook belowend gelyk verlede naweek en het dit tot in die eindstryd gemaak voordat Hoërskool Upington hul aanslag vir die titel tot ‘n einde kon bring met ‘n 19-7 sege.

Hierdie naweek kon altwee die Diamonds spanne al die pad gaan, en ondanks die Northerns se beste pogings kon die Kimberley-seuns ‘n dubbelle sukses beleef deur om altwee trofees te verower na ‘n naweek van lekker plattelandse sewesrugby.

Al die uitslae:

o.17

Groep 1: Diamantveld 50, Adamantia II 0; Hopetown 19, Wildeklawer 12; Diamantveld 47, Wildeklawer 5; Hopetown 41, Adamantia II 0; Diamantveld 33, Hopetown 12; Wildeklawer 54, Adamantia II 0;

Groep 2: Noord-Kaap 31, Van Druten 17; Diamantveld II 24, Adamantia 21; Noord-Kaap 40, Diamantveld II 7; Van Druten 42, Adamantia 0; Noord-Kaap 30, Adamantia 14; Van Druten 21, Diamantveld II 19.

Halfeindronde: Diamantveld 31, Van Druten 7; Noord-Kaap 43, Hopetown 0.

Eindstryd: Diamantveld 42, Noord-Kaap 17.

o.15

Groep 1: Noord-Kaap 31, Wildeklawer 0; Curro Kathu 35, Diamantveld II 14; Noord-Kaap 47, Diamantveld II 0; Curro Kathu 27, Wildeklawer 10; Noord-Kaap 21, Curro Kathu 14; Diamantveld II 37, Wildeklawer 12.

Groep 2: Wildeklawer II 12, Hopetown 5; Diamantveld 47, Adamantia 0; Hopetown 26, Adamantia 14; Diamantveld 52, Wildeklawer II 5; Wildeklawer II 24, Adamantia 7.

Halfeindronde: Noord-Kaap 17, Wildeklawer 7; Diamantveld 50, Curro Kathu 0.

Eindstryf: Diamantveld 22, Noord-Kaap 14.

 

The annual North/South T20-tournament will have two new faces and a new title sponsor in 2023.

Selborne College of East London as well as the Afrikaanse Hoër Seunskool of Pretoria (Affies) will make their debut at this year’s tournament. They will replace Northwood of Durban and St Andrew’s College of Makhanda in this prestigious tournament.

The Westvaal Motor Group will be the new title sponsor from 2023 taking over from We Buy Cars who was the main sponsor from the inaugural tournament back in 2018.

Selborne College has produced one Protea in the former wicketkeeper as well as Protea-coach, Mark Boucher. Affies has been turning out cricket talent during the last two decades with AB de Villiers, Jacques Rudolph, Neil Wagner, Faf du Plessis, Roelof van der Merwe, Kruger van Wyk and Dewald Brevis all being former pupils of the school.

Affies will join Menlopark, Centurion, Waterkloof, St Andrew’s School (Bloemfontein), Potchefstroom Volkskool, Hoërskool Nelspruit and St Stithians College as the team that will represented the northern region.

The southern schools are Grey College, Grey High School, Paarl Boys’ High, Rondebosch Boys’ High, SACS, Westville Boys’ High, Wynberg Boys’ High and Selborne College.

Waterkloof is the defending champions after defeating Potch Volkies in last year’s final.

The draw for this year’s tournament will take place live on the Groot Ontbyt show of Groot FM this Tuesday.

Clifton Water Polo tournament winners from 2022, St Johns College will set their eyes on defending their title at this year’s inaugural tournament set to kick-off in Durban this coming Friday. 

The 18th edition of the tournament will see 16 schools battle it out for top honours throughout the weekend, with the tournament coming to an end on Monday. 

In last year’s edition, St Johns entered the tournament high in confidence and went on to claim top spot by thumping Paul Roos (13-7) in the final. 

The final was played at a high tempo with the Gauteng side taking a (3-1) after the first chukka. They asserted their dominance in the final three chukkas, and despite a flurry of late goals by the Cape side, St Johns held on to win the clash by six goals.  

In the third/fourth play-off match, the hosts, Clifton took on the South African College Schools, after both sides stumbled to narrow defeats on day three. The Cape side prevailed in that fixture, edging out Clifton by eight goals to six.  

This year’s tournament will see a similar structure in play, with the 16 teams separated in four pools. Pool A will see Kearsney from Durban take on SACS, Glenwood, and King Edward VII. 

Last year’s finalists, Paul Roos will be licking their lips in Pool B, as they’re up against Westville, Durban High School, and Affies. 

St Andrews College from Makhanda are the only school from the Eastern Cape this year, and they are seeded in Pool C, alongside Hilton College, Pietermaritzburg College, and Reddam House Constantia.  

Pool D is the group of death, with last year’s winners, St Johns set to take on the home side, Clifton, Grey College, and Michaelhouse who finished in ninth place last year. 

Gqeberha’s Pearson, Grey High School and Maritzburg college will miss out on this year’s tournament with their spots being taken by Reddam House Constantia, Pietermaritzburg College and Bloemfontein’s Grey College.  

The groups:  

Pool A- Kearsney, SACS, Glenwood, Kind Edward VII. 

Pool B- Paul Roos, Westville, Durban High School, Affies.  

Pool C- St Andrews, Hilton College, Pietermaritzburg College, Reddam House Constantia.  

Pool D- St Johns College, Clifton, Grey College, Michaelhouse.  

The fixtures: 

Friday:  

08:00- Westville vs Durban High School; 08:45- Clifton vs Grey College; 09:30- St Andrews vs Reddam House Constantia; 10:15- KES vs Kearsney College; 11:00- Affies vs Westville; 11:45- Michaelhouse vs St Johns; Pietermaritzburg College vs St Andres; 13:15- SACS vs Glenwood; 14:00- Paul Roos vs Durban High School; 14:45- St Johns vs Grey College; 15:30- Hilton College vs Pietermaritzburg College; 16:15- Kearsney vs Glenwood; 17:00- Clifton vs Michaelhouse; 17:45- SACS vs KES; 18:30- Paul Roos vs Affies; 19:15- Hilton vs Reddam House Constantia.  

Saturday:  

07:15- Michaelhouse vs Grey College; 08:00- Pietermaritzburg College vs Reddam House Constantia; 08:45- KES vs Glenwood; 09:30- Clifton vs St Johns; 10:15- Hilton vs St Andrews; 11:00- Paul Roos vs Westville; 11:45- Kearsney vs SACS;  12:30- Durban High School vs Affies; 13:15- BREAK; 14:00- 2nd Pool A vs 3rd Pool C; 14:45- 2nd Pool B vs 3rd Pool D; 15:30- 3rd Pool A vs 2nd Pool C; 16:15-3rd Pool B vs 2nd Pool D; 17:00- Loser 25 vs 4th Pool D.  

Sunday:  

07:15- Loser 26 vs 4th Pool A; 08:00- Loser 27 vs 4th Pool B; 08:45- Loser 28 vs 4th Pool C; 09:30- 1st Pool A vs Winner 26; 10:30- 1st Pool B vs Winner 25; 11:30- 1st Pool C vs Winner 28; 12:30- 1st Pool D vs Winner 27; 13:30- Winner 29 vs Winner 30; 14:15- Winner 31 vs Winner 32; 15:00- Loser 29 vs Loser 30; 15:45- Loser 31 vs Loser 32; 16:30- Loser 33 vs Loser 35; 17:15- Loser 34 vs Loser 36; 18:00- Winner 33 vs Winner 35; 19:00- Winner 34 vs Winner 36.  

Monday: 

07:00- 15th/16th play-off – Loser 40 vs Loser 39; 07:45- 13th/14th play-off- Winner 40 vs Winner 39; 08:30- 11th/ 12th play-off- Loser 37 vs Loser 38; 09:15- 9th/10th play-off- Winner 37 vs Winner 38; 10:00-7th/8th play-off- Loser 41 vs Loser 42; 10:45- 5th/6th play-off- Winner 41 vs Winner 42; 11:30-3rd/4th play-off- Loser 44 vs Loser 43; 12:30- Final- Winner 44 vs Winner 43.