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Die seuns van Grey-kollege het hierdie naweek hul buurskole in die Rosestad herhinder wie die kroon in Bloemfontein dra met ‘n stewige vertoning by die Jim Fouché-sewestoernooi.

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Terwyl Grey se eerstespan by die Marius Schoeman Sewestoernooi by Paarl Gimnasium in aksie was, waar hulle vir die tweede agtereenvolgende naweek die kompetisie kon kaf draf tot in die eindstryd, net om teen ‘n span van Paul Roos Gimnasium vas te loop wat witwarm is op die oomblik.

Die twee skole is op die oomblik ‘n stap voor hul naaste teenstanders, en die Grey-kollege Uitnodigingspan het dit ook bewys deur om hul spiere te bult by hul buurskool se toernooi.

Die manne van die Bloemfonteinse rugbyfabriek kon 283 punte gedurende die vyf wedstryde aanteken en slegs 31 afstaan, waarvan die meerderheid in die eindstryd teen Fichardtpark gekom het.

Die Fichies het self ‘n sterk toernooi beleef om bo aan hul groep te eindig. Hulle moes, onder andere, hul groot vyand Jim Fouché verslaan vir ‘n plek in die eindstryd.

Jim Fouché het vroeër in die jaar, gedurende die 15-man seisoen, Fichardtpark se harte gebreuk in die Bloemfontein Stadsbeker eindstryd, en die Fichies sou hul 22-17 oorwinning oor JF die naweek veral geniet.

Fichardtpark kon 28 punte teen Grey aanteken in die eindstryd, maar daar was geen manier om die Grey spoedvrate in te perk nie, en hulle kon uiteindelik redelik gemaklik wegstap met die titel na ‘n 39-24 sege

By die o.15s het Grey ook nie sy eweknie gehad nie, met die Grey-kollege uitnodigingspan wat hul skoolmaats in die Grey B span kon troef in die eindstryd met 28-10.

Die kampioene het ‘n verbysterende gemiddeld van 51-3 oor die vyf wedstryde die naweek behaal.

Al die uitslae:

o.17

Poel A: Jim Fouché 75, Brebner 0; Fichardtpark 75, Stallions 0; Fichardtpark 22, Staatspresident Swart 0; Jim Fouché 27, Stallions 0; Staatspresident Swart 45, Stallions 0; Fichardtpark 50, Brebner 0; Fichardtpark 22, Jim Fouché 17; Staatspresident Swart 50, Brebner 7; Brebner 24, Stallions 21; Jim Fouché 33, Staatpresident Swart 5.

Poel B: Grey-kollege Uitnodigingspan 92, Stallions II 0; Sentraal 62, Heatherdale 0; HTS Louis Botha 37, Heatherdale 0; Grey-kollege Uitnodigingspan 17, Sentraal 0; Sentraal 52, Stallions II 12; Grey-kollege Uitnodigingspan 67, HTS Louis Botha 7; Grey-kollege 68, Heatherdale 0; HTS Louis Botha 36, Stallions II; Ssentraal 29, HTS Louis Botha 7; Stallions II 15, Heatherdale 7.

Eindstryde:

Beker: Grey-kollege Uitnodigingspan 39, Fichardtpark 24.
Plaat: Sentraal 22, Jim Fouché 19.
Bowl: HTS Louis Botha 27, Staatspresident Swart 12.
Skild: Brebner 17, Stallions II 7.

o.15

Poel A: Grey-kollege Uitnodigingspan 29, Fichardtpark 7; Brebner 22, Stallions II 0; Staatspresident Swart 17, Brebner 12; Grey-kollege Uitnodigingspan 72, Stallions II 0; Fichardtpark 32, Stallions II 0; Grey-kollege 60, Staatspresident Swart 0; Grey-kollege Uitodigingspan 65, Brebner 0; Fichardtpark 45, Staatspresident Swart 0; Staatspresident Swart 20, Stallions 0; Fichardtpark 69, Brebner 12.

Poel B: Grey-kollege II 19, Sentraal 5; Jim Fouché 34, HTS Louis Botha 10; Jim Fouché 47, Stallions 0; Grey-kollege II 35, HTS Louis Botha 0; Sentraal 49, HTS Louis Botha 12; Grey-kollege II 59, Stallions 0; Grey-kollege II 45, Jim Fouché 5; Sentraal 62, Stallions 0; HTS Louis Botha 43, Stallions 7; Jim Fouché 17, Sentraal 10.

Eindstryde:

Beker: Grey-kollege uitnodigingspan 28, Grey-kollege II 10.
Plaat: Fichardtpark 19, Jim Fouché 10.
Bowl: Sentraal 55, Staatspresident Swart 0.
Skild: HTS Louis Botha 45, Brebner 0.

 

Some of the best schools sevens teams in the Western Cape gather in Wellington this weekend for the inaugural Cape Schools Sevens Festival at Hugenote.

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Though this will be the first instalment of what will hopefully become a yearly event, the quality shown by the competing teams over the last couple of weekends promises a weekend of stellar schoolboy sevens.

The reigning NWU Prestige Schools and Marius Schoeman Sevens Tournament champions, Paul Roos, will have a target on their backs as they look to take their third trophy in as many weeks.

The boys from Stellenbosch have had a couple of slow starts to their tournaments though, and are yet to finish a weekend unbeaten.

They will hope to change that this weekend, but face some serious challenges in their pool in the likes of Stellenberg, Curro Langebaan, Porterville and a wildcard Paarl Boys’ High Invitational team, any of whom could easily cause an upset.

The two players who were singled out as the players-of-the-tournament in their previous two campaigns, Junaid Coetzee and Gert Kemp, are definitely ones to watch this weekend, but there are a number of other dangermen as well.

Samuel Badenhorst, the big first-team flank, represented the country as part of the SA u18 Sevens team at the Commonwealth Youth Games in Trinidad and Tobago where they earned bronze behind only Scotland and Fiji. He has put his experience to good use for the Maroon Machine since the sevens season began.

Keenan Stoffels is another livewire with a bright future in either format of the game. He and Kemp scored two tries each in last weekend’s 33-10 victory over their old rivals, Grey College.

That was the second weekend Grey lost to Paul Roos in the final, and the boys from Stellenbosch have proven themselves to be among the foremost u17 sevens teams in the country at the moment.

That is the nature of these sevens tournaments, and one of their major attractions, as the gulf between the top schools in the country and some of the smaller schools is narrowed in the quicker format.

The home team shares a group with an in-form Boland Landbou side and Hoërskool Durbanville, who have been punching above their weight all season.

Hugenote made it to the Cup quarter-final at last weekend’s event, where they ran into Paarl Gimnasium and lost by 40-12.

Boland Landbou made an exit in the same stage, narrowly losing against Boishaai by 27-22.

A lot of effort has gone into ensuring that this weekend’s event is filled with entertainment for the spectators according to Dirkie Gildenhuys of Cape Schools Sevens.

There will be live music, food and drinks, screenings of the World Cup games, a playpark and entertainment for younger children and top-quality schools sevens. The aim is to contribute towards building the sevens platform in South African schools rugby, alongside some of the established tournaments like the Marius Schoeman Sevens and to expand to include more sporting codes in the coming years.

At this first instalment, there will already be 40 of the top rugby teams in the country competing in the u15 and u17 sevens tournaments.

“The main goal of this event is to give some smaller teams the opportunity to face some of the best teams in the country, this year we have two development teams competing at this event, and we have a few bursaries from the WP Rugby Institution which we will be able to award. We hope to turn this into an event that showcases the best up-and-coming talent” says Gildenhuys.

The Pools:

Pool A: Paarl Boys High, Brackenfell, Hermanus, Hoërskool Bellville, JSA Foundation.

Pool B: Paarl Gimnasium, Oakdale, Parel Vallei, Boland Landbou II, Bredasdorp.

Pool C: Paul Roos Gimnasium, Stellenberg, Curro Langebaan, Paarl Boys’ High Invitational, Porterville.

Pool D: Boland Landbou, Hugenote, Hoërskool Durbanille, Augsburg, Forward Foundation.

The fixtures:

Friday

Field A: 14:00 – Boland Landbou vs Forward Foundation; 14:20 – Hugenote vs Augsburg; 14:40 – Paarl Boys’ High vs JSA Foundation; 15:00 – Brackenfell vs Hoërskool Bellville; 16:40 – Paul Roos vs Curro Langebaan; 17:00 – Stellenberg vs Porterville; 17:20 – Paarl Gimnasium vs Parel Vallei; 17:40 – Oakdale vs Bredasdorp.

Field B: 15:20 – Boland Landbou vs Hoërskool Durbanville; 15:40 – Hugenote vs Forward Foundation; 16:00 – Paarl Boys’ High vs Hermanus; 16:20 – Brackenfell vs JSA Foundation; 18:00  – Hoërskool Durbanville vs Augsburg; 18:20 – Paul Roos vs Porterville.

Field C: 14:00 – Paarl Gimnasium vs Bredasdorp; 14:40 – Parel Vallei vs Boland Landbou II; 15:00 – Stellenberg vs Paarl Boys’ High Invitational; 15:40 – Oakdale vs Boland Landbou II; 17:20 – Hermanus vs Hoërskool Bellville; 18:00 – Curro Langebaan vs Paarl Boys’ High Invitational.

Saturday:

Field A: 09:20 – Paul Roos vs Paarl Boys’ High Invitational; 09:40 – Stellenberg vs Curro Langebaan; 10:00 – Paarl Gimnasium vs Boland Landbou II; 10:20 – Oakdale vs Parel Vallei; 12:00 – Augsburg vs Forward Foundation; 12:20 – Boland Landbou vs Hugenote; 12:40 – Hoërskool Bellville vs JSA Foundation; 13:00 – Paarl Boys’ High vs Brackenfell.

Field B: 08:00 – Paul Roos vs Stellenberg; 08:20 – Hoërskool Durbanville vs Hugenote; 10:00 – Boland Landbou vs Augsburg; 10:20 – Hoërskool Durbanville vs Forward Foundation; 10:40 – Paarl Boys’ High vs Hoërskool Bellville; 11:00 – Brackenfell vs Hermanus.

Field C: 08:00 – Paarl Gimnasium vs Oakdale; 08:20 – Parel Vallei vs Bredasdorp; 08:40 – Hermanus vs JSA Foundation; 11:20 – Porterville vs Paarl Boys’ High Invitational; 12:00 – Bredasdorp vs Boland Landbou II; 12:20 – Curro Langebaan vs Porterville.

Garsfontein moes sweet om hul groot vyande, Affies, te verslaan in verlede naweek se eindstryd by die Montana o.17 Sewetoernooi.

Die Garsie Bere het hul ritme na die halftyd-breuk gevind en teruggeveg om in die doodsnikke van die wedstryd ‘n wendrie aan te teken en Affies se harte te breek met ‘n epiese 29-26 sege.

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Nathan Schwarts kon, met speeltyd iets van die verlede, ‘n laaste pragdrie druk om die titel vir sy span te verower, ondanks die onvermoeide verdediging deur die Affies seuns.

Nadat Affies verlede naweek op die Sutherland Sewes kroon beslag gelê het, en Garsfontein goed vertoon het by die NWU Prestige Sewestoernooi in Potchefstroom, het alle tekens daarna gedui dat hierdie twee spanne mekaar in ‘n titaniese stryd sal ontmoet hierdie naweek.

Die feit dat dit in die eindstryd plaasgevind het maak die kragmeting net nog meer opwindend.

Met ‘n gemiddelde telling van 38-8 oor die ses wedstryde die naweek is daar geen twyfel dat Garsies die toernooi domineer het nie, maar Affies het uiters goed gespeel om hul teenstanders in ‘n hoekie te druk. Hulle kon egter net nie lank genoeg uithou nie.

Die Garsfontein eerstespan het ‘n barsseisoen agter die rug. Hul enigste nederlaag hierdie jaar was teen Grey-kollege, toe hulle in  April die knie moes buig teen die Bloemfonteiners by die Absa Wildeklawer Fees in Kimberley.

Die o.17 sewesspan lyk huidiglik net so indrukwekkend en verdien met hierdie oorwining dan ook hul plek by die Kampioenskap-toernooi wat in Oktober by Grey-kollege plaasvind.

Stephan Pretorius, Luann Olivier en hul kaptein, Brooklyn Newman is drie van Garsfontein-spelers wat uitgestaan het by die naweek se byeenkoms.

Newman is vroeër die jaar ingesluit by die SA Skole A span na sy vertoning by die Cravenweek in George, en Olivier was deel van die SA o.18 Sewesspan wat ‘n brons medalje verdien het by die Statebond Jeugspele in Trinidad en Tobago.

Hierdie toernooi het dan ook gedien as ‘n kans vir die Blou Bul keurders om die spelers in aksie te sien voordat die streekspanne eersdaags aangekondig word.

Menlopark het in net so ‘n titaniese stryd vir die derde posisie teen Waterkloof gewen met 22-19.

In die eerste helfte het albei spanne nog die water getoets en na sewe minute was daar nog bitter min tussen hulle op 7-5 in die Klofies se guns.

Na die breuk het albei spanne die bal laat loop en skielik was dit ‘n baie opwindende wedstryd.

Met net 30 sekondes oor op die horlosie was Waterkloof in die bestuurssitplek met ‘n 19-15 voorsprong. Menlo kon egter die besit van die bal oorneem en uit hul eie gevaargebied breuk om vir Leskin Samuels oor te stuur vir die wendrie om ‘n dramatiese einde aan die wedstryd te bring.

Oos-Moot kon met 15-5 teen die tuisspan die loef afsteek in die Plaat-eindstryd.

Montana het in die kwareindronde teen Menlopark vasgeloop, wie hul veldtog vir die beker kon kortknip met ‘n omvattende 31-0 sege, voor daardie wedstryd was die tuisspan egter nog onoorwonne, met drie goeie seges oor Eldoraigne (14-10), Sutherland (42-0) en Curro Roodeplaat (32-0) om bo aan hul groep te eindig.

Menlopark het op hul beurt weer teen Affies uitgeval in die halfeindstryd. Teen halftyd was die wedstryd nog oop vir albei spanne om te gryp op 14-12 in Affies se guns.

In die tweede helfte was daar egter net een span in die wedstryd en Affies kon 27 punte sonder antwoord aanteken.

Die uitslae:

Poel A: Garsfontein 48, Wonderboom 5; Pretoria-Noord 35, Erasmus Uitnodigingspan 7; Garsfontein 54, Erasmus Uitnodigingspan 0; Pretoria-Noord 21, Wonderboom 17; Garsfontein 39, Pretoria-Noord 0; Wonderboom 12, Erasmus Uitnodigingspan 7.

Poel B: Waterkloof 45 HTS John Vorster 0; Amberfield College Uitnodigingspan 19, Die Wilgers 17; Waterkloof 26, Amberfield College Uitnodigingspan 7; HTS John Vorster 17, Die Wilgers 12; Amberfield College Uitnodigingspan 26, HTS John Vorster 19; Waterkloof 43, Die Wilgers 5.

Poel C: Affies 24, Zayo Academy 19; Centurion 19, Rietondale 0; Affies 59, Rietondale 5; Zayo Academy 21, Centurion 12; Affies 43, Centurion 0; Zayo Academy 42, Rietondale 14.

Poel D: Oos-Moot 12, Zwartkop 5; Curro Hazeldean 34, Gerrit Maritz 0; Oos-Moot 71, Gerit Maritz 0; Zwartkop 57, Curro Hazeldean 0; Oos-Moot 52, Curro Hazeldean 0; Zwartkop 59, Gerrit Maritz 0.

Poel E: Montana 14, Eldoraigne 10;  Sutherland 29, Curro Roodeplaat 0; Eldoraigne 39, Curro Roodeplaat 14; Montana 42, Sutherland 0; Montana 32, Curro Roodeplaat 0; Eldoraigne 42, Sutherland 5.

Poel F: Erasmus 24, Montana Uitnodigingspan 14; Menlopark 19, Pretoria Boys’ High 12; Menlopark 47, Montana Uitnodigingspan 5; Pretoria Boys’ High 21, Erasmus 17; Menlopark 38, Erasmus 21; Pretoria Boys’ High 40, Montana Uitnodigingspan 7.

Kwarteindronde

Beker: Garsfontein 38 (19), Zwartkop 7 (7); Waterkloof 24 (14), Oos-Moot 0; Menlopark 31 (19), Montana 0; Affies 59 (19), Zayo Academy 7 (0).

Bowl: Pretoria-Noord 31 (17), Sutherland 12 (5); Wonderboom 21 (12), HTS John Vorster 12 (7); Eldoraigne 33 (19), Centurion 7 (7); Pretoria Boys’ High 21 (14), Erasmus 17 (7);

Halfeindronde

Beker: Garsfontein 19 (12), Waterkloof 12 (7); Affies 41 (14), Menlopark 12 (12).

Plaat: Montana 31 (19), Zayo Academy 7 (0); Oos-Moot 28 (12), Zwartkop 17 (0).

Eindstryd

Beker: Garsfontein 29 (10), Affies 26 (14); (Derde plek) Menlopark 22 (5), Waterkloof 19 (7).

Plaat: Oos-Moot 15 (10), Montana 5 (0).

Bowl: Eldoraigne 29 (17), Pretoria-Noord 0.

Skild: Die Wilgers 26 (12), Montana Uitnodigingspan 0.

Die kampioenspan

Garsfontein: JP Pieterse, Ruan Enslin, Handre Maree, Ruwald Horn, Nathan Schwartz, 7 Brooklyn Newman, Luann Olivier, Xian Erasmus, Luan Ferreira, Wihan van den Berg, Stephan Pretorius, Aiden King.

St Charles College had to sweat hard in their One Insurance Eston Schools T20 Night Series Semi-Final against Westville Boys High on Thursday night.

St Charles won the toss and decided to wield the willow first. It was soon apparent that the conditions were not as easy as it had been for the earlier semi-final between, counterparts, Hilton and Maritzburg College, as the side from Pietermaritzburg got off to a prolonged start.

Sam Brown laid the platform for the St Charles side with a well-constructed 30 of 31 deliveries at the top of the order before he was sent back to the pavilion by the impressive Blake Simpson, who proved to be the dangerman with the ball for Westville, claiming tremendous figures of 3/12 in his allotted four overs.

Matthew Urquhart (28, 32b) and Marcell Wellman (25, 26b), both made significant contributions to help the Pietermaritzburg side to what seemed to be a below-par first innings total of 124/4 in their 20 overs.

The Westville innings proved that conditions were extremely difficult for the batters as they struggled in their chase of 125 to book a place in the final against Hilton College. Losing wickets at an alarming rate it was up to Max Robertson, who seemed to be batting on a different pitch, to try and get his team across the line.

Robertson managed to smash the ball to all parts of the ground in his 38 of only 21 deliveries before he fell victim to Cian Fortmann (2/21).

Fortmann enjoyed the support from his colleagues, Nathan Beaumont (2/20) and Brandon Sunguroo (2/23), as the trio broke the backbone of the Westville batting lineup, ensuring that the men from Westville were bundled out for a meagre 106 all out, as the Pietermaritzburgers booked their place in Thursday Night’s final against Hilton College.

Summarised Scorecard

St Charles College 124/4 (Sam Brown 30, Matthew Urquhart 28, Marcell Wellman 25; Blake Simpson 3/12); Westville Boys’ High 106/6 (Max Robertson 38; Nathan Beaumont 2/20, Cian Fortuin 2/21, Brandon Sunguroo 2/23). St Charles College won by 18 runs.

Die Hoërskool Pietersburg het op Saterdag, daarin geslaan om as die Limpopo Frogfoot 7’s se kampioen gekroon te word.

Die span van Pietersburg het sy aanslag op die titel teen Hoërskool Louis Trichardt afgeskop. Hy het hier, met ‘n telling van 65-0, as wenners uit die stryd getree. Dit het die Pieties die nodige momentum gegee om voort te stoomroller.

Hierna was dit Hans Strijdom, van Naboomspruit, se beurt om onder Pietersburg se aanvallende spel deur te loop. Pietersburg het die Hansies gemaklik met ‘n telling van 31-17 afgeransel.

Dit het die span van Pietersburg met slegs een hekkie oor gelaat om sy plek in die Beker-halfeindronde te bepreek. Hy het egter gemaklik daaroor gekom deur Hoërskool Piet Potgieter met ‘n telling van 35-5 kaf te draf.

HTS Tom Naudé het op Pietersburg in die halfeindstryd gewag. Die Pieties se bure het ‘n behoorlike geveg opgesit, maar was dit te versmaai teen ‘n sterk Pietersburg span. Die Tommies moes noodgedwonge die knie, met ‘n telling van 12-14 buig.

Dit het beteken dat Pietersburg sy grootste toets vir die dag, teen verlede naweek se kampioene, Hoërskool Ben Vorster moes aandurf. Dit was egter een rigting verkeer in die guns van die Pietersburgers. Die Pieties het die Tzaneeners oortuigend met ‘n telling van 29-7 uitoorlê om as Limpopo se Frogfoot Sewestitel te verower.

Sodoende dring Hoërskool Pietersburg deur na die Noordvaal Sewes-toernooi, wat in Krugersdorp op die 22 en 23ste September sal plaasvind.

Die uitslae:

Poel A: Ben Vorster 40, Merensky I 12; Merensky I 40, Nylstroom 14; Ben Vorster 45; Nylstroom 0; Curro Heuwelkruin 26; Nylstroom 10; Ben Vorster 31, Curro Heuwelkruin 0; Merensky I 41, Curro Heuwelkruin 12.

Poel B: Ben Viljoen 49, Frans du Toit 7; Ben Viljoen 19, Frans du Toit 24, Northen Academy 17; Frikkie Meyer 26, Frans du Toit 0; Frikkie Meyer 27, Northen Academy 7; Ben Viljoen 43, Northen Academy 10.

Poel C: Pietersburg I 65, Louis Trichardt 0; Pietersburg I 31, Hans Strijdom 17; Hans Strijdom 14, Louis Trichardt 7; Hans Strijdom 17, Piet Potgieter 12; Louis Trichardt 27, Piet Potgieter 19; Pietersburg I 35, Piet Potgieter 5.

Poel D: Tom Naude 44, Merensky II 0; Tom Naude 29, Ellisras 19; Ellis ras 55, Merensky II 0; Ellisras 24, Pietersburg II 5; Merensky II 15, Pietersburg II 7; Tom Naude 49, Pietersburg II 7.

Halfeindstryde: 

Skild: Northen Academy 24, Nylstroom 14; Pietersburg II 27, Piet Potgieter 14.
Bowl: Frans du Toit 20, Curro Heuwelkruin 14; Louis Trichardt 34, Merensky II 5.
Plaat: Frikkie Meyer 38, Merensky I 7, Hans Strijdom ontrek, Ellisras dring deur na eindstryd.
Beker: Ben Vorster 24, Ben Viljoen 19 (ekstra tyd), Pietersburg 14, Tom Naudé 12.

Eindstryde:

Skild: Piet Potgieter 24, Northen Academy 14.
Bowl: Louis Trichardt 14, Frans du Toit 7.
Plaat: Tom Naude 19, Ben Viljoen 7.
Beker: Pietersburg I 29, Ben Vorster 7.

 

Paarl Gimnasium defended their title as the champions of the Marius Schoeman u15 tournament with a comprehensive victory over their rivals from the Agter-Paarl, Boland Landbou.

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Reminiscent of days gone by, it was Louis Koen who stood out for the Paarl Gimnasium side as they stormed to a 22-12 triumph.

He was excellent throughout the tournament and set the pace in the final to help his team along to their second successive victory in their home tournament.

Thomas Saunders was also in phenomenal form throughout the weekend, earning him the player-of-the-tournament award for his efforts.

Boland Landbou did well to score twice against the champions who conceded only a single try on the first day, but they simply could not contain the hosts.

En route to the championship, Paarl Gimnasium saw away with Paul Roos Gimnasium in the quarter-finals in an epic battle, where the hosts walked away victorious by a single point, 20-19.

Both of these proud schools had unbeaten seasons with their u15 15-man teams, with their only draw coming when they played against each other.

In fact, the first time the Paul Roos u15 boys tasted defeat in any format of the game was against Paarl Gim last weekend at the Bredasdorp Sevens tournament when they lost by 21-7 in the semi-final.

Stellenberg will be proud of their bronze medal position after beating a tireless side from Hermanus by 17-14. Both of these teams exceeded expectations to top the rest of the competition and make it all the way to the semi-finals before bowing out to the two Paarl giants.

In the Plate final, HTS Drostdy from Worcester played exceptionally well to get one over their big rivals from George, Outeniqua.

The Donkies beat the Kwaggas by 21-12.

Swartland are the Bowl champions after getting past a very promising Worcester Gimnasium team by 17-7 in the final.

All the results:

Pool A – Worcester Gimnasium 29, Bosmandam 5; Hermanus 40, Connect Academy 5; Hermanus 38, Worcester Gimnasium 19; Connect Academy 29, Bosmandam 5; Connect Academy 21, Worcester Gimnasium 14; Hermanus 54, Bosmandam 0.

Pool B – Hoërskool Stellenbosch 28, Brackenfell 7; Oakdale 54, Curro Langebaan 0; Oakdale 59, Brackenfell 0; Curro Langebaan 19, Hoërskool Stellenbosch 15; Oakdale 43, Hoërskool Stellenbosch 5; Brackenfell 12, Curro Langebaan 10.

Pool C – Strand 28, Hoërskool Bellville 24; Forward Foundation 19, HTS Drostdy 14; HTS Drostdy 17, Strand 7; Forward Foundation 33, Hoërskool Bellville 7; HTS Drostdy 36, Hoërskool Bellville 12; Forward Foundation 27, Strand 10.

Pool D – Tygerberg 14, Charlie Hofmeyr 7; Boland Landbou 35, Melkbosstrand 0; Boland Landbou 38, Charlie Hofmeyr 14; Tygerberg 24, Melkbosstrand 12; Boland Landbou 54, Tygerberg 12; Charlie Hofmeyr 28, Melkbosstrand 7.

Pool E – Hoërskool Durbanville 17, Milnerton 0; Hugenote 35, Blitz Gimmies 14; Hugenote 19, Hoërskool Durbanville 17; Blitz Gimmies 27, Milnerton 7; Hoërskool Durbanville 24, Blitz Gimmies 14; Milnerton 24, Hugenote 21.

Pool F – St Andrews College 12, Parel Vallei 5; Paarl Gimnasium 57, Jan van Riebeeck 0; Paarl Gimnasium 29, St Andrews College 5; Jan van Riebeeck 24, Parel Vallei 14; Paarl Gimnasium 25, Parel Vallei 0; St Andrews College 38, Jan van Riebeeck 7.

Pool G – Paarl Boys’ High 46, Paulus Joubert 0; Outeniqua 48, Vooruitsig 0; Paarl Boys’ High 29, Outeniqua 0; Paulus Joubert 14, Vooruitsig 7; Outeniqua 36, Paulus Joubert 0; Paarl Boys’ High 51, Vooruitsig 0,

Pool H – Paul Roos 33, Swartland 7; Stellenberg 29, Table View 0; Paul Roos 12, Stellenberg 12; Swartland 38, Table View 5; Stellenberg 31, Swartland 7; Paul Roos 28, Table View 0.

Round of 16

Worcester Gimnasium 28, Brackenfell 0; Bosmandam 14, Curro Langebaan 10; Strand 10, Melkbosstrand 0; Charlie Hofmeyr 21, Hoërskool Bellville 12; Paarl Gimnasium 43, Parel Vallei 7; Jan van Riebeeck 17, Milnerton 5; Table View 17, Paulus Joubert 12; Swartland 36, Vooruitsig 0; Hermanus 47, Hoërskool  Stellenbosch 5; Oakdale 21, Connect Academy 7; Forward Foundation 29, Tygerberg 10; Boland Landbou 35, HTS Drostdy 5; St Andrews College 21, Hugenote 19; Paarl Gimnasium 12, Hoërskool Durbanville 10; Stellenberg 24, Paarl Boys’ High 5; Paul Roos 33, Outeniqua 5.

Quarter-finals

Shield – Melkbosstrand 26, Brackenfell 7; Hoërskool Bellville 40, Curro Langebaan 0; Parel Vallei 14, Paulus Joubert 7; Milnerton 38, Vooruitsig 0.

Bowl – Worcester Gimnasium 31, Strand 12; Charlie Hofmeyr 47, Bosmandam 10; Blitz Gimmies 24, Table View 17; Swartland 52, Jan van Riebeeck.

Plate – Tygerberg 17, Hoërskool Stellenbosch 7; HTS Drostdy 24, Connect Academy 7; Hugenote 19, Paarl Boys’ High 12; Outeniqua 19, Hoërskool Durbanville 14.

Cup – Hermanus 27, Forward Foundation 17; Boland Landbou 17, Oakdale 12; Stellenberg 29, St Andrews College 19; Paarl Gimnasium 20, Paul Roos 19.

Semi-finals

Shield – Hoërskool Bellville 22, Melkbosstrand 12; Milnerton 17, Parel Vallei 5.
Bowl – Swartland 19, Blitz Gimmies 12; Worcester Gimnasium 12, Charlie Hofmeyr 5;
Plate – HTS Drostdy 26, Tygerberg 0; Outeniqua 19, Hugenote 7.
Cup – Boland Landbou 19, Hermanus 15; Paarl Gimnasium 10, Stellenberg 5.

Finals

Shield – Milnerton 21, Hoërskool Bellville 14.
Bowl – Swartland 17, Worcester Gimnasium 7.
Plate – HTS Drostdy 21, Outeniqua 12.
Cup – Paarl Gimnasium 22, Boland Landbou 12; (Third place) Stellenberg 17, Hermanus 14.

 

 

Durban Girls College stalwart Kayla Andrews produced a performance for the ages when she scored two late goals to help her side retain the u16 Water Polo tournament hosted by her school in Sunday’s final against Roedean schools. 

The home side, who were paired up in Pool A alongside, Reddam House Constantia, St Mary’s Kloof, Durban Girls High and Oka Valkyries enjoyed a good outing during the weekend winning three of their four pool matches. 

In the process, the hosts scored a whipping 27 goals and only lost to Reddam House Constantia, and St Mary’s Kloof respectively. 

That set the home side up for play-off matches against Herschel, and another encounter against Reddam House Constantia. 

The home team, who would’ve been in high spirits considering their form and the backing of their supporters convincingly won both of those clashes. In their second face-off against Reddam House, they outscored the visitors by six goals to two.  

Before that, the defending champions edged Herschel by one goal when they held on for a (5-4), and in the process booked themselves a spot in the final against Roedean, who was also a tough side to beat throughout the weekend.  

The final was always going to be a tough encounter between the two giant schools. In last year’s edition, Roedean didn’t participate in the tournament whilst the hosts were looking to go back-to-back. 

It was a cagy start, and it showed with both sides finding it hard to score against each other in the pool. Both teams defended well in the early exchanges.  

The opening goal of the final came with just over five minutes to play. Roedean managed to get a penalty just outside the home side’s box. Stepped up number nine, Gabriella Morell, and calmly slotted the goal in to take the lead for her side.  

The visitors would soon add to their tally when number four, Ambrin Mcewan found herself in a good position and shrugged off one defender to flick the ball in the far corner, leaving the keeper with no chance.  

That would be the last time Roedean found the back of the net, as the home side made a remarkable comeback.  

With under three minutes to play, Kayla Andrews drew one back for the home side giving them hope, but very little of it. Faith was restored even more when Lara Mervis found herself in a good position to score her side’s second goal, much to the approval of the home crowd. 

The miraculous comeback was finished off by Andrews, who scored a penalty for her team after one of the Roedean defenders gave away a silly penalty with just under a minute to go. 

The home side held on to the one-goal lead to win the trophy after looking dead and buried late in the second half.  

In other matches on the final day, Reddam House Bedfordview defeated Reddam House Umhlanga (4-0) to finish in ninth place. 

Rhenish lost (4-2) to St Dominic’s to finish eighth, while wins for Reddam House Constantia, and Herschel saw them end the tournament in third and fourth place respectively.  

All the Results:  

Pool A:  

Day 1: 

Oka Valkyries 13, St Mary’s Kloof 0; Reddam House Constantia 9, Durban Girls College 8; Oka Valkyries 9, Durban Girls 0; Durban Girls College 10, Durban Girls High School 2; Reddam House Constantia 9, St Mary’s Kloof 2; Durban Girls College 9, Oka Valkyries 1.  

Day 2: 

St Mary’s Kloof 3, Durban Girls High School 0; Reddam House Constantia 2, Oka Valkyries 3; Durban Girls College 7, St Mary’s Kloof 1; Reddam House Constantia 13, Durban Girls High School 0.  

Pool B: 

Day 1: 

Reddam Bedfordview 15, Danville 0; Herschel 7, St Dominics 3; Herschel 4, Reddam Bedfordview 3; St Dominics 13, Danville 1.  

Day 2:  

Herschel 13, Danville 0; St Dominics 5, Reddam Bedfordview 0.  

Pool C:  

Day 1: 

Rhenish 12, Maris Stella 2; St Stithians 11, St Peter’s 2; St Stithians 12, Rhenish 3.  

Day 2:  

St Peter’s 3, Maris Stella 2; St Stithians 10, Maris Stella 0; St Peter’s 0, Rhenish 4.   

Pool D:  

Day 1:  

Roedean 8, St Annes 4; Reddam House Umhlanga 16, Pietermaritzburg Girls 1; Roedean 11, DSG Makhanda 2; St Annes 15, Pietermaritzburg Girls 0; Reddam House Umhlanga 9, DSG Makhanda 2.  

Day 2: DSG Makhanda 11, Pietermaritzburg Girls 1; Roedean 5, Reddam House Umhlanga 1; St Annes 12, DSG Makhanda 2; Roedean 12, Pietermaritzburg Girls 0; St Annes 4, Reddam House Umhlanga 2.  

Play-offs: 

Durban Girls High School 5, Danville 4; Maris Stella 8, Pietermaritzburg Girls 4; St Dominics 4, Oka Valkyries 3; Reddam House Constantia 6, Reddam House Bedfordview 3; Rhenish 4, Reddam House Umhlanga 1; St Annes 10, St Peters 2; DSG Makhanda 6, St Marys 0; Maris Stella 5, Durban Girls High School 3; Durban Girls College 6, Reddam House Constantia 2; Herschel 10, St Dominics 3; St Stithians 5, St Annes 4; Roedean 8, Rhenish 4, Reddam House Bedfordview 7, Oka Valkyries 1; Reddam House Umhlanga 8, St Peters 1; Reddam House Constantia 5, St Dominics 1; St Annes 7, Rhenish 4; Durban Girls College 5, Herschel 4; Roedean 5, St Stithians 4; Danville 5, Pietermaritzburg Girls 3; St Marys 5, Durban Girls High School 1; DSG Makhanda 6, Maris Stella 1; Oka Valkyries 4, St Peters 3; Reddam House Bedfordview 4, Reddam House Umhlanga 0; St Dominics 4, Rhenish 2; Reddam House Constantia 5, St Annes 4; Herschel 7, St Stithians 6; Roedean 2, Durban Girls College 3.  

Top 10 standings: 

Durban Girls College, Roedean, St Stithians, Herschel, Reddam House Constantia, St Anne’s College, St Dominics, Rhenish, Reddam House Bedfordview, Reddam House Umhlanga.  

 

  

No less than 16 rugby players that will be in action during the World Cup in France that are not playing for the Springboks completed their schooling careers in South Africa.

Eight of the 16 players will represent neighbouring Namibia at the World Cup. They are Tiaan Swanepoel (Stellenberg), Oela Blaauw, Adriaan Ludick (both Paarl Gimnasium), Le Roux Malan, Damian Stevens (both Paarl Boys’ High), Tiaan de Klerk (Monument), Torsten van Jaarsveld (HF Verwoerd), and Aranos Coetzee (Boland Landbou).

De Klerk could’ve been one of two former Monnas’ locks at the tournament, but France’s Paul Willemse was ruled out due to a thigh injury. He however is still on the list of replacements for the French squad if experience any injury woes during the tournament.

De Klerk did start his high school career at the Windhoek Afrikaanse Privaatskool before moving with his coach Wynand Moolman to Krugersdorp. The French also get their kick from Vlok Cilliers who matriculated from Canarvon in the Northern Cape. Cilliers, also capped by the Springboks, is the hosts’ kicking coach.

The Springboks will open their campaign to defend their title against Scotland on the 10th of September in the Stade Velodrome in Marseilles. The Scots have four South Africans in their squad of which three will be in action against the Springboks tonight.

Duhan van der Merwe (Outeniqua), Pierre Schoeman (Affies) and WP Nel (HTS Drostdy) will play against the Springboks, while Kyle Steyn (Trinityhouse, Randpark Ridge) is the other Saffa in the group. Van der Merwe’s brother Akker played for the Springboks, while Steyn’s father Rory was Nelson Mandela’s bodyguard.

Nel interestingly comes from a small town in the Northern Cape called Loeriesfontein, which is almost four hours drive away from Canarvon (Vlok Cilliers) in the same province. Hoërskool Calvinia also produced another international player in Mouritz Botha. The former English coach is currently the head coach at Bedford School in England.

The other four South Africans in action during the World Cup is Dave Ribbans (England), Pieter Labuschagne (Japan), Sebastian Negri (Italy) and Rob Herring (Ireland). Ribbans attended Somerset College just outside of Somerset West before leaving for England after school.

Labuschagne was part of the Grey College side of 2007 that brushed all before them. Negri was born in Zimbabwe but attended Clifton Prep in Durban before finishing his schooling career at Hilton College. Rob Herring is a SACS old-boy.

Kotaro Matsushima, fullback of Japan, was also born in South Africa. He completed his primary schooling career at Graeme College in Makhanda before he left to finish his schooling career in Japan. Another Japanese player Dylan Riley was born in Durban but his family left for Australia before he started school.

Players at the Rugby World Cup who received their schooling in South Africa: 

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Paul Roos Gimnasium and Grey College faced one another in a final for a second time in two weeks, as the age-old rivals met again in the grand finale of what has been another spectacular weekend of sevens at the Marius Schoeman u17 Sevens tournament at Paarl Gimnasium.

Unlike last weekend though, the Maroon Machine dominated the entire match as they solidified their place on top of the sevens rankings with a comprehensive 33-10 victory over their arch-nemesis.

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It took only 20 seconds for Grey College to strike when Philip Mclaren dove over for the first try of the final.

While Paul Roos only found their rhythm in the second half last weekend, Keenan Stoffels responded immediately for the Stellebosch side, breaking away to run nearly the length of the field scoring under the posts allowing his team to gain the lead after the successful conversion.

Gert Kemp then repeated the trick, scoring another beautiful long-range try.

With their tails up, Stoffels added another to give Paul Roos a 21-5 lead after four minutes.

The Bloemfontein giants are never stunned for too long though, and McLaren could relieve some of the scoreboard pressure with his second thanks to brilliant interplay by Alzeadon Felix and Pieter van der Merwe.

Kemp also completed his brace just before halftime to take the Stellenbosch side into the break with a 26-10 lead.

Though Grey did well to stem the flow of points in the second half, Stoffels needed only three minutes after the action resumed to complete his hat trick and seal the victory for his team.

Benjamin van Rensburg, Felix, Van der Merwe and Ethan Adams looked exciting for Grey, but Paul Roos simply outplayed their old rivals and removed any doubt about who the forerunners are in South African u17 sevens this year.

Samuel Badenhorst, the big Paul Roos flanker who was part of the SA u18 Sevens team that won bronze at the Commonwealth Youth games in Trinidad and Tobago earlier this year, showed that he definitely has a future in the quicker format of the game should he choose to pursue it.

Badenhorst was immense for the Stellenbosch side this weekend, along with Stoffels, Kemp, Matthew Klein, Reuben Kruger and Junaid Coetzee.

Coetzee backed up his player-of-the-tournament award from last weekend with another scintillating performance this weekend.

This weekend, Gert Kemp was honoured with the player-of-the-tournament award. Kemp is only in grade 10 this year and will be one to watch over the coming seasons.

Along with the prize money and bragging rights, the champions also earn a spot in the Championship tournament which will be held at Grey College in October, where the two sides may very well complete the trilogy if their paths are fated to cross again.

After this weekend, however, there can be no doubt that while Grey was unmatched during the regular 15-man season, Paul Roos is the top dog of u17 Sevens at the moment.

The new champions almost had their campaign cut short in the quarter-finals by the boys from Stellenberg though.

Two yellow cards for Paul Roos Gimnasium early in the first half of the Cup quarter-final allowed Stellenberg to go into the break with a 12-5 lead.

The Jade Brigade failed to capitalize on their numerical advantage in the second half though, and it was Paul Roos who scored first to draw the scores level again.

After the initial slow start, the Maroon Machine regrouped and took control of the game, scoring 21 unanswered points in the second half to win by 26-12.

They then continued with that momentum to eliminate the hosts in an epic semi-final.

Paul Roos Gimnasium took the lead early against the Paarl Gimnasium thanks to two tries by Coetzee and Stoffels.

Just like last weekend, the Stellenbosch side proved to be a great tournament team, playing their best rugby when it mattered most.

As the pressure mounted both teams lost their discipline a bit, Paarl Gimnasium was reduced to five men and Paul Roos went down to six by the end of the game. The visitors maintained their control of the game to book a rematch of last weekend’s final against Grey College with a 27-7 victory.

Paarl Boys’ High and Boland Landbou traded blows throughout their quarter-final matchup.

It looked like Lyle Lewis delivered the knockout punch with a late try for Boland, but their big local rivals managed to draw it equal in the dying moments when Ivan van Zyl burst over to send the game to sudden death.

Boishaai then finally booked their place in the penultimate round through a try by their flyer, Leevano Cupido, who has been excellent for them throughout the weekend, ending the game at 27-22.

The hard-fought battle might have taken its toll on the team from Paarl though, as Grey College ended their tournament relatively comfortably in the semis by 47-5.

Though Gimmies couldn’t defend their title at their home tournament, they will be happy to have gotten one over their big rivals, Boishaai, in the third-place playoffs, beating their neighbours by 28-15.

SACS played excellently to get to the Plate final, where they saw away with the Paarl Barbarians by 33-7.

Hoërskool Durbanville came up just short against Strand in the Bowl final. Strand beat the Durbies by 28-21.

All the results:

Pool A – Strand 52, Hoërskool Stellenbosch 0; Paarl Barbarians 21, Worcester Gimnasium 14; Worcester Gimnasium 10, Strand 7; Paarl Barbarians 38, Hoërskool Stellenbosch 0; Paarl Barbarians 21, Strand 12; Worcester Gimnasium 49, Hoërskool Stellenbosch 0.

Pool B – Paul Roos Gimnasium 50, Parel Vallei 0; Hugenote 28, Amdec Blitz 12; Paul Roos Gimnasium 25, Hugenote 0; Amdec Blitz 15, Parel Vallei 7; Hugenote 38, Parel Vallei 0; Paul Roos 46, Amdec Blitz 0.

Pool C – Paarl Gimnasium 74, Tygerberg 0; Brackenfell 19, Vooruitsig 5; Paarl Gimnasium 50, Brackenfell 0; Tygerberg 38, Vooruitsig 0; Tygerberg 19, Brackenfell 14; Paarl Gimnasium 69, Vooruitsig 0.

Pool D – Outeniqua 36, Paulus Joubert 0; Stellenberg 55, Connect Academy 7; Stellenberg 19, Outeniqua 19; Connect Academy 17, Paulus Joubert 5; Stellenberg 55, Paulus Joubert 0; Outeniqua 56, Connect Academy 0.

Pool E – Paarl Boys’ High 31, Milnerton 5; HTS Drostdy 36, Jan van Riebeeck 12; Paarl Boys’ High 29, HTS Drostdy 24; Milnerton 31, Jan van Riebeeck 12; Paarl Boys’ High 56, Jan van Riebeeck 0; Milnerton 24, HTS Drostdy 21.

Pool F – Hoërskool Durbanville 61, Hermanus 0; Oakdale 29, Forward Foundation 22; Oakdale 19, Hoërskool Durbanville 17; Forward Foundation 31, Hermanus 7; Oakdale 22, Hermanus 0; Forward Foundation 12, Hoërskool Durbanville 7.

Pool G – SACS 17, Charlie Hofmeyr 0; Boland Landbou 51, Melkbosstrand 0; SACS 19, Boland Landbou 19; Charlie Hofmeyr 29, Melkbosstrand 7; Boland Landbou 26, Charlie Hofmeyr 5; SACS 24, Melkbosstrand 0.

Pool H – St Andrews College 17, Hoërskool Bellville 17; Grey College 73, Curro Langebaan 0; Grey College 39, St Andrews College 5; Hoërskool Bellville 45, Curro Langebaan 19; Grey College 36, Hoërskool Bellville 5; Curro Langebaan 24, St Andrews College 19.

Round of 16

Strand 19, Parel Vallei 0; Amdec Blitz 28, Hoërskool Stellenbosch 7; Paulus Joubert 12, Brackenfell 7; Connect Academy 28, Vooruitsig 0; HTS Drostdy 17, Hermanus 7; Hoërskool Durbanville 19, Jan van Riebeeck 5; Charlie Hofmeyr 22, St Andrews College 10; Curro Langebaan 29, Melkbosstrand 0; Hugenote 15, Paarl Barbarians 10; Paul Roos 22, Worcester Gimnasium 7; Paarl Gimnasium 38, Outeniqua 7; Stellenberg 43, Tygerberg 5; Paarl Boys’ High 46, Forward Foundation 7; Oakdale 24, Milnerton 0; Boland Landbou 26, Hoërskool Bellville 0; Grey College 31, SACS 0.

Quarter-finals

Shield – Parel Vallei 33, Brackenfell 5; Hoërskool Stellenbosch 27, Vooruitsig 7; St Andrew’s College 27, Hermanus 5; Melkbosstrand 21, Jan van Riebeeck 12.

Bowl – Strand 38, Paulus Joubert 12; Amdec Blitz 19, Connect Academy 7; Charlie Hofmeyr 22, HTS Drostdy 12; Hoërskool Durbanville 19, Curro Langebaan 7.

Plate – Paarl Barbarians 26, Outeniqua 21; Worcester Gimnasium 17, Tygerberg 14; SACS 19, Milnerton 7; Hoërskool Bellville 27, Forward Foundation 7.

Cup – Paarl Gimnasium 40, Hugenote 12; Paul Roos 26, Stellenberg 12; Paarl Boys’ High 27, Boland Landbou 22; Grey College 26, Oakdale 14.

Semi-finals

Shield – Parel Vallei 14, Hoërskool Stellenbosch 5; St Andrews College 41, Melkbosstrand 0.
Bowl – Strand 29, Amdec Blitz 17; Hoërskool Durbanville 22, Charlie Hofmeyr 5.
Plate – Paarl Barbarians 28, Worcester Gimnasium 7; SACS 29, Hoërskool  Bellville 12.
Cup – Paul Roos 27, Paarl Gimnasium 7; Grey College 47, Paarl Boys’ High 5.

Finals

Shield – St Andrews College 17, Parel Vallei 7.
Bowl – Strand 28, Hoërskool Durbanville 21.
Plate – SACS 33, Paarl Barbarians 7.
Cup – Paul Roos 33, Grey College 12; (Third place) Paarl Gimnasium 28, Paarl Boys’ High 15.

 

Gericke Primary School from Ceres overcame all odds last night to beat Outeniqua by 12-10 in the Marius Schoeman u12 Sevens-tournament in Paarl to be crowned champions.

The u12 boys set the tone perfectly for what is a jam-packed weekend full of exciting rugby.

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In an epic finale to what had been an amazing day filled with the best barefoot rugby in the country, the Gericke boys fought doggedly to the end to upset the big boys from George.

Ruben Giliomee scored a sensational try to give his team the advantage. He was aware enough to spot the space in the backfield and after taking a penalty quickly and hoofing the ball upfield it was a foot race, which he was never going to lose.

The name should ring a bell for South African school sports lovers, his big brother, Luan Giliomee, was part of a very impressive Charlie Hofmeyr first team this year and was selected as part of the SA u18 Sevens team that earned bronze at the Commonwealth Youth Games in Trinidad and Tobago earlier in the year.

His sister, Lané, is an equally accomplished athlete, captaining the Western Province Netball team, and excelling in the 400m hurdles. She is also the deputy head girl at Charlie Hofmeyr, where young Ruben is sure to follow in his siblings’ footsteps, where both Luan and Lané were honoured as the sportsman and sportswoman of the year at the proud school in Ceres this year.

There was very little to separate the two teams throughout the match, tied at 5-all at the break, and both scoring only one additional try in the second half, the difference was the fact that Gericke scored under the post, allowing them an easy conversion, and then defended brilliantly to make life difficult for the boys from George.

When they finally got over the line they had to make do with the little bit of space left in the corner, and the conversion from the touchline was much more difficult, ultimately leaving them two points short.

Paarl Boys’ Primary beat an impressive team from Noord-Eind in the final for the Plate by 27-7, and two-time MS Sevens u12 champions, Bastion, had to settle for third place this year, after beating Durbanville in the playoffs with 24 unanswered points.

Last year’s champions, the hosts, Paarl Gimnasium, finished second best in the Bowl competition this year after they ran into the Bastion B-team and lost by 22-14.

Finally, Welgemoed took the Shield home after their 29-21 triumph over WA Joubert.

The action continues today with the u15 and u17 teams taking the field, and if the juniors were any indication of what to expect, you would not want to miss any of the games today.

All the results:

Pool A: Hugenote 17, Worcester 15; Panorama 33, Forward Foundation 14; Panorama 15, Worcester 12; Forward Foundation 14, Hugenote 12; Forward Foundation 19, Worcester 12; Panorama 29, Hugenote 17.

Pool B: Durbanville 20, Kenridge 12; Paarl Gimnasium 50, Drakenstein 5; Durbanville 10, Paarl Gimnasium 5; Kenridge 31, Drakenstein 7; Kenridge 22, Paarl Gimnasium 5; Durbanville 24, Drakenstein 10.

Pool C: Gericke 38, Hugo Rust 7; Noord-Eind 27, Durbanville II 0; Gericke 22, Noord-Eind 5; Durbanville II 17, Hugo Rust 0; Noord-Eind 31, Hugo Rust 0; Gericke 31, Durbanville II 5.

Pool D: Stellenbosch II 17, WA Joubert 10; Lochnerhof 29, Worcester II 0; Lochnerhof 27, Stellenbosch II 5; Worcester II 36, WA Joubert 19; Lochnerhof 27, WA Joubert 14; Stellenbosch II 24, Worcester 19.

Pool E: Brackenfell 27, Welgemoed 0; Outeniqua 26, Kathleen Murray 26; Outeniqua 24, Brackenfell 19; Kathleen Murray 26. Welgemoed 10; Brackenfell 24, Kathleen Murray 14; Outeniqua 38, Welgemoed 0.

Pool F: Eikestad 14, NTK RFC 12; Stellenbosch 36, Vooruitsig 5; Eikestad 52, Stellenbosch 0; NTK RFC 66, Vooruitsig 0; Eikestad 54, Vooruitsig 0; NTK RFC 35, Stellenbosch 5.

Pool G: Paarl Boys’ Primary 31, Coutrai 0; Bastion 51, Paarl Gimnasium II 0; Bastion 21, Paarl Boys’ Primary 19; Courtrai 17, Paarl Gimnasium II 5; Bastion 35, Courtrai 5; Paarl Boys’ Primary 57, Paarl Gimnasium II 0.

Pool H: Van Riebeeckstrand 31, Gordon’s Bay 0; Eversdal 28, Bastion II 5; Van Riebeeckstrand 31, Eversdal 17; Bastion II 36, Gordon’s Bay 5; Eversdal 38, Gordon’s Bay 5; Van Riebeeckstrand 45, Bation II 5.

Quarter-finals

Shield:  Drakenstein 15, Worcester 10; WA Joubert 22, Hugo Rust 21; Welgemoed 26, Vooruitsig 0; Gordon’s Bay 26, Paarl Gimnasium II 5.

Bowl: Paarl Gimnasium 19, Hugenote 12; Worcester II 26, Durbanville II 24; Kathleen Murray 19, Stellenbosch II 14; Bation II 33, Courtrai 0.

Plate: Kenridge 25, Forward Foundation 7; Noord-Eind 43, Stellenbosch 7; Brackenfell 10, NTK RFC 0; Paarl Boys’ Primary 26, Eversdal 5.

Cup: Durbanville 22, Panorama 12; Gericke 17, Lochnerhof 10; Outeniqua 17, Eikestad 12; Bastion 17, Van Riebeeckstrand 12.

Semi-finals

Shield: WA Joubert 21, Drakenstein 19; Welgemoed 22, Gordon’s Bay 19.

Bowl: Paarl Gimnasium 24, Worcester II 12; Bastion II 24, Kathleen Murray 12.

Plate: Noord-Eind 33, Kenridge 12; Paarl Boys’ Primary 35, Brackenfell 10.

Cup: Gericke 21, Durbanville 5; Outeniqua 14, Bastion 0.

Finals

Shield: Welgemoed 29, WA Joubert 21.
Bowl: Bastion II 22, Paarl Gimnasium 14.
Plate: Paarl Boys’ Primary 27, Noord-Eind 7.
Cup: Gericke 12, Outeniqua 10; (Third Place) Bastion 24, Durbanville 0.