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Seeing runs flow early in the season makes one very excited about what the schools’ cricket season has in store for the remainder of 2024.

Relive all the action on SuperSport Schools – (www.supersportschools.com)

On Sunday, Hoërskool Garsfontein kicked off their Titans League challenge with a hugely impressive victory over Prestige College in Hammanskraal.

The Ysbere powered their way to a mammoth 296/6 in their 50 overs. What made their effort impressive, however, was the fact that the side from Pretoria didn’t register a century, which meant all of their batsmen contributed significantly.

Charl van Staden led the way. Batting at five, he played a nicely paced, mature innings, finishing with 83 runs from just 78 deliveries, which included smashing seven fours and two sixes. Righardt Joubert provided strong support, making an unbeaten 48 runs in a 113-run partnership between the pair.

Their success would not have been possible, however, without Ettienne du Toit, who laid a sound platform for Garsfontein with an innings of 61 runs, which came from only 54 balls. He, too, found the boundary regularly, blasting six fours and two sixes.

Then, Eckardt Struwig capped off a wonderful all-round performance from the Ysbere with a superb bowling performance. He benefitted from a good foundation, which was laid by the Garsies’ opening bowlers, Stefan van Staden (3/26) and Nayleo Sanna (2/25), who shared five wickets between them. Struwig captured the remaining five wickets for only 12 runs and, for good measure, also claimed a hattrick as Garsfontein cruised to an emphatic 207-run victory.

Hoërskool Waterkloof passed their first big test in the league with flying colours. The Klofies put in an impressive shift with the willow to beat their old rivals, Hoërskool Menlopark, by seven wickets.

This time around it was Marcus Bakker‘s turn to take charge. The all-rounder’s experience shone through as he expertly made his way to an unbeaten 106 runs from 100 balls.

Rico van der Walt ensured the scoreboard kept ticking, contributing 55 runs in a 101-run partnership with Bakker. Riley Miller then wasted no time in seeing Waterkloof to victory as he smashed five sixes in an unbeaten 46.

With Menlopark winning the toss and electing to bat first, it came as no surprise that SA u19 opening batsman, Steve Stolk, led the way for visitors. He looked dangerous, cracking 63 runs from just 40 balls, which included seven fours and four sixes.

Matt van der Westhuizen (42) and Morné Koekemoer (40) provided good support as the Parkies’ put up a decent first innings score. Unfortunately for them, though, it wasn’t enough to faze the extremely experienced and classy Klofie lineup, which chased down the 251 they required for victory in the 39th over.

Summarised scorecards:

Garsfontein 296/6 (Charl van Staden 83, Ettienne du Toit 61, Righardt Joubert 48*, Extras 29, Wikus du Preez 27, Jared Carr 26; Koketso Jonas 2/57). Prestige College 89 (Thabang Kutumela 26, Keamogetswe Semenya 20; Eckard Struwig 5/12, Stefan van Staden 3/26, Nayleo Sanna 2/25). Garsfontein won by 207 runs.

Menlopark 251 (Steve Stolk 63, Matt van der Westhuizen 42, Morné Koekemoer 40, Extras 28; Marcus Bakker 3/31, Marno Pienaar 3/54, Wian Ruthven 2/31). Waterkloof 256/3 (Marcus Bakker 106*, Rico van der Walt 55, Riley Miller 46*, Divan Behrens 26; Dian van Zyl 1/25). Waterkloof won by seven wickets.

Seven new faces and a re-match between Grey College and Jeppe High School for Boys are on the table for the annual NMI Toyota Noord/Suid rugby tournament that will take place from 28 March until 1 April 2025 in the Markötter Stadium in Stellenbosch.

The seven new faces are Boland Landbou, Rondebosch Boys’ High, SACS, Diamantveld, Nico Malan, Hoërskool Rustenburg and Framesby. In total 30 of South Africa’s top rugby-playing schools will be in action during the tournament which is starting to cement its place as the leading school rugby festival in the country.

All schools’ second teams will also be in action during the tournament. In total 60 matches will be played in Stellenbosch.

Some of the biggest match-ups outside traditional rugby rivalries will happen this year at the Markötter.

Grey College will have a chance to avenge their defeat against Jeppe earlier this year during Noord/Suid in Pretoria. It was Jeppe’s first-ever victory over Grey and was reckoned to be the biggest upset in over a century in schoolboy rugby.

Grey could also bury another ghost during this clash next year as they suffered their heaviest defeat ever at the Markötter Stadium last week against Paul Roos Gimnasium (3-36).

The hosts, Paul Roos Gimnasium, will face Garsfontein and Noordheuwel in their two matches. The Garsie Bere has been running with the big dogs for some time now, with Nories starting to bite at the heels of the big dogs.

Affies and Paarl Boys’ High will lock horns again in a clash that promises to be one of the tournament’s highlights. Paarl Gimnasium‘s clash on the Monday against Monument‘s Wit Bulle will also be a cracker. Boishaai will face Waterkloof in their first match before taking on Affies.

There are too many good match-ups during the next year’s tournament to mention all in one article.

All the matches will be live on SuperSport Schools (www.supersportschools.com).

The Fixtures: 

Friday, 28 March 2025

Paarl Gimnasium vs King Edward VII
Paarl Boys’ High vs Waterkloof
Affies vs HTS Drostdy
Monument vs Hoërskool Durbanville
EG Jansen vs Boland Landbou
Outeniqua vs Menlopark
SACS vs Welkom Gimnasium

Saturday, 29 March 2025

Paul Roos Gimnasium vs Garsfontein
Grey College vs Noordheuwel
Rondebosch Boys’ High vs Jeppe High School for Boys
Oakdale Landbou vs Hoërskool Nelspruit
Stellenberg vs Voortrekker (Bethlehem)
Helpmekaar vs Nico Malan
Hoërskool Rustenburg vs Diamantveld
Framesby vs Duineveld

Monday, 31 March 2025 

Paarl Gimnasium vs Monument
Paarl Boys’ High vs Affies
EG Jansen vs HTS Drostdy
Boland Landbou vs Waterkloof
Hoërskool Durbanville vs Menlopark
Outeniqua vs Welkom Gimnasium
SACS vs King Edward VII

Tuesday, 1 April 2025 

Paul Roos Gimnasium vs Noordheuwel
Grey College vs Jeppe High School for Boys
Rondebosch Boys’ High vs Hoërskool Nelspruit
Oakdale Landbou vs Helpmekaar
Garsfontein vs Stellenberg
Nico Malan vs Hoërskool Rustenburg
Diamantveld vs Framesby
Duineveld vs Voortrekker (Bethlehem)

The hosts, Grey High School, made full use of their home ground advantage when they hosted The High School Sevens Series, proudly sponsored by Toyota, in Gqeberha on the weekend, with both their u17 and u15 teams finishing as champions.

The u17 team played some tight games on their way to the title. They got by Brandwag 14-5 in their Pool A opener and were extended by Framesby in the Cup semi-finals, winning 17-12.

However, in the final, they brought their best and notched a 33-5 win over Graeme College.

Framesby topped Pool B, Graeme cruised through Pool C, and Nico Malan ruled in Pool D. In the Cup semis, Framesby accounted for Nico Malan, taking that match 24-12.

Kirkwood claimed the Shield with a 21-17 defeat of Port Rex, while the Bowl went to Grey High 2, who took down Muir College 40-24 in a high-scoring encounter.

Brandwag comfortably won the Plate final, beating Pearson 29-7, while Framesby edged out Nico Malan 19-17 in the third-place playoff.

U15 Competition

Grey High was rampant in the u15 competition. They won all five of their matches, scoring 194 points while conceding only 21. In Pool A, they tallied 110 points in two outings and didn’t allow a point to be scored against them.

Marlow emerged as the winners of Pool B, with Muir edging out Brandwag 2 for second place after the teams shared a draw.

Nico Malan battled their way to a narrow 12-5 victory over Grey 2 in the key contest of Pool C to finish top there, while a successful conversion saw Graeme sneak by Brandwag 7-5 to pick up first place in Pool D.

Muir managed to score twice against Grey High in the Cup quarterfinals, but Grey still won by 22 points. Marlow comfortably brushed aside Westering 33-0, while Brandwag won 19-7 against Grey 2, and Graeme College held on for a 17-12 win over Nico Malan.

In the semi-finals, Grey saw off Marlow 29-7, while there was only one point in it in the other semi, with Graeme nudging out Brandwag by a 21-20 margin.

With the title on the line, Grey High kept Graeme at bay to record a 17-0 victory.

Mzontsundu handed Port Rex a 17-0 loss to win the Bowl final, while Nico Malan won by 21 points against Muir in the Plate final.

u17 Results

Pool A

Grey High 14-5 Brandwag
Muir College 36-0 Mzontsundu
Grey High 45-12 Mzontsundu
Muir College 12-17 Brandwag
Grey High 36-7 Muir College
Brandwag 33-0 Mzontsundu

Pool B

Framesby 34-12 Daniel Pienaar
Port Rex 7-33 Andrew Rabie
Framesby 25-5 Andrew Rabie
Port Rex 5-22 Daniel Pienaar
Daniel Pienaar 10-26 Andrew Rabie
Framesby 19-14 Port Rex

Pool C

Graeme College 24-7 Marlow
Ooskus Gim 0-26 Westering
Graeme College 34-7 Westering
Ooskus Gim 0-14 Marlow
Marlow 10-5 Westering
Graeme College 41-0 Ooskus Gim

Pool D

Nico Malan 21-5 Pearson
Grey High 2 17-21 Kirkwood
Nico Malan 45-7 Kirkwood
Grey High 2 22-12 Pearson
Pearson 29-19 Kirkwood
Nico Malan 38-12 Grey High 2

Shield semi-finals

Mzontsundu 0-10 Port Rex
Ooskus Gim 10-38 Kirkwood

Bowl semi-finals

Muir College 33-12 Daniel Pienaar
Westering 17-50 Grey High 2

Plate semi-finals

Brandwag 19-17 Andrew Rabie
Marlow 19-24 Pearson

Cup semi-finals

Grey High 17-12 Framesby
Graeme College 24-12 Nico Malan

Shield final

Port Rex 17-21 Kirkwood

Bowl final

Grey High 2 40-24 Muir College

Plate final

Brandwag 29-7 Pearson

3rd/4th

Framesby 19-17 Nico Malan

Cup final

Grey High 33-5 Graeme College

u15 Results

Pool A

Port Rex 10-19 Westering (Pool A)
Grey High 49-0 Westering (Pool A)
Grey High 61-0 Port Rex (Pool A)

Pool B

Muir College 7-7 Brandwag 2 (Pool B)
Marlow 38-7 Brandwag 2 (Pool B)
Marlow 19-0 Muir College (Pool B)

Pool C

Grey High 2 31-0 Mzontsundu (Pool C)
Nico Malan 54-0 Mzontsundu (Pool C)
Nico Malan 5-12 Grey High 2 (Pool C)

Pool D

Brandwag 25-0 Siyaphamaka All Stars (Pool D)
Graeme College 66-0 Siyaphamaka All Stars (Pool D)
Graeme College 7-5 Brandwag (Pool D)

Cup quarterfinals

Grey High 38-14 Muir College
Marlow 33-0 Westering
Grey High 2 7-19 Brandwag
Graeme College 17-12 Nico Malan

Bowl semi-finals

Port Rex 14-12 Brandwag 2
Mzontsundu 17-5 Siyaphamaka All Stars

Plate semi-finals

Muir College 12-10 Westering
Grey High 2 7-12 Nico Malan

Cup semi-finals

Grey High 29-7 Marlow
Brandwag 20-21 Graeme College

Bowl final

Port Rex 0-17 Mzontsundu

Plate final

Nico Malan 33-12 Muir College

Cup final

Grey High 17-0 Graeme College

Sarel Cilliers claimed the u17 title and Marais Viljoen captured the u15 honours when The High School Sevens Series, proudly sponsored by Toyota, visited Hoërskool Pionier in Vryheid over the weekend.

The event was played over two days and brought together teams from as far away as Zululand and, in the case of Marais Viljoen, from Gauteng.

In the u17 competition, the hosts, Pionier topped Pool A, while Vryheid Landbou put their experience in the Glenwood Sevens to full use, which helped them win Pool B.

Pool C was comfortably won by Sarel Cilliers, while Zayo Rhinos emerged as the winners of Pool D.

In the Cup semi-finals, Vryheid Landbou accounted for Pionier, recording a 26-14 victory, to move on to the title game. Meanwhile, Sarel Cilliers was stretched by Zayo Rhinos but came away with a hard-fought 24-17 win.

The final, unfortunately, was an anti-climax as Vryheid Landbou ran out of legs, with their exertions of the past two weeks catching up with them. It was a comfortable outing for Sarel Cilliers who cruised to the crown, winning 49-5.

The Shield went Estcourt‘s way after a 21-17 win over HS Vryheid 2, while Richards Bay held off their neighbours, Empangeni, to win the Bowl 17-12. Marais Viljoen picked up the Plate with a 31-12 defeat of Ferrum.

U15 Competition

In the u15 competition, Marais Viljoen cruised through their group assignments but found a tough opponent in John Ross College in the Cup quarterfinals. They advanced, nonetheless, with a 17-10 win.

Pionier sneaked by Empangeni by two points, Sarel Cilliers ousted Vryheid Landbou 26-17, and HS Vryheid convincingly dealt with Ferrum, winning 31-12.

They were stopped by Marais Viljoen in the semi-finals, however, with the school from Alberton booking their place in the final after a 15-10 win. Pionier squeezed past Sarel Cilliers in the other semi, edging it 14-12.

It was tight in the final, too, with Marais Viljoen lifting the title after a 24-19 victory.

Amajuba downed Gelofte 19-7 to hoist the Shield, Richards Bay ran out 21-0 winners over Estcourt in the Bowl final, and Vryheid Landbou bagged the Plate with a 33-12 win over John Ross College.

u17 Results

Pool A

Ladysmith 10-0 BYE
Pionier 27-10 Estcourt
Ladysmith 24-22 Estcourt
Pionier 10-0 BYE
Estcourt 10-0 BYE
Pionier 28-19 Ladysmith

Pool B

Marais Viljoen 45-0 Pionier Barbarians
Richards Bay 26-31 Vryheid Landbou
Marais Viljoen 18-29 Vryheid Landbou
Richards Bay 31-10 Pionier Barbarians
Marais Viljoen 48-12 Richards Bay
Vryheid Landbou 33-0 Pionier Barbarians

Pool C

Sarel Cilliers 36-17 HS Vryheid 2
Ferrum 10-0 BYE
Sarel Cilliers 10-0 BYE
Ferrum 36-12 HS Vryheid 2
Sarel Cilliers 42-12 Ferrum
HS Vryheid 2 10-0 Bye

Pool D

HS Vryheid 21-10 Amajuba
Zayo Rhinos 26-14 Empangeni
HS Vryheid 17-14 Empangeni
Zayo Rhinos 33-14 Amajuba
HS Vryheid 17-31 Zayo Rhinos
Empangeni 5-0 Amajuba

Solitaire playoff

Pionier Barbarians 5-31 Amajuba

Cup quarterfinals

Pionier 22-5 HS Vryheid
Vryheid Landbou 33-7 Ferrum
Sarel Cilliers 29-17 Marais Viljoen
Zayo Rhinos 43-14 Ladysmith

Bowl semi-finals

Richards Bay 19-0 HS Vryheid 2
Estcourt 17-22 Empangeni

Plate semi-finals

HS Vryheid 5-38 Ferrum
Marais Viljoen 19-5 Ladysmith

Cup semi-finals

Pionier 14-26 Vryheid Landbou
Sarel Cilliers 24-17 Zayo Rhinos

Shield final

Estcourt 21-17 HS Vryheid 2

Bowl final

Richards Bay 17-12 Empangeni

Plate final

Marais Viljoen 31-12 Ferrum

Cup final

Sarel Cilliers 49-5 Vryheid Landbou

u15 Results

Pool A

Ferrum 7-7 Gelofte
Marais Viljoen 36-0 Gelofte
Marais Viljoen 33-10 Ferrum

Pool B

Richards Bay 24-24 John Ross College
HS Vryheid 24-14 John Ross College
HS Vryheid 26- Richards Bay

Pool C

Pionier 54-5 Amajuba
Sarel Cilliers 52-10 Amajuba
Sarel Cilliers 19-26 Pionier

Pool D

Empangeni 10-0 Estcourt
Vryheid Landbou 36-7 Estcourt
Vryheid Landbou 24-19

Cup quarterfinals

Marais Viljoen 17-10 John Ross College
HS Vryheid 31-12 Ferrum
Pionier 17-15 Empangeni
Vryheid Landbou 17-26 Sarel Cilliers

Bowl semi-finals

Gelofte 7-26 Richards Bay
Amajuba 12-24 Estcourt

Plate semi-finals

John Ross College 40-7
Empangeni 5-17 Vryheid Landbou

Cup semi-finals

Marais Viljoen 15-10 HS Vryheid
Pionier 14-12 Sarel Cilliers

Shield final

Gelofte 7-19 Amajuba

Bowl final

Richards Bay 21-0 Estcourt

Plate final

Vryheid Landbou 33-12 John Ross College

Cup final

Marais Viljoen 24-19 Pionier

South African College High School (SACS) and Bishops Diocesan College claimed wins on the final weekend of the schoolboy hockey season in the southern suburbs to conclude their campaigns on a winning note.

SACS, as they have done the whole season, dialled up the intensity and recorded an emphatic 5-0 win over Wynberg Boys’ High at the Brewery Astroturf.

Meanwhile, Bishops were made to work hard for their 3-2 win over Rondebosch Boys’ High away from home.

The four southern suburbs teams have had contrasting campaigns, with SACS claiming victory against their three rivals during the season.

In the first installment of the southern suburbs’ derbies, coach Sam Holmes’ team took home a 3-0 win against Rondebosch before edging out Wynberg 1-0 in their final term two matches.

In the second half of the season, SACS turned up the tempo and ran rampant against ‘Bosch, scoring freely in their second meeting to record an emphatic 8-2 win before beating Bishops 3-0 earlier this month at the Woodlands Astroturf.

It has been another incredible season for SACS. They’ve finished it unbeaten at home and retained the Western Province u18 Premier League title. It was important to conclude it with a victory, to ensure the gloss remained on their achievements, especially facing Wynberg at home, and with both teams bidding farewell to their grade 12 players.

After a nervy start, with the visitors applying early pressure, SACS opened the scoring against the run of play when Litha Kraai intercepted the ball near the halfway line and dribbled almost 20 metres before entering the circle. He then rounded goalkeeper Zack Raizenberg to slot the ball into the back of the net for a 1-0 lead after the first chukka.

The home side doubled their advantage in the second quarter through a Regan Wille goal, before Kraai made it 3-0 with a penalty stroke after he was fouled inside the circle by Raizenberg.

In the third chukka, Kraai completed his hattrick by converting another penalty stroke, and Connor van der Schyff added a further goal to make it 5-0 and put a bow on another supremely impressive season for the side from Newlands.

Elsewhere in Rondebosch, Bishops Diocesan College, after a rather disappointing second half of the season, was intent on ending the season on a high away from home.

In the third term, Bishops had suffered a 1-2 loss to Paul Roos, gone down 0-3 against SACS, 1-3 against Wynberg, and 1-2 to Paarl Gimnasium. After a blazing start to the season, they had gone off the boil.

The game against ‘Bosch, though, wasn’t only an opportunity to bounce back against their fierce rivals, it also presented coach Ryan Julius’s side with an opportunity to complete a double in the Bish-Bosch clash.

Bishops did it. Despite being made to dig deep in the latter stages of the game, they held on for a 3-2 win.

Their goals were scored by Thomas Malan, Joshua Mettler, and James Grieve.

Potchefstroom Gimnasium is steeds die gunsteling om vanjaar as kampioen van die SDC Noordvaal Cup se Bowl-afdeling gekroon te word.

Herleef al die Noordvaal Bowl-aksie op SuperSport Schools – (www.supersportschools.com)

Die Potchefstromers het hul staal en vernuf tentoongestel deur 50 punte op te stapel in hul halfeindstryd teen Merensky Landbou Akademie. Die Gimmies het met 50-32 geseëvier, met staatmakers Jaco Nel en David Ndala wat oudergewoonte die aanslag gelei het.

Nel, een van die beste hakers in die kompetisie, het vir die soveelste keer vanjaar verdedigers op hul neuse laat kyk en was haas onstuitbaar om ‘n briljante driekuns aan te teken.

Ndala het die kere wat die bal in sy rigting gekom het met albei hande aangegryp om self twee keer agter die doellyn te gaan kuier. Hy het boonop die stelskopwerk behartig en met vier doelskoppe en twee strafdoele geslaag, om sy persoonlike bydrae op 24 punte te staan te bring.

Skrumskakel, Dian Smith, was sy energieke self en het met sy flinke balverspreiding help sorg dat die Gimmies momentum behou.

Die Plasies, wat bekend is as ‘n span wat nie tou opgooi nie, het tot die bittereinde bly veg en selfs die laaste drie van die wedstryd gedruk. Buitesenter, Ulrich Maree, het vir hulle uitgeblink met ‘n tweekuns van sy eie, terwyl sy sentermaat, Maritz Meintjies, self na ‘n uitstekende lopie onder die pale gaan druk het.

Hoërskool Eldoraigne se JP Meyer het Potchefstroom Volkskool se harte in die doodsnikke gebreek met sy derde doelskop wat verseker het dat die Drake met ‘n naelbytsege van 24-23 na die eindstryd teen die Gimmies kon deurdring. Met daardie skop het Meyer ook die 100-punt-kerf in die Noordvaal-reeks bereik.

Die Drake het die oorhand in die skrums geniet, met vaskopstut, Jaco Fourie, wat weer op sy stukke was en soliede ondersteuning van die staatmakerslot, Rikus Rheeder, ontvang het.

Die Volkies hoef egter nie kop onderstebo te loop nie. Haker, Louis Fourie, was uitstaande en het saam met regtervleuel, Wikus van Aswegen, bykans al die Volkies se punte aangeteken met ‘n tweekuns elk.

Puntemakers: 

Potchefstroom Gimnasium 50 (24) – Drieë: Jaco Nel (3), David Ndala (2), Lourens Jacobs, Dian Smith. Doelskoppe: Ndala (4). Strafdoele: Ndala (2). Merenksy 32 (13) – Drieë: Ulrich Maree (2). Maritz Meintjies, Heinrich Lubbe. Doelskoppe: JD Boshoff (2), Byron Hendricks. Strafdoele: Boshoff (2).

Eldoraigne 24 (14) – Drieë: Jaco Fourie, Rikus Rheeder, Darren Bruwer. Doelskoppe: JP Meyer (3). Strafdoel: Meyer. Potchefstroom Volkskool 23 (10) – Drieë: Louis Fourie (2), Wikus van Aswegen (2). Strafdoel: Johandre Maree.

Ander spanne: 

o.16: Randburg 27, Potchefstroom Gimnasium 17; Wagpos 35, Potchefstroom Volkskool 10.

o.15: Piet Retief 40, Eldoraigne 5; Merensky 19, Potchefstroom Volkskool 17.

o.14: Piet Retief 46, Potchefstroom Gimnasium 0; Eldoraigne 10, Dr. Malan 0.

Om as ‘n nuweling in een van die Noordvaal-afdelings die eindstryd te haal sit nie in enige span se broek nie.

Herleef al die Noordvaal Skild-aksie op SuperSport Schools – (www.supersportschools.com)

Dit is presies wat Hoërskool Wesvalia, in sy eerste jaar in die SDC Noordvaal Cup se Skild-afdeling, vermag het. Die span van Klerksdorp het die verdedigende kampioen, Hoërskool Secunda, Saterdag met 33-21 geklop om ‘n plek in die eindstryd te bespreek.

Die Wessies kom volgende week in Klerksdorp teen Hoërskool Lichtenburg in die finaal te staan.

Secunda was blitsig uit die blokke, danksy twee onderskepdrieë en ‘n afstorm-drie deur onderskeidelik haker, Stefan Bezuidenhout, losskakel, EJ Venter, en regtervleuel, Nathan Burhman. Dit het aan die besoekers ‘n voorsprong van 21-0 binne die eerste 10 minute besorg.

Dié terugslag het die tuisspan, wat reeds vanjaar in ‘n eindstryd gespeel het, egter nie ondergekry nie. Afrigter, Willem van der Sandt, het die terugvegpoging aan die kalmte van sy span toegeskryf.

“Die seuns het rustig gebly en by ons strukture gehou,” het Van der Sandt gesê.

Haker, Junior Kuhn, en agsteman, Hanre Venter, was aan die spits van die terugvegpoging met ál vyf die Klerksdorpers se drieë. Kuhn is vir sy uitstaande seisoen tot dusver uiteindelik met ‘n driekuns beloon, terwyl Venter self twee keer oorgebars het vir drieë.

Hoërskool Lichtenburg het tuisveldvoordeel weer optimaal benut om vir Hoërskool Die Anker te troef in die halfeind en hul onoorwonne status in Lichtenburg te behou. Die Liggies het in die derde kragmeting tussen dié twee spanne vanjaar met 32-29 as oorwinnaars uit die stryd getree, danksy ‘n drie in die doodsnikke deur slot en kaptein, John Kleynhans.

Dit was ‘n yslike vertoning deur albei agttalle. JJ Jonker, Lichtenburg se vaskopstut, het vir die soveelste keer vanjaar ‘n uiters fisieke vertoning gelewer, terwyl Die Anker se agsteman en invloedryke kaptein, Ruben Herbst, oudergewoonte van voor gelei en ‘n tweekuns bygedra het.

Regtervleuel, Ruan Smith, het vyf strafdoele en twee doelskoppe oorgeklits vir ‘n persoonlike bydrae van 19 punte.

Puntemakers:

Wesvalia 33 (21) – Drieë: Junior Kuhn (3), Hanre Venter (2). Doelskoppe: Rickardt van Heerden (4). Hoërskool Secunda 21 (21) – Driee: Stefan Bezuidenhout, EJ Venter, Nathan Burhman. Doelskoppe: Damian de Beer (3).

Hoërskool Lichtenburg 32 (15) – Drieë: JJ Jonker, John Kleynhans, Dundre Dempers, Rea Motsusi. Doelskoppe: Luan Snyman (2). Strafdoel: Snyman (2). Die Anker 29 (12) – Driee: Ruben Herbst (2). Doelskoppe: Ruan Smith (2). Strafdoele: Smith (5).

Ander spanne: 

o.16: Hoërskool Pietersburg 22, Wesvalia 10; Heidelberg Volkskool 42, Ben Vorster 12.

o.15: Ben Vorster 16, Heidelberg Volkskool 12; Hoërskool Pietersburg 12, Wesvalia 12 (Wesvalia dring deur na hul eerste drie druk).

o.14: Ben Vorster 14, Hoërskool Pietersburg 13; Wesvalia 60, Lichtenburg 5.

Hoërskool Durbanville het vir die derde agtereenvolgende jaar die interskole-titel ingepalm, om hul oorheersing in die kompetisie te benadruk. Durbanville se eerste span het Saterdag teen Hoërskool Stellenberg geseëvier met ‘n eindtelling van 44-23.

Durbanville het vroeg die toon aangegee en die eerste kwart heeltemal oorheers met ‘n gerieflike voorsprong van 11-3. Teen rustyd het hulle hul voordeel tot 22-10 vergroot.

Ten spyte van Stellenberg se begeesterde poging in die derde kwart, waar hulle daarin kon slaag om agt doele op die telbord te voeg in vergeleke met Durbanville se sewe, het die telling steeds op 29-18 in Durbanville se guns gestaan. In die laaste kwart het Durbanville hul momentum behou om die oorwinning met ‘n beslissende telling van 44-23 te beklink.

Met dié jongste oorwinning sit Durbanville hul segetog voort, nadat hul verlede jaar (41-25) en in 2022 (24-18) ook koning gekraai het.

Interskole uitslae:

o.19A 33-44

o.19B 14-19

o.19C 20-15

o.19D 24-12

o.17A 31-19

o.17C 8-24

o.17D 17-13

o.16A 23-24

o.16B 10-21

o.16C 9-25

o.16D 15-13

o.16E 10-10

o.16F 14-3

o.15E 9-13

o.15F 6-15

o.15G (stb) vs 15F (dbv) 3-21

o.14A 19-17

o.14B 6-33

o.14C 13-13

o.14D 12-19

o.14E 11-15

o.14G 6-26

o.14H 6-5

o.14I 5-9

 

 

Die reaksie van Hoër Tegniese Skool Middelburg se kaptein, Toy Engelbrecht, het gewys presies hoeveel die Rooi Bulle se oorwinning oor Hoërskool Middelburg in die halfeindronde van die SDC Noordvaal Cup se Plaat-afdeling beteken het.

Herleef al die Noordvaal Plaat-aksie op SuperSport Schools – (www.supersportschools.com)

Dit het soos verwag ‘n klipharde stryd tussen die twee buurskole van Middelburg afgegee, met die uitslag wat tot die bittereinde nog in die weegskaal was. Dit was die span in rooi se verdediging wat uiteindelik die deurslag gegee het vir hul oorwinning van 22-17.

Die Rooi Bulle se groot name het oudergewoonte hand opgesteek, met hul Cravenweek-senter, Johnny dos Santos, wat sy reputasie gestand gedoen het met sy rotsvaste verdediging en ook oorgewals het vir twee van sy span se drie drieë.

Engelbrecht, wat in die eerste kragmeting tussen dié twee spanne uitstaande was, het weer sy gehalte tentoongestel. Die oopkantflank het die veld volgespeel en dikwels by die agterlyn aangesluit om soos ‘n wafferse senter die verdediging aan te vat.

Vir die Middies het linkervleuel, Sihle Mkhatshwa, uitgeblink en die meeste hoofbrekens vir die Rooi Bulle besorg met skitterende individuele lopies. Matthew Abbey se visier was ook weer reg ingestel. Die losskakel het albei sy span se drieë verdoel en ook met ‘n strafdoel geslaag.

Dit was uiteindelik die Rooi Bulle se Jacques Roestoff wat die uitklophou geplant het. Die veelsydige plaasvervanger het op die regte oomblik deurgebreek vir die vyfpunter wat die Rooies se kaartjie na die eindstryd bespreek het.

In Vanderbijlpark het ‘n kragtige vertoning in die tweede helfte vir die tuisspan, Hoërskool Transvalia, in staat gestel om op die ou end gemaklik met 31-18 koning te kraai oor Ligbron Akdemie.

Die eerste helfte het nietemin ‘n taamlike gestoei afgegee, met die span van die Vaaldriehoek wat tevrede moes wees met ‘n skamele voorsprong van 14-13. Die tuisveldvoordeel het in die tweede 35 minute egter na vore gekom met haker, Jayden McPearson, en Cravenweek-heelagter, Siya Khambuhle, wat hul staal gewys het deur elkeen ‘n tweekuns te behaal.

Dylan Steynman het met sy ervaring ‘n koel en kalm skopvertoning gelewer deur met vier doelskoppe te slaag.

Ligbron het geensins stert tussen die bene huiswaarts gekeer nie. Die span van Ermelo het deurgaans probeer in die stryd bly, met agsteman, Janco Classen, en oopkantflank, Tiaan Botha, wat enduit alles in die stryd gewerp het op sowel die aanval en verdediging, en elk met ‘n drie beloon is.

Puntemakers: 

HTS Middelburg 22 (10) – Drieë: Johnny dos Santos (2), Jacques Roestof. Doelskoppe: Gerry Gendall (2). Strafdoel: Gendall. Hoërskool Middelburg 17 (7) – Drieë: Sihle Mkhatshwa, Strafdrie. Doelskoppe: Matthew Abbey (2). Strafdoel: Abbey.

Transvalia 31 (14) – Drieë: Jayden McPearson (2), Siya Khambuhle (2), Kyle Maartens. Doelskoppe: Dylan Steynman (4). Ligbron Akademie 18 (13) – Drieë: Janco Classen, Tiaan Botha. Doelskop: Renier van Staden. Strafdoele: Divan van Jaarsveld (2).

Ander spanne: 

o.16: Kempton Park 16, HTS Middelburg 14; Zwartkop 26, Transvalia 24.

o.15: Transvalia 17, Hoërskool Klerksdorp 7; Hoërskool Middelburg 21, Oos-Moot 12.

o.14: Oos-Moot 20, Hoërskool Middelburg 12; Transvalia 17, Kempton Park 13.