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The Coca-Cola Grant Khomo Week for u16 players will be hosted in Bloemfontein for the first time.

Grey College will host the Grant Khomo Week as well as the Coca-Cola Craven Week for primary schools (u13) from 10 to 14 July in the City of Roses.

The hosts, Free State, will meet Zimbabwe in the main match of the opening day of the tournament. The interesting fixture of the opening day is the main curtain raiser in which last year’s unofficial champions, the Blue Bulls, will face the most successful union in the history of the tournament, Western Province.

The Blue Bulls defeated KwaZulu-Natal by 23-20 in the main match of last year’s tournament in Paarl.
Western Province was crowned the unofficial champions of the tournament for three years in a row from 2012 until 2014.The Golden Lions defeated KwaZulu-Natal (31-24) in the main match of the 2015-edition of the tournament.

The Golden Lions defeated KwaZulu-Natal (31-24) in the main match of the 2015-edition of the tournament.
Western Province also has a second team attending the tournament and they will face KwaZulu-Natal in the main match on the B-field on the opening day in Bloemfontein.

The fixtures are:

A-field – Leopards vs. Namibia; Boland vs. Griqualand West; Golden Lions vs. Border; Western Province vs. Blue Bulls; Free State vs. Zimbabwe.

B-field – Griffons vs. Border Country Districts; Eastern Province vs. Free State XV; Limpopo Blue Bulls vs. Valke; South Western Districts vs. Pumas; KwaZulu-Natal vs. Western Province XV.

Monument se naelloper Thando Dlodlo (o.19) het Vrydag tydens Hoërskool Kemptonpark se jaarlikse byeenkoms gesorg dat sy naam waarskynlik nog lank in die byeenkoms se rekordboeke sal pryk.

Dlodlo was verlede jaar nog vir Prestige College van Hammanskraal in aksie. Hy het die 100m vir seuns o.19 in ’n blitsige 10.20 sekondes afgeblits. Al die tye op die byeenkoms was handtye, terwyl dit ook in ag geneem moet word dat die byeenkoms op Kempies se grasbaan plaasgevind het.

Hiermee het Dlodlo die rekord (10.60) van Eckhard Rossouw van Kempies verpletter.
Dlodlo het ook in die 200m die rekord tot ‘n skitterende 21.40 sekondes verbeter. Dan het hy boonop ook in die 400m in 48.40 sekondes geseëvier.

Indien Dlodlo op die vertonings kan voortbou gaan daar nog baie vanjaar oor hom geskryf word.

Kyle Blignaut (Monument) was nou wel nie met sy beste poging van 17.60m in die gewigstoot vir seuns o.19 op sy beste nie, maar die belowende atletiekster het wel daarin geslaag om Patrick Duvenage (King Edward VII) se rekord van 17.38m wat hy verlede jaar opgestel het uit die rekordboeke te vee.

Blignaut het einde verlede jaar goud of the Afrika Suidstreek-kampioenskap (o.19) in Angola met ’n poging van 18.93m verower.

Sy skoolmaat Morné Brandon (15.44m) en die Hoërskool Nelspruit se Naas Marais (14.58m) het gesorg dat Suid-Afrika die hele podium in Angola vir die nommer volgestaan het.

Blignaut het Vrydag ook in die diskus koning gekraai toe hy die diskus 44.84m ver geslinger het.

Brandon het in Kemptonpark die rekord in die gewigstoot vir seuns o.17 tot 18.62m verbeter. Die byeenkomsrekord vir die diskus het ook in die slag gebly na Brandon met ‘n poging van 56.84m losgetrek het. Dié rekord het sedert 1991 gestaan.

Die SA Skole-kampioen in verlede jaar se 90m-hekkies vir meisies o.15, Antoinette van der Merwe (Eldoraigne), het soos verwag hakskene vir haar teenstanders op die byeenkoms gewys. Sy het die 100m-hekkies vir meisies o.16 in 14.50 sekondes gewen. Kempies se Liané van Jaarsveld (14.80) is kort na haar oor die eindstreep.

Van der Merwe het ook in die 100m (12.40) en 200m (25.40) koning gekraai. Kempies se Christelle Grobler het met ’n poging van 14.06m die gewigstoot vir meisies o.15 gewen. Die afstand sou aan haar die goue medalje op verlede jaar se SA Skole-kampioenskap besorg het.

Sy het ook met ‘n gooi van 38.15m in die diskus geen gelyke gehad nie.

Buiten die gasheer was atlete van Monument, King Edward VII, Eldoraigne, Pretoria Boys’ High, Hoërskool Wesvalia, Lowveld High en Pretoria Girls’ High op die byeenkoms in aksie.

Curwin Bosch and Zain Davids are amongst 11 players who featured for the Junior Springboks in 2016 and were invited to assessment camps in Pretoria and Stellenbosch as preparations for the World Rugby Under-20 Championship in Georgia kicks off this week.

A total of 86 players, including Bosch, a nominee for World Rugby U20 Championship Player of the Tournament last year, and Davids, who has been included in the Springbok Sevens squad for the Wellington and Sydney HSBC World Sevens Series tournaments, have been invited to attend assessment camps.

The camps will take place at the Afrikaanse Hoër Seunskool (Affies) in Pretoria on Monday and Tuesday and the Stellenbosch Academy of Sport (SAS) on Wednesday and Thursday respectively. The Leopards, Xerox Golden Lions and Vodacom Blue Bulls players will attend the first camp and the Toyota Free State, Cell C Sharks, EP Kings and DHL Western Province players the second camp.

The other players invited to the camp who participated in last year’s U20 Championship in Manchester are utility back Stedman Gans, flyhalf Manie Libbok, scrumhalf Embrose Papier, prop Kwenzo Blose, flyhalf Benhard Janse van Rensburg, looseforward Ernst van Rhyn, locks Cobus Wiese and Ruben de Villiers and prop Carlű Sadie.

2016 SA Schools captain and lock Salmaan Moerat, flyhalf Damian Willemse, centre Manual Rass and fullback Gianni Lombard, meanwhile, were among 12 players who represented the SA Schools squad in the Under-19 International Series in Cape Town last season.

The SA Schools players were nominated by the SA Schools coaches for selection, while the remainder of the squad was nominated by opposition coaches throughout the SA Rugby U19 Championship last season. The selections were confirmed by SA Rugby national selector Peter Jooste and members of SA Rugby’s Rugby Department.

“This is the first step in assembling a Junior Springbok squad that will enter the World Rugby U20 Championship with high expectations in Georgia later this year,” said SA Rugby CEO Jurie Roux.

“Eleven of these players participated in the tournament last year, while several others have come through the SA Schools and SA Schools A teams in the last two seasons, which serves as evidence that our systems are functioning well.

“Some of these players already have an idea of what is expected to reach the top at this level of the game, while their counterparts have been aspiring to reach this level and will be determined to prove their worth at the assessment camps.

“Given the talent on offer, I believe we will be able to put together a top-class squad for the tournament in a few months.”

SA Rugby acting High Performance manager, Louis Koen, who is a former Springbok flyhalf, will facilitate the assessment camps, which will focus on testing the players’ speed, strength and conditioning levels. A Junior Springbok training squad will be named in due course, and is expected to begin their on-field preparations for the tournament early in March.

SA Rugby is currently in the process of appointing a Junior Springbok coach, and an announcement will be made once the process is finalised. The SA Under-20s will face France, hosts Georgia and Argentina in the pool stages of the tournament in Tbilisi, Georgia, on 31 May, 4 June and 8 June respectively.

Junior Springbok assessment squad (position in brackets):

Vodacom Blue Bulls

Ciaran Dayaram (Wing)
Irvin Ali (Centre/Wing)
Stedman Gans (Centre)
Heino Bezuidenhout (Centre)
Manie Libbok (Flyhalf)
Boeta Hamman (Flyhalf)
Embrose Papier (Scrumhalf)
Richman Gora (Scrumhalf)
Jaco Bezuidenhout (Flanker)
Eduan Lubbe (No 8)
Ruben van Heerden (Lock)
Hendre Stassen (Lock/Flanker)
Mashao Mukhari (Prop)
Simphiwe Matanzima (Prop)
Gerhard Steenekamp (Prop)
Cabous Eloff (Prop)
Johan Grobbelaar (Hooker)
Christian Strydom (Centre)
Kwezi Mafu (No 8)
Ryno Pieterse (Lock)
Earll Douwrie (Fullback)
Andell Loubser (Wing/Fullback)

EP Kings

Yaw Penxe (Fullback/Wing)
Kamva Dilima (Lock)
Duan du Plessis (Flanker)

Toyota Free State Cheetahs

Kurt Eybers (Centre)
Rewan Kruger (Centre)
Albertus de Bod (Hooker)
Kwenze Blose (Prop)
Marnus van der Merwe (Hooker)

Xerox Golden Lions

Gianni Lombard (Fullback)
Manuel Rass (Centre)
Jeanluc Cilliers (Fullback/Flyhalf)
Tareeq February (Wing)
Michael Tambwe (Wing)
Stean Pienaar (Scrumhalf/Centre)
Wandisile Simelane (Centre)
Wayne van der Bank (Scrumhalf)
Tyrone Green (Flyhalf)
Louritz Van der Schyff (Centre)
Eddie Fouche (Flyhalf)
Bader-Werner Pretorius (Flyhalf)
Bradley Thain (Scrumhalf)
Hacjivah Dayimani (Flanker/No 8)
Len Massyn (No 8)
Reinhard Nothnagel (Lock)
Adre Smith (Lock/Flanker)
Ruan Vermaak (Lock)
Leo Kruger (Utility forward)
Nathan McBeth (Prop)
HP van Schoor (Hooker)
PJ Botha (Hooker)

Cell C Sharks

Curwin Bosch (Flyhalf)
Ilunga Mukendi (Wing)
Taigh Schoor (Centre)
Francois de Villiers (Scrumhalf)
Clifferd Jacobs (Lock)
Khutu Mchunu (Prop)
Kwandu Dimaza (Utility forward)
Courtney Winnaar (Fullback/Flyhalf)
Benhard Janse van Rensburg (Flyhalf)
Mfundo Ndhlovu (Wing)

Leopards

Edmund Rheeder (No 8)

DHL Western Province

Josh Vermeulen (Centre/Fullback/Wing)
Ryan Muller (Fullback)
David Brits (Centre)
Cornel Smit (Centre)
Juarno Augustus (Flanker/No 8)
Ernst van Rhyn (Lock/Loose forward)
Zain Davids (Flanker)
Kuyenzeka Xaba (Flanker)
Johan Visser (Flanker)
Cobus Wiese (Lock)
Ruben de Villers (Lock)
Carlu Sadie (Prop)
Wikus Groenewald (Prop)
Lee-Marvin Mazibuko (Prop)
Damian Willemse (Flyhalf)
Muller Uys (Flanker)
Salmaan Moerat (Lock)
Daniel Jooste (Hooker)
Sakoyisa Makata (Wing)
Abner van Reenen (Wing)
Tristan Leyds (Fullback)
Nico Leonard (Centre)
Jondre Williams (Scrumhalf)

Issued by SA Rugby Communications

Monument se naelloper Thando Dlodlo (o.19) het Vrydag tydens Hoërskool Kemptonpark se jaarlikse byeenkoms gesorg dat sy naam waarskynlik nog lank in die byeenkoms se rekordboeke sal pryk.

Dlodlo was verlede jaar nog vir Prestige College van Hammanskraal in aksie. Hy het die 100m vir seuns o.19 in ’n blitsige 10.20 sekondes afgeblits. Al die tye op die byeenkoms was handtye, terwyl dit ook in ag geneem moet word dat die byeenkoms op Kempies se grasbaan plaasgevind het.

Hiermee het Dlodlo die rekord (10.60) van Eckhard Rossouw van Kempies verpletter.
Dlodlo het ook in die 200m die rekord tot ‘n skitterende 21.40 sekondes verbeter. Dan het hy boonop ook in die 400m in 48.40 sekondes geseëvier.

Indien Dlodlo op die vertonings kan voortbou gaan daar nog baie vanjaar oor hom geskryf word.

Kyle Blignaut (Monument) was nou wel nie met sy beste poging van 17.60m in die gewigstoot vir seuns o.19 op sy beste nie, maar die belowende atletiekster het wel daarin geslaag om Patrick Duvenage (King Edward VII) se rekord van 17.38m wat hy verlede jaar opgestel het uit die rekordboeke te vee.

Blignaut het einde verlede jaar goud of the Afrika Suidstreek-kampioenskap (o.19) in Angola met ’n poging van 18.93m verower.

Sy skoolmaat Morné Brandon (15.44m) en die Hoërskool Nelspruit se Naas Marais (14.58m) het gesorg dat Suid-Afrika die hele podium in Angola vir die nommer volgestaan het.

Blignaut het Vrydag ook in die diskus koning gekraai toe hy die diskus 44.84m ver geslinger het.

Brandon het in Kemptonpark die rekord in die gewigstoot vir seuns o.17 tot 18.62m verbeter. Die byeenkomsrekord vir die diskus het ook in die slag gebly na Brandon met ‘n poging van 56.84m losgetrek het. Dié rekord het sedert 1991 gestaan.

Die SA Skole-kampioen in verlede jaar se 90m-hekkies vir meisies o.15, Antoinette van der Merwe (Eldoraigne), het soos verwag hakskene vir haar teenstanders op die byeenkoms gewys. Sy het die 100m-hekkies vir meisies o.16 in 14.50 sekondes gewen. Kempies se Liané van Jaarsveld (14.80) is kort na haar oor die eindstreep.

Van der Merwe het ook in die 100m (12.40) en 200m (25.40) koning gekraai. Kempies se Christelle Grobler het met ’n poging van 14.06m die gewigstoot vir meisies o.15 gewen. Die afstand sou aan haar die goue medalje op verlede jaar se SA Skole-kampioenskap besorg het.

Sy het ook met ‘n gooi van 38.15m in die diskus geen gelyke gehad nie.

Buiten die gasheer was atlete van Monument, King Edward VII, Eldoraigne, Pretoria Boys’ High, Hoërskool Wesvalia, Lowveld High en Pretoria Girls’ High op die byeenkoms in aksie.

Declan Oldreive took four wickets, while Ryan Murray and Jayden Schadendorf scored half-centuries to get Zimbabwe their first win in the Cricket South Africa (CSA) Youth Triangular Series, beating the Coca-Cola South Africa under-19s by five wickets at Boland Park on Thursday.

Oldreive was the pick of the bowlers, taking 4/34 to restrict the in-form home side to 163/9 after they were sent in to bat first. Only Raynard van Tonder (53 off 86 balls) managed a half-century as the top and middle-order batsmen struggled to fire as they had done in previous matches. Matthew Breetzke (35 off 51 balls) was the only other batsman to make a notable score as single-figure scores plagued the scorecard.

The biggest partnership, besides Breetzke’s 34-run opening stand with Jesse Christensen (11 off 23), was between number 10 and 11 batsmen, Lutho Sipamla and Michael Cohen (11*) who share 31 runs. Sipamla returned an unbeaten, career-best score of 27 off 58 deliveries.

Zimbabwe’s reply did not get off to a good start. Sipamla claimed the wicket of Tanunurwa Makoni (0) off the final delivery of the opening over to give the visitors a fright. Gregory Dollar (12 off 35) absorbed the pressure well and shared a 41-run, second-wicket partnership with Jayden Schadendorf (50).

When Dollar fell in the 12th over, Schadendorf and Ryan Murray (77 not out off 89 balls) shared a crucial third-wicket stand, adding 73 runs to the tally to steer their side in a winning direction. The innings was encapsulated by the 46-run, sixth-wicket partnership between Murray and Dion Mazhawidza (15* off 27) that eventually got the tourists their first victory of the tournament.

Stand-in captain, Mitchell van Buuren, while disappointed to have lost, is confident in his side’s “bounce-back-ability.” He said;

“I think we definitely didn’t score enough runs today, the bowlers did well but it’s never easy bowling to a low total. It’s not easy to be on the losing side, but I strongly believe we can bounce back from today.”

This was the South Africans’ first match at Boland Park in the series so far but Van Buuren does not use that as an excuse.

“Playing at a new venue is always different, no matter how much you prepare,” he continued. “Today we just didn’t bat to the best of our abilities and we have a really talented group of batsmen. We’re most definitely capable of coming back stronger.”

Looking towards the team’s next assignment against Sri Lanka this Saturday, Van Buuren is confident that his side can put the loss aside and start afresh.

“Like I said before, we have a really talented squad of players and this was just a bump on the road (to the final). We’ve just got to get over this as quickly as we can and get back to playing the cricket that we’ve been playing over the last two games because we are capable of bouncing back strong,” he concluded.

The match against Sri Lanka will start at 10:00 at Boland Park.

‘n Nuwe opwindende sewesreeks vir skole skop vanjaar af. Vir die eerste keer sedert die @lantic Sewesreeks sal daar weer ’n reeks vir skole wees.

Die @lantic Sewesreeks het Blitsbokke soos Cecil Afrika, Kwagga Smith, Branco du Preez en Hoffman Maritz opgelewer.
Die nuwe reeks, die Hoërskole Sewesreeks aangebied in samewerking met Travel & Sport, word boonop deur Darryl Weir georganiseer. Weir was ook een van die organiseerders van die @lantic-reeks.

Travel & Sport sal die toernooie bywoon en ’n spelers identifiseer om in spanne in onder andere die Dubai Sewes deel te neem. 

Dié reeks skop op 11 Februarie in Kimberley op die velde van Hoërskool Diamantveld af. Al die toernooie sal deur Fanstream gestroom word.

Daar sal 12 toernooie in die reeks wees. Die reeks sal in Kimberley, Bloemfontein, Durban, Paarl, Rustenburg, Vryheid, Nelspruit, Benoni en Tzaneen ‘n draai maak.

Daar sal ook aan die einde van die reeks ’n Kampioen van Kampioene-toernooi op 20 en 21 Oktober gehou word. Die gasheer van die toernooi sal nog bekend gemaak word.

Die kampioene van die onderskeie toernooie van die reeks sal in dié toernooi spook om as die nasionale kampioen uit die stryd te tree.

Vir meer inligting kontak vir Darryl Weir van Weir Promotions by weirpromo@gmail.com

Die toernooie is:

11 Februarie 2017 – Diamantveld (o.15 & o.17)
25 Februarie 2017 – Jim Fouché (o.16 & o.19)
18/19 Augustus 2017 – Hoërskool Rustenburg (o.15 & o.17)
18/19 Augustus 2017 – Glenwood (o.15 & o.18)
25/26 Augustus 2017 – Pionier (o.15 & o.18)
1/2 September 2017 – Noordheuwel (o.18)
8/9 September 2017 – Durban High School (o.18)
8/9 September 2017 – Paarl Gimnasium (TBC)
15/16 September 2017 – Bergvlam (o.15 & o.18)
22/23 September 2017 – Merensky (o.15 & o.18)
13/14 Oktober 2017 – Brandwag (Benoni) (o.15 & o.18)
20/21 Oktober 2017 – Kampioen van Kampioene (o.18)

Mitchell van Buuren will captain the Coca-Cola South Africa under-19s in their match against Zimbabwe, their third appearance in the Cricket South Africa (CSA) Youth Triangular Series. The hosts have won both of their matches convincingly in the series so far.

Wiaan Mulder, Wandile Makwetu and Ruan de Swardt have been rested as Jason Niemand makes his U19 debut, coming in with Siphamandla Krweqe and Michael Cohen.

The visitors have won the toss and elected to field in another hot day at Boland Park.

Coca-Cola South Africa U19 team: 

Michell van Buuren (captain), Jesse Christensen, Matthew Breetzke, Raynard van Tonder, Muhammed Mayet, Kenan Smith, Jason Niemand (debut), Jade de Klerk, Lutho Sipamla, Siphamandla Krweqe, Michael Cohen.