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St Stithians College left-handed batsman Lhuan-Dre Pretorius made use of the flat winter tracks on offer and climbed into the St Andrew’s bowling as he helped himself to an excellent ton.

The stylish South African u19 batsmen reached the milestone in spectacular fashion, by dispatching a ball for six and also making it 22 runs from the 23rd over. He ended on 188 runs from 138 balls and looked like scoring the first Fasken double-century. 

The Fasken Festival has not disappointed with action-packed days as the batsmen have made good use of their times at the crease and capitalizing on drier wickets which have not offered much to the dismay of the fast bowlers. 

Liam Armstrong carried on with his magnificent form as he notched up a brilliant second hundred for the festival. The opener ended on 109 from 173 balls, demonstrating his ability to shift gears, a stark difference from his first hundred on Thursday. Ultimately putting Maritzburg College in another strong position.

A third hundred partnership with fellow opener Caleb Thomas has shown the class of these two young players and their understanding of one another’s games. Dare I say it but it will be on everyone’s minds; can they make it four from four? 

Noordheuwel struggled to keep up with Waterkloof’s speedster Tristan Luus, who bowled with pace and aggression picking up 4/10 picking up wickets at different stages of the innings; his third wicket was the crucial wicket of Dillon Potgieter, who blasted his way to 91 from 65 balls which included 10 fours and 5 sixes. 

The side from Krugersdorp found themselves batting on day one again after bowling Waterkloof out for 226 but lofted four wickets before the close of play leaving them with a 24-run lead. Alexander Volschenk picked up two wickets to leave the side struggling at 51/4.  

Jeppe’s Kai Van Aardt joined Potgieter by falling ten runs short of what would have been a well-played hundred, ending on 90 from 94 balls. Jepped batted out their 65 overs in the first innings to reach 279/7. Paul Roos found themselves losing several wickets after batters made starts but did not kick on. 

The Lions Invitational side put 317/9 on the board. St David’s bowler Morteza Manack was the standout bowler for the day picking up 4/49.

Lions all-rounder Henricus Meyer having a good day with both bat and ball. First scoring 76 from 72 balls, which was followed up with 3/46 with the ball in hand, including a big breakthrough of St David’s Matthew West. 

Spin has been a major component for teams which has allowed teams to get overs in quickly during the innings, with several notable bowling performances coming in from spinners across all of the matches. It will be interesting to see how the wickets behave on the final day as they have seen plenty of cricket over the last three days. 

Round 2 Day 1 Scores:

Jeppe High School for Boys first Innings: 279/7 from 65 overs  (Kai Van Aardt 90, Christopher Ellson 43, Extras: 14; Dian Winkel 3/67, Neil Barnard 2/40); Paul Roos first Innings: 136/6 from 41 overs (William September 49, Josh Jordan 25, Extras:3; Christopher Ellson 2/27, Sipho Potsane 2/46) Paul Roos trail by 143 runs.

Lions Invitational XI first Innings: 317/9 from 60 overs (Henricus Meyer 76, Joshua Mccoy 74, Professor Mkhwanazi 63, Extras: 13; Morteza Manack 4/49, Kabir Bhattacharjee 3/69); St David’s first Innings: 187/7 from 46 overs (Armaan Manack 55, Matthew West 43, Extras: 18; Henricus Meyer 3/46. St David’s trail by 130 runs. 

St Andrew’s College first Innings: 226/10 from 56.1 overs (Schalk Liebenberg 73, André Du Preez 36, Extras: 19; Emile Odendaal 3/32, 2/26); St Stithians College first Innings: 298/3 from 54 overs (Lhuan-Dre Pretorius 188, Richard Seletswane 85*, Extras: 9; Dakalo Leketa  2/55) St Stithians College lead by 72 runs. 

Maritzburg College first Innings: 293/5 from 65 overs (Liam Armstrong 109, Caleb Thomas 64, Bryn Brokensha 50, Extras: 18; David Ireland 2/58); St John’s College first Innings: 174/3 from 51 overs (Joe Macrobert 61*, Nkosana B Sibiya 45, Extras: 15; Oliver Dacosta 2/17) St John’s trail by 119 runs. 

Hoërskool Noordheuwel first Innings: 199/10 from 36.4 overs (Dillon Potgieter 91, Brandon Pieters 30*, Extras: 18; Tristan Luus 4/10, 2/45); Hoërskool Waterkloof first Innings: 226/10 from 43.5 overs (Beukes Van Den Berg 80, Marcus Bakker 36, Extras: 19; Gomolemo Sibi 3/50, Corne Botha 2/26); Hoërskool Noordheuwel second Innings: 51/4 from 14 overs (Ruan Strauss 14*, Tidi Moeketsane 12*, Extras:10; Alexander Volschenk 2/6) Hoërskool Noordheuwel lead by 24 runs.

 

The Fasken Festival was another huge success this year, just showing that there is still room for more traditional formats to be played at school boy level and that red ball cricket remains the pinnacle for any young player coming through the ranks. 

Lhuan-Dre Pretorius was named Player of the Festival for his impressive all round performances over the past four days. Bowler of the Festival went to Jeppes’ Sipho Potsane  and Maritzburg College’s Caleb Thomas was named Batter of the Festival. 

Saints number four Richard Seletswane scored a brilliant 108, to help extend the lead that already stood overnight. 

With St Andrew’s staring down the barrel of a 155-run deficit, it was always going to be tough, but cometh the hour and yesterday’s hero with the bat Lhuan-Dre Pretorius showed his allround class, as he picked up 5/53 adding to his impressive 188 not out. 

With only 51 runs needed to win the St Stithians top order made lightwork of the chase, ticking over the score to win by 9 wickets within 7.3 overs. 

St John’s pushed hard for a well fought victory over Maritzburg College, winning by 3 wickets. Joe MacRobert converted his start into a 110 from 134 balls, which helped reduce the deficit to 49 runs. 

However it was the bowlers that set-up the side on the path to victory, bowling out arguably one of the most inform top order batting line-ups in the festival. With inform openers falling early, captain Alec Loveland picked up 6/30 reducing Maritzburg to 118 all out, giving them a total of 167 to chase.

Macrobert started where he left off and scored 70 not out to see his side home for a very well played win, giving his side their second victory of the tournament.

Waterkloof finished on a high-note cruising to a 9 wicket win over Noordheuwel. Marcus Bakker bagged himself five sticks in the second innings to walk away with figures of 5/20 which helped set-up a small chase for the side from Pretoria. The all-rounder then scored at a strike-rate of 236.84, to help chase down the 77 runs which were needed. His knock didn’t include much running as scored 44 of his runs in boundaries. 

Spinner Dian Winkel and opener Riley Norton bowled well for Paul Roos, picking up 4 wickets each in the second innings against Jeppe reducing them to 113 all out. This left the side from Stellenbosch with a 214 to chase, but none of the batsmen were able to get away, as Jeppe’s frontline spinner Sipho Potsane bowled with control and precision, picking up figures of 6/63 in the first innings and 3/46, which ended as the festivals best overall bowling figures in any of the matches. 

The Lions Invitational XI put in a big performance in the second innings with Kyle Swanepoel notching up 103 not out from 95 balls, and partnered well with Professor Mkhwanazi who scored 75 not out from 80 balls. 

Having declared it was all down to the bowlers, with the match going down to the wire. The side made up of boys from across Gauteng reduced St Davids to 184/9 with time quickly running out. Mashudu Khangala  was the chief destroyer picking up 4/29, narrowly missing out on a fiver, with the match. 

King Edaward VII, showed their aggressive nature with skipper declaring late on the first day leaving a slight deficit for his team and hoping to give his side a chance to bowl out Clifton cheaply on the second day. However this risk didn’t pay-off as Clifton College piled on the runs scoring 306/7 from 64.4 overs before sending in the opposition after a declaration. Cohen Naidoo scored 66 runs and Rivan Moodley scored 60 runs, while the other batsmen chipped in. 

Callum Ritchie took 5/61 for KES, bowling with discipline and guise as he tried to make use of an aging wicket. The KES batsmen came out all guns blazing with Michael Holmes scoring a quick fire 47, along with Zieg Roos scoring 50 runs from 32 balls. This was not enough as there were just too many runs on the board to enforce a victory, thus the match played out to a draw. 

Summarised Scorecards:

St Andrew’s College first innings: 226/10 from 56.1 overs (Schalk Liebenberg 73, André Du Preez 36, Extras: 19; Emile Odendaal 3/32, 2/26); St Stithians College first innings: 381/6 from 54 overs (Lhuan-Dre Pretorius 188, Richard Seletswane 108, Extras: 10; Dakalo Leketa  2/57); St Andrew’s College second innings: 206/10 from 39.5 overs (André Du Preez 82, Johan Liebenberg 26*, Extras: 15; Lhuan-Dre Pretorius 5/53, Pranav Raichetti 3/39); St Stithians College second innings: 52/1 from 7.3 overs (Pranav Raichetti 21*, Extras:5; Andrew Sobiech 1/12). St Stithians College won by nine wickets.

Maritzburg College first innings: 293/5 from 65 overs (Liam Armstrong 109, Caleb Thomas 64, Bryn Brokensha 50; David Ireland 2/58); St John’s College first innings: 244/10 from 62.3 overs (Joe MacRobert 110, Nkosana Sibiya 45; Oliver Dacosta 2/17); Maritzburg College second innings: 118/10 from 39.1 overs (Caleb Thomas 38, Extras:8; Alec Loveland 6/30, Malan Du Plessis 2/27); St John’s College second innings: 168/7 from 39.2 overs (Joe MacRobert 70*, Cole Francis 33; Chad Mason 4/46, Sphamandla Dzanibe 2/14). St John’s College won by three wickets. 

Hoërskool Noordheuwel first innings: 199/10 from 36.4 overs (Dillon Potgieter 91, Brandon Pieters 30*; Tristan Luus 4/10); Hoërskool Waterkloof first innings: 226/10 from 43.5 overs (Beukes Van Den Berg 80, Marcus Bakker 36; Gomolemo Sibi 3/50, Corne Botha 2/26); Hoërskool Noordheuwel second innings: 102/10 from 14 overs (Ruan Strauss 43; Marcus Bakker 5/20, Alexander Volschenk 3/9); Hoërskool Waterkloof second innings: 78/1 from 8.3 overs (Marcus Bakker 45, Stephen Stoltz 20*; JJ Basson 1/14). Hoërskool Waterkloof won by nine wickets. 

Jeppe High School for Boys first innings: 279/7 from 65 overs (Kai Van Aardt 90, Christopher Ellson 43, Extras: 14; Dian Winkel 3/67, Neil Barnard 2/40); Paul Roos Gimnasium first innings: 178/10 from 41 overs (William September 49, Josh Jordan 25; Sipho Potsane 6/63, Christopher Ellson 2/27); Jeppe High School for Boys second innings: 113/10 from 41.4 overs (Munib Ayob 20; Dian Winkel 4/20, Riley Norton 4/33); Paul Roos Gimnasium second innings: 152/6 from 48 overs (Liam Basson 43*, William September 29; Sipho Potsane 3/42). Match Drawn.

Lions Invitational XI first innings: 317/9 from 60 overs (Henricus Meyer 76, Joshua Mccoy 74, Professor Mkhwanazi 63, Extras: 13; Morteza Manack 4/49, Kabir Bhattacharjee 3/69); St David’s Marist first innings: 223/10 from 55.2 overs (Armaan Manack 55, Matthew West 43; Henricus Meyer 3/46, Mashudu Khangala 2/28) Lions Invitational XI second innings: 229/3 from 37 overs (Kyle Swanepoel 103*, Professor Mkhwanazi 75*; Jordan Abraham 1/35); St David’s Marist second innings: 184/9 from 57 overs (Gomolemo Phiri 78*, Matthew West 31, Extras: 24; Mashudu Khangala 4/29, Juan Minnaar 3/52). Match Drawn.

Clifton first innings 248/6 (Tim Saulez 95, Jayden Roux 87, Extras: 30; Kirstin Sabela 2/11, Michael Holmes 2/20); King Edward VII first innings: 217/4d (Callum Ritchie 84, Tiaan Goosen 47; Shahzaad Perumal 2/92); Clifton second innings 306/7 from 64.4 overs (Cohen Naidoo 66*, Rivan Moodley 60, Extras: 27; Callum Ritchie 5/61, Cameron Byrne 1/21); King Edward VII second innings: 243/5 from 49 overs (Eric Southey 52, Zieg Roos 50; Shahzaad Perumal 3/75). Match Drawn.

Na twee dae van opwindende sewesrugby in Virginia ter viering van Hentie Cilliers se 70ste bestaansjaar by die Hentiesfees het Welkom Gimnasium met die louere weggestap nadat hulle die tuisspan met 12-5 in die eindstryd kon troef.

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Die Gimmies het vir Goudveld in die halfeindronde uitgeskakel met 19-0, terwyl Hentie Cilliers naelskraaps met 21-19 teen Hoërskool Trio kon verby kom.

Dit is nog ‘n trofee vir die skool van Welkom om hierdie jaar in hul kabinet uit te stal, die Gimmies het ook die Griffon- en Kovsie-ligas verower hierdie seisoen.

Voortrekker, uit Bethlehem, kon slegs die Vrydag meemaak. Die Trekkers sou definitief ook kon aanspraak maak op die titel, aangesien albei hul spanne op die eerste dag onoorwonne kon bly.

Witteberg se eerstespan  het by die Prestige Skole o.17s Sewestoernooi in Potchefstroom oor die naweek deelgeneem, terwyl ‘n tweede span hulle in Virginia verteenwoordig het.

Die tuisspan het hulself uitstekend van hul taak gekwyt om dit tot in die eindstryd te maak, en hulle kan trots wees op hul vertoning teen van die sterkste spanne in die streek, Henties het natuurlik ‘n geskiedenis van uitblink in die vinniger weergawe van die spel en hulle is altyd ‘n opwindende span om te volg.

By die o.15s was dit ook die Kovsiesteekkompetisie se Shimla-liga kampioene wat uitgeblink het, met Voortrekker wat hul drie groepswedstryde op Vrydag kon domineer.

Hulle het vir Welkom Gimnasium en Hoërskool Trio pakslae gegee, voordat hulle ook vir Witteberg met 33-5 kon wegsien.

Witteberg se o.15s is Saterdag as die kampioene gekroon na ‘n 19-12 sege oor Goudveld in die eindstryd.

Die uitslae:

o.17:

Groepwedstryde: Hentie Cilliers 43, Witteberg 0; Goudveld 19, Welkom Gimnasium II 7; Voortrekker 40, Hoërskool Trio 0; Welkom Gimnasium 33, Hoërskool Trio 5; Welkom Gimnasium II 34, Witteberg 5; Voortrekker 33, Wessel Maree 0;  Hentie Cilliers 17, Goudveld 14; Voortrekker 17, Welkom Gimnasium 12; Hentie Cilliers 12, Welkom Gimnasium II 10; Goudveld 31, Witteberg 0; Hoërskool Trio 36, Wessel Maree 5; Welkom Gimnasium 33, Wessel Maree 0.

Uitspeelrondes: Eindstryd – Welkom Gimnasium 12, Hentie Cilliers 5; Derde plek – Hoërskool Trio 17, Goudveld 14; 5e/6e – Welkom Gimnasium II 21, Witteberg 12; 7e/8e – Hentie Cilliers II 34, Wessel Maree 0; Halfeindronde – Welkom Gimnasium 19, Goudveld 0; Hentie Cilliers 21, Hoërskool Trio 19; Witteberg 12, Wessel Maree 0; Welkom Gimnasium II 26, Hentie Cilliers II 7.

o.15: 

Groepwedstryde: Hoërskool Trio 14, Hentie Cilliers 5; Voortrekker 47, Welkom Gimnasium 0; Witteberg 31, Hoërskool Trio 12; Hentie Cilliers 19, Welkom Gimnasium 7; Voortrekker 45, Hoërskool Trio 0; Witteberg 31, Goudveld 21; Goudveld 12, Hentie Cilliers 7; Voortrekker 33, Witteberg 5; Goudveld 26, Welkom Gimnasium 12; Witteberg 26, Hentie Cilliers 0; Welkom Gimnasium 14, Hoërskool Trio 12; Witteberg 26, Welkom Gimnasium 5; Goudveld 31, Hoërskool Trio 24.

Uitspeelrondes: Eindstryd – Witteberg 19, Goudveld 12; Derde plek – Hentie Cilliers 33, Hoërskool Trio 7; Halfeindronde – Witteberg 21, Hentie Cilliers 12; Goudveld 31, Hoërskool Trio 17.

Paul Roos Gimnasium pulled off a stunning comeback for a 22-19 victory against their arch nemesis, Grey College, in the final match of the highly entertaining NWU Prestige Schools u17 Sevens tournament at the Fanie du Toit stadium in Potchefstroom.

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The mighty team from Bloemfontein stormed through the group stages and knockout rounds, but their fierce rivals from Stellenbosch produced an exceptional second-half performance to claim the inaugural title, scoring 22 unanswered points after the break.

The team from Stellenbosch saved their strongest performance of the day for the last seven minutes of the final match, in which they scored four tries against the Bloemfontein giants.

Gert Kemp, Samuel Badenhorst, Matthew Kleyn and Junaid Coetzee all starred for Paul Roos in their campaign to win the bragging rights and the lucrative R100 000 grand prize for Paul Roos in the first of what is set to become a highlight on the school sevens calendar.

All four of these players were selected as part of the “Dream Team” after the tournament for their contributions throughout the day, with Coetzee being singled out as the Player-of-the-Tournament.

Badenhorst was also 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.

They did well to regroup after losing against Garsfontein by 31-28 early on and failing to find a winner in their 7-all draw against Noordheuwel.

The Maroon Machine cut Waterkloof’s campaign short in the quarter-final with a 19-5 victory, before they proved a step too far for Monument in the semi-final by 31-0.

Monument exceeded all expectations by claiming the third-place position after beating a strong Boland Landbou outfit by 27-19 in the penultimate match of the day after they also got the better of the boys from Paarl by 21-17 in the group stages.

The Monnas boys shocked everyone in the quarter-finals by taking out one of the favourites, Hoërskool Outeniqua from George, by 19-14.

In the battle for fifth place, the Kwaggas redeemed themselves with a strong second-half performance to come back from a 10-0 deficit to beat Garsfontein 17-10 after losing to them by 32-7 in the group stages.

Garsfontein and Grey College were the only two teams to beat the Kwagga first teams this season as they celebrated their centenary year, so the boys from George will have enjoyed getting one back over their rivals from the North.

Garsfontein was also one of the favourites coming into the tournament, and they showed why by beating the eventual champions in their first match, but they fell apart against Boland Landbou in the second half of the quarter-finals, losing by 41-17 after they were tied at 12-all after the first seven minutes.

Grey College’s Alzeadon Felix was selected as the “Best stepper” at the event, while his SA Schools A centre, Pieter van der Merwe, was rewarded with the “biggest hit” of the tournament.

With some of the best teams in the country competing at the first instalment of this event, it was a day filled with top-quality sevens rugby that is sure to become a highlight on the rugby calendar in the coming years.

The Dream Team:

Gert Kemp (Paul Roos), Pieter van der Merwe (Grey College), Geoffrey French (Monument), Alzeadon Felix (Grey College), Retagen van Rooi (Boland Landbou), Samuel Badenhorst (Paul Roos), Phillip McLaren (Grey College), Ruan Viviers (Boland Landbou), Matthew Kleyn (Paul Roos), Junaid Coetzee (Paul Roos), Keenan Jantjies (Outeniqua), Rewan van Aswegen (Waterkloof).

4 Paul Roos Gimnasium | 3 Grey College | 2 Boland Landbou | 1 Monument | 1 Outeniqua | 1 Waterkloof

All the Results:

Round Robin

Grey College 31, Waterkloof 0; Paul Roos Gimnasium 7, Noordheuwel 7; Monument 22, Merensky 12; Garsfontein 24, Witteberg 12; Durban High School 28, Outeniqua 14; Boland Landbou 35, Rustenburg 7; Garsfontein 31, Paul Roos Gimnasium 28; Grey College 41, Monument 14; Merensky 29, Rustenburg 19; Durban High School 28, Witteberg 17; Outeniqua 24, Noordheuwel 22; Boland Landbou 29, Waterkloof 7; Paul Roos Gimnasium 32, Durban High School 14; Grey College 33, Rustenburg 10; Waterkloof 55, Merensky 19; Noordheuwel 28, Witteberg 22; Garsfontein 32, Outeniqua 7; Monument 21, Boland Landbou 17.

Quarterfinals

Paul Roos Gimnasium 19 (12), Waterkloof 5 (0); Grey College 39 (19), Durban High School 19 (14); Boland Landbou 41 (12), Garsfontein 17 (12); Monument 19 (7), Outeniqua 14 (7).

Semi-Finals 

Paul Roos Gimnasium 31 (17), Monument 0; Grey College 22 (12), Boland Landbou 17 (10).

Final 

Paul Roos 22 (0), Grey College 19 (19).

Playoffs

3/4 – Monument 27 (12), Boland Landbou 19 (14); 5/6 – Outeniqua 17 (0), Garsfontein 10 (10); 7/8 – Durban High School 28 (14), Waterkloof 19 (14); 9/10 – Noordheuwel 19 (14), Rustenburg 14 (0); 11/12 – Merensky Landbou Akademie 24 (17), Witteberg 12 (5).

 

 

 

After a weekend of action-packed sevens rugby in George, Grey High from Gqerbeha emerged victorious with a dominant 29-0 display in the final against Strand.

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Despite an early, unexpected loss to George High by 17-12 early on, the Grey High team regrouped to see out the rest of the tournament, beating Hoërskool Punt (26-5) and Bridgeton (38-14) in the group stages, they qualified for the knockout rounds in which they didn’t concede a single point.

Grey beat Marlow Landbou in the semi-finals by 20-0 before flexing their muscles against Strand to bring an end to an exhilarating tournament.

The host’s honour was defended by two invitational teams while their first stringers were competing at the NWU Prestige Schools Sevens tournament in Potchefstroom.

The Outeniqua Invitational team did well to progress all the way to the Plate final, but Montagu was a step too far and after a thrilling match, a late score by Montagu secured the 21-15 victory for the visitors.

The other Outeniqua team competing at the tournament also made it all the way to the Bowl final where they faced Bridgeton.

Bridgeton won by 40-10 to be crowned Bowl champions, while York was named the Shield winners after a 5-all draw against Union in the final.

As per the competition rules, in the event of a draw, the team that scored first gets the victory.

Though they did not make the finals, George High will take pride in being the only team to beat Grey High over the weekend.

Raymondre Samson delivered a spectacular performance in that game for George that earned him the Player-of-the-Match award.

Results:

Pool A: Outeniqua Invitational 38, Union 0; Outeniqua Invitational 10, Sao Bras 5; Sao Bras 47, Union 0.

Pool B: Marlow Landbou 31, Montagu 19; Marlow Landbou 45, York 5; Montagu 50, York 5.

Pool C: George High 17, Grey High School 12; Grey High School 38, Bridgeton 14; Bridgeton 24, George High 21.

Pool D: Hoërskool Punt 40, Kwagga Invitational 12; Strand 14, Hoërskool Punt 12; Strand 29, Kwagga Invitational 7.

Cross Pool: Sao Bras 39, York 0; Strand 38, Bridgeton 14; Montagu 33, Union 5; George High 26, Kwagga Invitational 10; Marlow Landbou 10, Outeniqua Invitational 5; Grey High School 26, Hoërskool Punt 5.

Semi-Finals 

Bowl: Bridgeton 40, York 12; Kwagga Invitational 10, Union 5.
Plate: Montagu 24, George High 10; Outeniqua Invitational 17, Hoërskool Punt 5.
Cup: Grey High School 20, Marlow Landbou 0; Strand 24, Sao Bras 21.

Finals

Shield: York 5, Union 5 (York scored first).
Bowl: Bridgeton 40, Kwagga Invitational 10.
Plate: Montagu 21, Outeniqua Invitational 15.
Cup: Grey High School 29, Strand 0.

JOHANNESBURG. – Highlands Park have seven more games left in the season and it is all in their hands to ensure they wrap-up what would be a momentous achievement for the club should they win this year’s Gauteng Development League U19 division.

Week-in-week-out, Highlands Park keep finding ways to come out on the winning side of some tough fixtures, and this past weekend was no different for the Balfour-Park based outfit.

This past weekend, they took on seventh-placed TS Galaxy and were given a run for their money.

It was a closely contested game at the ETS Stadium in Roodepoort, but just like any successful team, Highlands Park walked away with a one-nil victory, stealing a crucial three points from the home team.

This coming weekend, the log-leaders take on Siluma 7, a team that is placed 11^th in the log-standings.

Siluma 7 have won three of their last five games and coming from a 3-2 victory over Kagiso Porto Academy this past weekend, they sure will pose a threat to the log-leaders.

Furthermore, Mamelodi Sundowns are not too far off in the heated chase to finish top of the log-standings; eight points behind the log-leaders with a game in hand, the ‘Brazilians’ have it within reach to finish on top, they only need to play their cards right.

Faced with an incredibly tough opponent in Supersport United this past weekend, Sundowns did a commendable job to win the Tshwane derby on Sunday afternoon, and as well all know,  grabbing three points against Supersport United is an achievement of note.

Sitting second on the log, every fixture is now an important fixture for Sundowns as only seven rounds of fixtures remain in the season.

To further make a case for themselves, the ‘Brazilians’ will square off agaainst Prestige Football Development Academy this coming Saturday before facing bottom placed Joburg City the following weekend.

For School of Excellence who’re placed third in the league, Kaizer Chiefs at fourth and Randburg at fifth place, any chances of winning the league would require a massive turnaround and a number of results to go their way.

Nonetheless, the three teams have fought long and hard all year to find themselves in top five in what is the ‘Best Development League in Africa’.

GDL Fixtures 9 September 2023:

Panaroma FC	Joburg City
Mamelodi Sundowns	Prestige Football Development Academy
Kathorus Hyper Academy	Randburg AFC
Kaizer Chiefs	Remember Elite Sports Academy FC
Kagiso Porto Academy	Rosina Sedibane Modiba Sports School
Jomo Cosmos	School of Excellence
Highlands Park	Siluma 7
Wits Junior	Supersport United
Tuks	TS Galaxy

 

 

Cape Town Roses and Stellenbosch FC will have an opportunity to represent Cape Town at the Champion of Champions of the Engen Knockout Challenge. 

Cape Town Roses u20 ladies successfully defended their crown following a 2-0 victory over RV United Women’s Football Club as they brought the trophy home and secured a place for them to compete in the Engen Champs of Champs against other teams in the country. 

Cape Town Roses convincingly defeated Salt River Blackpool FC by 2-1 in order to place themselves in the final of the competition. Their counterparts RV United Women’s Football Club defeated Dangerous Heroes by 4-2 on penalties after both teams held each other by 1-1. 

Dangerous Heroes went to settle for the third place as they thumped Salt River Blackpool FC by 5-2. 

Coach Madikane of Cape Town Roses spoke about the importance of resilience after a tough competition that had the strongest teams in the region. He highly commanded the players to hang in there, by showing strength and pulling a strong fight until the last minute.

Boys Competition, u18 

Stellenbosch Football Academy’s run to glory had to be concluded on penalties as they showed how impressive they were in penalties by knocking out Cape Town Spurs in the semi-finals. They went on to do the same in the final defeating UBuntu FC in the penalties to win the Cape Town Engen Knockout Challenge. 

UBuntu FC’s road to the final saw them playing against Rygersdal FC who they defeated by 2-1 to secure a place in the final. 

After a goalless final, with both teams failing to score a goal, Stellenbosch saw themselves going into the penalties once again. Ubuntu failing to convert their penalties, they saw themselves losing out on the gold by 5-3 in favour of Stellenbosch FC. 

Tylon Smith of Stellenbosch Football Academy had a fantastic tournament as he picked up a personal accolade as the defender of the tournament at this year’s Engen knockout tournament. 

The annual Kalahari sevens tournament for u17 and u15 teams took place over the weekend in Kuruman.

After a weekend filled with exciting sevens action, there was nothing to separate Diamantveld and Hoërskool Upington in the final match, and they were crowned joint champions after a 19-all draw.

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Diamantveld and Hoërskool Upington both performed extremely well throughout the event, emerging as the only two unbeaten u17 teams.

There was a point during the final where it looked like Uppies boys might run away with it, but the Diamonds fought back valiantly and a try in the final moments secured the draw.

Ultimately, it seems a fair result, seeing as both of these teams stood out among the rest.

Hoërskool Upington had to get by the hosts in the semi-final, beating Kalahari by 33-25 while the Diamonds prevented an all Upington final by beating the Uppies’ second team by 43-12 in the semis.

Curro Kathu claimed the Plate in a thrilling 14-12 victory over their regional rivals, Postmasburg while their neighbours, Hoërskool Kathu secured the Shield with a 24-21 triumph over Hotazel.

While Duineveld didn’t send a senior team to this competition, their u15s impressed over the weekend and returned home with the u15 Cup after seeing away with Hoërskool Upington in the final.

All the results: 

u17:

Group stage

Pool A: Kalahari 31, Postmasburg 5; Kalahari 31, Vaalharts 7; Postmasburg 66, Blinkklip 0; Kalahari 24, Hoërskool Upington II 10; Postmasburg 17, Vaalharts 5; Kalahari 57, Blinkklip 12; Hoërskool Upington II 24, Vaalharts 21; Hoërskool Upington II 25, Postmasburg 17; Vaalharts 60, Blinkklip 0.

Pool B: Diamantveld 20, Nababeeb 0; Hotazel 20, Nababeeb 0; Curro Kathu 26, Hotazel 0; Diamantveld 47, Kalahari III 5; Diamantveld 25, Hotazel 0; Kalahari III 20, Nababeeb 0; Diamantveld 38, Curro Kathu 5; Curro Kathu 20, Nababeeb 0; Hotazel 14, Kalahari III 0.

Pool C: Hoërskool Upington 26, Hoërskool Kathu 5; Kalahari II 19, Postmasburg II 14; Hoërskool Upington 50, HMO 5; Kalahari II 20, Hoërskool Kathu 19; Hoërskool Upington 32, Postmasburg II 0; HMO 12, Hoërskool Kathu 7; Hoërskool Upington 40, Kalahari II 12; HMO 25, Postmasburg II 0; Hoërskool Kathu 50, Postmasburg II 0; Kalahari II 19, HMO 19.

Semi-finals

Cup: Hoërskool Upington 33, Kalahari 25; Diamantveld 43, Hoërskool Upington II 12.
Plate: Curro Kathu 33, Kalahari II 7; Postmasburg 24, HMO 12.
Shield: Hoërskool Kathu 35, Kalahari III 7; Hotazel 21, Vaalharts 17.

Finals

Cup: Diamantveld 19, Hoërskool Upington 19.
Plate: Curro Kathu 14, Postmasburg 12.
Shield: Hoërskool Kathu 24, Hotazel 21.

u15:

Group stage

Pool A: Kalahari 33, Postmasburg 0; Curro Kathu 44, Daniëlskuil 0; Kalahari 39, Blinkklip 0; Curro Kathu 38, Postmasburg 12; Kalahari 24, Daniëlskuil 19; Postmasburg 42, Blinkklip 0; Kalahari 19, Curro Kathu 14; Daniëlskuil 45, Blinkklip 0; Postmasburg 24, Daniëlskuil 17; Curro Kathu 20, Blinkklip 0.

Pool B: Duineveld 38, Hoërskool Kathu 0; Hotazel 19, Vaalharts 12; Hoërskool Kathu 24, Hotazel 21; Dioneveld 57, Hoërskool Upington II 5; Duineveld 40, Vaalharts 26; Hoërskool Kathu 40, Hoërskool Upington II 12; Duineveld 38, Hotazel 12; Vaalharts 30, Hoërskool Upington II 17; Hoërskool Kathu 24, Vaalharts 7.

Pool C: Hoërskool Upington 35, Duineveld II 12; Diamantveld 38, HMO 0; Hoërskool Upington 20, Kalahari II 0; Duineveld II 26, HMO 0; Hoërskool Upington 36, Diamantveld 5; Duineveld II 20, Kalahari II 0; Hoërskool Upington 43, HMO 5; Diamantveld 20, Kalahari II 0; Diamantveld 55, Duineveld II 10; HMO 20, Kalahari II 0.

Semi-finals

Cup: Hoërskool Upington 33, Kalahari 5; Duineveld 40, Hoërskool Kathu 12.
Plate: Diamantveld 50, Duineveld II 17; Curro Kathu 19, Postmasburg 17.
Shield: Hoërskool Upington II 38, Hotazel 7; Vaalharts 24, Daniëlskuil 21.

Finals

Cup: Duineveld 34, Hoërskool Upington 10.
Plate: Diamantveld 40, Curro Kathu 12.
Shield: Hoërskool Upington II 38, Vaalharts 10.

Affies het verlede naweek hul spiere gebult by die Sutherland o.17 sewestoernooi.

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Affies kon hul buurskool, Pretoria Boys’ High, in die eindstryd weg sien om ‘n dominante naweek met ‘n trofee af te sluit.

Die Witbulle se tweedespan het ook baie goed vertoon en ‘n die derde plek verdien. Hul enigste nederlaag was in die halfeindronde teen hul die eerstespan.

Theunz Maritz en Khumo Manakana ontvang in die twee laaste wedstryde vir die Affies-spanne die onderskeie Speler-van-die-Wedstryd toekenings vir hul bydrae.

Menlopark het ook baie indrukwekkend gelyk en kon die Plaat-titel verower nadat hulle teen ‘n jong Oos-Moot span met 26-19 kon seëvier.

Uitslae:

Groep A: Affies 52, Sutherland 7; Rooikatte 24, Talent45 7; Affies 66, Rooikatte 0; Menlopark 45, Centurion 0; Rooikatte 24, Sutherland 17; Affies 58, Talent45 0.

Groep B: Zayo Academy 24, Centurion 14; Zayo Academy 14, Overkruin 12.

Groep C: HTS John Vorster 52, Oos-Moot 0; Wonderboom 17, HTS John Vorster 10; Zwartkop 21, HTS John Vorster 7; Oos-Moot 55, Wonderboom 5.

Groep D: Pretoria Boys’ High 48, Gerrit Maritz 5; Eldoraigne 24, Curro Hazeldean 12; Pretoria Boys’ High 33, Amberfield 7; Pretoria Boys’ High 35, Eldoraigne 7; Eldoraigne 43, Gerrit Maritz 0.

Groep E: Pretoria-Noord 33, Amberfield 7; Affies II 57, Amberfield 7; Pretoria-Noord 21, Montana 10; Affies II 52, Montana 0; Affies II 22, Pretoria-Noord 12.

Kwarteindronde: 

Beker: Affies 26, Menlopark 10; Affies II 26, Pretoria-Noord 10; Pretoria Boys’ High 22, Oos-Moot 10; Zwartkop 26, Eldoraigne 15.

Halfeindronde:

Beker: Affies 34, Affies II 17; Pretoria Boys’ High 14, Zwartkop 5.
Plaat: Menlopark 56, Pretoria-Noord 0; Oos-Moot 22, Eldoraigne 17.

Eindstryd:

Beker: Affies 33, Pretoria Boys’ High 17.
3/4 Affies II 26, Zwartkop 20.
Plaat: Menlopark 26, Oos-Moot 19.

Paarl Boys’ High are the First Choice Invitational high school sevens champions after seeing away with the competition over the weekend at Nico Malan in Humansdorp.

Boishaai met an invitational team from Grey College in the final, winning the fourth instalment of the annual contest by 24-7 to claim the bragging rights and R15 000 grand prize.

They are the only team to see out the tournament without a loss after beating Humansdorp Secondary (38-7), Kearsney College (24-12) and Brandwag (15-7) in the group stage before eliminating Framesby in the quarter-finals by 36-7.

The boys from Paarl faced their biggest challenge of the day in the semi-final, where they had to work hard to get by Oakdale in a 14-12 thriller.

Paarl Boys’ High reigned supreme at this event in 2019 as well, but last year they had to bow out against St Andrews College in the final, losing by 26-12.

Grey College’s first stringers were in action in Potchefstroom at the NWU Prestige Schools u17 sevens tournament, where they also made it to the final, losing out to Paul Roos by 22-19.

Nico Malan are the Plate division champions after beating Grens by 52-0 in the semis before seeing away with Kearsney College in the final by 31-5.

With the sevens tournaments picking up steam across the country, this event remains a highlight on the Eastern Cape rugby calendar.

Results:

Pool A:  Paarl Boys’ High 38, Humansdorp Secondary 7; Brandwag 5, Kearsney 5; Paarl Boys’ High 24, Kearsney 12; Brandwag 28, Humansdorp Seconday 0; Paarl Boys’ High 15, Brandwag 7; Kearsney 29, Humansdorp Secondary 27.

Pool B: Grey College Invitational 46, Grens 7; Framesby 28, Graeme College 0; Grey College Invitational 24, Framesby 5; Grens 28, Graeme College 0; Grey College Invitational 33, Graeme College 5; Framesby 24, Grens 21.

Pool C: Kirkwood 19, Nico Malan 15; Oakdale 48, Despatch 5; Oakdale 31, Nico Malan 12; Kirkwood 17, Despatch 12; Nico Malan 22, Despatch 19; Oakdale 38, Kirkwood 12.

Pool D: St Andrews 28, Daniel Pienaar 14; Noord-Kaap 29, PE Invitational 21; Noord-Kaap 19, St Andrews 14; PE Invitational 26, Daniel Pienaar 26; St Andrews 29, PE Invitational 5; Daniel Pienaar 17, Noord-Kaap 14.

Quarterfinals:

Cup: Paarl Boys’ High 36, Framesby 7; Grey College Invitational 32, Brandwag 12; Oakdale 31, St Andrews 5; Noord-Kaap 22, Kirkwood 14.

Semi-finals:

Cup: Paarl Boys’ High 14, Oakdale 12; Grey College Invitational 29, Noord-Kaap 12.
Plate: Kearsney 21, Daniel Pienaar 19; Nico Malan 52, Grens 0.

Finals:

Cup: Paarl Boys’ High 24, Grey College Invitational 7.
Plate Nico Malan 31, Kearsney 5.