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The annual XHealth Greyt Bash was held this past weekend down in Bloemfontein at the prestigious Grey College. The annual event is in its 4th edition and was founded in 2016.

The internal tournament took place this past weekend on the 30th and 31st August 2019.

DigiTV Streamers were looking to defend their title.

The top of group A played the second placed team of group B and visa versa in what is a semi-final. The final is played between the two winners of the semi-final round and is played on the Johan Volsteedt Cricket Oval.

DigiTV covered two of the fields during the weekend and all games can be caught up on the Grey College TV channel. A newly introduced trophy the Garnet Stevens Fair Play Trophy which was won by the Tyre Mart Titans and their broadcasting team who live streamed most of the matches.

Grey College has had its fair share of ex-Proteas having come through the ranks at the school such as former Proteas captain Hansie Cronje, opening batsmen Boeta Dippenaar as well as former Proteas bowler Victor Mpitsang.

The format been played has taken aspects of the traditional game and modernised it to make the game more exciting, more explosive and takes a lot quicker to finish. With the newly announced franchise competition The Hundred set to take place in the United Kingdom from 2020, it seems as if Grey College may have gotten onto the bandwagon at the right time.

How the Greyt Bash compares to the rules implemented in The Hundred will be one which generates great interest amongst the schoolboys taking part?

The rules are slightly different to traditional limited over rules and are made up of some of the following new ones. Teams have 60 minutes to finish their allotted overs of a 100-ball innings which consists of 15 normal 6-ball overs and one single 10-ball over. An innings is broken up into two double innings contests of 8 overs each.

The first five overs of the innings comprise of the normal field restriction. Teams will bowl all overs from the Northern side of the ground before swapping over. The most exciting part of the new format is the introduction of the single 10-ball over which the batting team needs to take between the Powerplay and the 13th over.

During the over both batsmen can be dismissed on the same ball effectively meaning a player can be caught and the non-striker can be run-out.

The tournament looks to give players of different age groups the opportunity to test their skills against older and more experienced players. This can only have a positive outcome on the depth of Grey’s cricket teams. The players enjoy the new format and forms part of their pre-season campaign prior to the other formats starting.

The opportunity to play with coloured clothing and white balls adds to the excitement of the tournament. Teams are selected during an auction evening where corporate sponsors buy the naming rights for the team.

With this added backing from local businesses this tournament starts to feel like one of the new franchise based T20 tournament’s which is taking the cricket world by storm. Adri Swanepoel, the director of cricket at Grey College had the following to say about the tournament, “The good relationships we build with our sponsors, is our recipe for success.”

PHOTO: Marnus van Wyk

SA Rugby has selected two groups for their annual Elite Player Development Camps. Both the u16 and u16 EPD Camps will take place from 22 tot 28 September 2019. 

The u16 camp will be held at Paarl Gimnasium, while the u17 camp is hosted by Hugenote in Wellington. 

The players: 

u17: Tiaan Lange (Menlopark), Reinhardt Ludwig (Affies), Hardus Rothman (Garsfontein), Willie Potgieter (Affies), Rowan Cloete (Garsfontein), Albertus Sadie (Garsfontein), Renzo du Plessis (Ben Vorster), Fernnin Arendse (Swartland), Oscar Myataza (Hudson Park), Josh van Vreden (Selborne College), Sihlalo Benge (Queen’s College), Josh Jonas (Hudson Park), Siviwe Zondani (Grey High School), Brandon Wilkie (Framesby), Ricardo Fourie, Tielman Nieuwoudt, Sisonke Vumazonke, Juan-Dee Olivier, Franco Knoetze, Pashal Ekeji, Sonwabo Sokoyi (all Grey College), Heiko Pohlmann (Monument), Melbirt van der Spuy (Helpmekaar), Rynard Mouton, Herschelle Goodman (both Monument), Ndivovuyo Holiday, Benedict Human, Calla Pienaar (all Welkom Gimnasium), Sikholise Nanto, Henk Gouws, Nico Steyn (all Glenwood), Siyambuka Nongiza (Maritzburg College), Mnqobi Mkhize, Mbasa Nkonki (both Westville Boys’ High), Latica Nela (Hilton College), Sipho Nzoto (Middelburg), Corne Rahl, Tino Senge (both Oakdale Landbou), Friedrich Weilbach, Armand Maritz, Luke Burger (all Paul Roos), Louw Nel, Bradley Davids, Adrian Swartz, Eric Basson, John du Toit, Ethan James, Matthew Jacobs, Curwin Gertse, Rynhardt Crous (all Paarl Gimnasium), Keanan Wentzel, Marco de Witt (both Boland Landbou), Sacha Mngomezulu, Connor Evans, Keagan Blanckenberg (all Diocesan College), Kian Davis, Lukanyo Vokozela (both Rondebosch Boys’ High), Duran Koevert (SACS), Phillip Masango (Wynberg Boys’ High), Sebastian Lombard (Paarl Boys’ High). 

u16: Thansville Mayman, Dillon Oppelt (both Garsfontein), Kevin Lock, Francois Oosthuizen, Wian Faber (all Menlopark), Leighton Horn, Quewinn Nortjé (both Affies), Bradley Mokwena (Ben Vorster), Ghudian van Reenen (Worcester Gimnasium), Nayen Solomons, Percy Basson (both HTS Drostdy), Kwakanya Kamteni (Queen’s College), Jan-Hendrik Gouws (Graaff-Reinet Volkskool), Gershwone Smith (Aliwa-Noord), Corné Smit, Regan Izak, Pieter Smith (all Grey College), Roger Petersen, Waldo van der Berg (both Monument), Qhawe Mbatha (Noordheuwel), Kelly Mpeku, Katlego Letebele (both King Edward VII), Olebogeng Nhlapho (Parktown Boys’ High), Diego Cupido (Helpmekaar), Dendré Aucamp (Voortrekker), Wihaan Hendricks (Hoërskool Upington), Phatu Ganyane, Gcinokuhle Mdletshe, Gerrit Ockerse, Layron Wilborrow, Roger Heath, Ryan Manuel (all Glenwood), Jannes Potgieter, Nicholas Hatten (both Hilton College), Bryce Calvert (Westville Boys’ High), Tshiriletso Noko (Lichtenburg), Dian Heunis, Phillip Kleynhans, Neil le Roux, Simeon Oosthuizen, Paul de Villiers (all Oakdale Landbou), Michael Pieterse (Heidelberg Volkskool), Riekerd Bornman (Dr. Malan), Coetzee le Roux, Luca Ribbens, Abulele Ndabambi, Compion von Ludwig, Keagan Smith, Hakeem Kunene, Hanno Wessels, Dante Burger (all Paarl Boys’ High), Corné Lavagna, Michael Koch (both Paarl Gimnasium), Tristan van Dyk, Jason Johnson, Bevan Simons (all Paul Roos), Gustav Laubscher (Boland Landbou), Mogamad Khan, Suleiman Hartzenberg (both Diocesan College).

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St David’s Marist Inanda is the venue for a season-opening feast of two day time cricket

The Fasken St David’s Time Cricket Festival is the traditional schools cricket season-opener in Gauteng and this year’s event – running from Thursday September 5 to Sunday September 8 – has been extended to feature 12 of the country’s top cricketing schools.

Five of the top Joburg school will be there and they will be joined by Paul Roos Gimnasium from Stellenbosch, St Alban’s College from Pretoria, St Andrew’s School of Bloemfontein and two teams from KwaZulu-Natal: Clifton College and Maritzburg College. The 12th team is a Cricket South Africa Talent Acceleration Programme (TAP) XI.

The St David’s Festival began life as a T20 competition, but it was changed to a time cricket format in 2017 when the school’s director of cricket, Dave Nosworthy, arrived.

Nosworthy, who has coached cricket at the highest levels, insists that the best cricketing lessons are taught to players in longer formats of the game.

“Twenty over cricket has its place, but it should definitely not be a pre-season activity,” Nosworthy said. “At this time of the year players should be building fitness and resilience. Batsmen and bowlers need to build confidence in their shots and bowling actions, and captains should be given the opportunity to learn when to declare.”

T20 cricket is too short to allow those things to happen, Nosworthy said.” You have to spend way more time out there than a T20 game allows.”

“Our schoolboy captains cannot become tactically astute if they are not exposed to situations in which they have to make decisions,” Nosworthy said, “and those situations only present themselves in longer formats of the game.”

The Fasken St David’s Time Cricket Festival is used by Cricket South Africa (CSA) to give up-and-coming payers who do not get these sorts of opportunities a chance to match themselves against top opposition. For the second time this year they will be sending a TAP team to St David’s.

Niels Momberg, CSA’s manager of youth cricket said they are delighted to get the opportunity to expose some of their rising stars to “proper” cricket. The players come from their provincial high performance programmes and are at schools who do not attend festivals like the St David’s event, or the Michaelmas Week in Pietermaritzburg in October.

The Fasken St David’s Time Cricket Cricket Festival takes place from September 5th to 8th. The schools will play two two-day matches, which will feature two innings each and captain’s declarations are allowed.

Fixtures

Thursday 5th and Friday 6th September

Jeppe vs Clifton (St David’s Mc Gregor)
St David’s vs Paul Roos (St David’s La Rosey)
CSA TAP vs KES (St David’s La Valle)
St Stithians vs Maritzburg College (St Stithians)
St Alban’s vs Noordheuwel (St David’s Gier)
St Andrew’s vs St John’s (St John’s).

Saturday 7th and Sunday 8th September

St Alban’s vs Clifton (St David’s La Rosey)
KES vs St Andrew’s (St Stithians)
St Stithians vs Paul Roos (St David’s Gier)
St David’s vs Noordheuwel (St David’s La Valle)
St John’s vs Maritzburg College (St John’s)
Jeppe vs CSA TAP (St David’s Mc Gregor).

Ten teams will battle it out in two sections in the new format of the SA Rugby U19 Championship, which will be hosted in Paarl and Johannesburg respectively over one week in September.

The Coastal Section, which will run concurrently with the Iqhawe Week at Paarl Gymnasium, features four teams, namely Boland, Eastern Province, DHL Western Province and the Cell C Sharks.

The Inland Section, which will be hosted at Emirates Airline Park in Johannesburg, will feature six teams, namely the Vodacom Blue Bulls, Valke, Toyota Free State, Xerox Golden Lions, Leopards and Phakisa Pumas.

The teams in the Coastal Section will each face each other once during pool play, with the top team on the standings at the end of the three rounds advancing to the final, while the Inland Section will be played in a knock-out format based on the teams’ log positions from the 2018 season, with the top team earning their place in the final.

The final will be hosted at the home ground of the winner of the Coastal Section on the first weekend in October. Should DHL Western Province host the final, the match will be played as a curtain-raiser for the Springbok Women’s Test against Scotland at City Park in Athlone.

DHL Western Province will face Boland in an entertaining Western Cape derby on the opening day’s play of the Coastal Section on Monday, 23 September, with Eastern Province taking on the Cell C Sharks.

The first round of the Inland Section will see the Vodacom Blue Bulls take on the Valke, the Xerox Golden Lions face the Phakisa Pumas, and Toyota Free State and Leopards take on one another.

This will be followed by the second round of matches on Wednesday, 25 September, and last round of pool games on Friday, 27 September. 

SA Rugby U19 Championship fixtures:

Monday, 23 September:

Coastal Section:

DHL Western Province v Boland

Eastern Province v Cell C Sharks

Inland Section:

Vodacom Blue Bulls v Valke (QF1)

Xerox Golden Lions v Phakisa Pumas (QF2)

Toyota Free State v Leopards (QF3)

Wednesday, 25 September:

Coastal Section:

DHL Western Province v Eastern Province

Boland v Cell C Sharks

Inland Section:

Semi-final 1: Winner of Q1 vs Best loser (based on points’ difference)

Semi-final 2: Winner Q2 vs Winner Q3

Playoff: Two other sides face one another

Friday, 27 September:

Coastal Section:

Cell C Sharks v DHL Western Province

Eastern Province v Boland

Inland Section:

Winner SF1 vs Winner SF2

Four other sides to play for rankings

Final – Date and venue TBC

Issued by SA Rugby Communications

Die tweede First Choice Elite Sewes-toernooi skop Vrydag tydens die Kouga Humansdorp Lentefees op die Hoërskool Nico Malan se veld af. Die toernooi en aansienlik gegroei na dit verlede jaar vir die eerste keer aangebied is. 

Al Saterdag se wedstryde word regstreeks op DigiTV.co.za uitgesaai.

Een van die nuwelinge wat vanjaar die pad na Humansdorp aangepak het, die Hoër Jongenskool Paarl, sal ‘n sterk aanspraakmaker op die titel wees. Boishaai het verlede jaar die titel as kampioen van die gesogte Marius Schoeman Sewes-toernooi gedra.  Die span van die Paarl sal die toernooi in Humansdorp as voorbereiding gebruik om volgende week sy titel te probeer verdedig. 

Boishaai kan sterk teenstand van veral Outeniqua, Oakdale Landbou, Framesby en Noord-Kaap verwag. Die span van die Paarl is in Groep C saam met Noord-Kaap, Itembelihle en Graeme-kollege geloot. 

Outeniqua is saam met die Hoërskool Grens, HTS Daniël Pienaar en Framesby in Groep A geloot. In Groep B sal die gasheer, Nico Malan, sake teen St Andrew’s College van Grahamstad, ‘n Port Elizabeth Uitnodiging-span en Brandwag van Uitenhage sake uitspook. 

In Groep D sal Oakdale Landbou teen Grey High School van Port Elizabeth, Humansdorp Sekondêr en Despatch te staan kom. Die eindstryd van die toernooi sal om 17:15 plaasvind.

Indien jy nie deel van die makietie op Humansdorp kan wees nie, skakel gerus in via DigiTV.co.za om al die aksie regstreeks te volg.  

Die bepalings: 

Vrydag, 30 Augustus 2019

16:00 – Outeniqua vs Hoërskool Grens; 16:20 – Nico Malan vs St Andrew’s College; 16:40 – Hoër Jongenskool Paarl vs Noord-Kaap; 17:00 – Oakdale Landbou vs Humansdorp Sekondêr. 

Saterdag, 31 Augustus 2019

08:00 – Framesby vs HTS Daniël Pienaar; 08:18 – Brandwag (Uitenhage) vs PE Uitnodigingspan; 08:36 – Graeme-kollege vs Noord-Kaap; 08:54 – Grey High School vs Despatch; 09:12 – Outeniqua vs HTS Daniël Pienaar; 09:30 – St Andrew’s College vs PE Uitnodigingspan; 09:48 – Hoër Jongenskool Paarl vs Itembelihle; 10:06 – Oakdale Landbou vs Despatch; 10:24 – Framesby vs Hoërskool Grens; 10:42 – Brandwag (Uitenhage) vs Nico Malan; 11:00 – Noord-Kaap vs Itembelihle; 11:18 – Grey High School vs Humansdorp Sekondêr; 11:36 – Outeniqua vs Framesby; 11:54 – St Andrew’s College vs Brandwag (Uitenhage); 12:12 – Hoër Jongenskool Paarl vs Graeme-kollege; 12:30 – Oakdale Landbou vs Grey High School; 12:48 – Hoërskool Grens vs HTS Daniël Pienaar; 13:06 – Nico Malan vs PE Uitnodigingspan; 13:24 – Itembelihle vs Graeme-kollege; 13:42 – Despatch vs Humansdorp Sekondêr.

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Wie gaan in die laaste ronde van die Marius Schoeman Sewes-toernooi in die Paarl nog staande bly? Die grootste skole-sewestoernooi in Suid-Afrika sal van 5 tot 7 September op Paarl Gimnasium se velde beslis word. 

Die toernooi is ongetwyfeld ook een van die taaistes en die vorige twee toernooie se tellings in die eindstryde getuig daarvan dat die span met die langste asem oor die nodige krag beskik om die uitklophou te plant. 

Verlede jaar se o.17-kampioen, die Hoër Jongenskool Paarl, kom in sy eerste wedstryd van vanjaar se toernooi teen Hermanus te staan. Die Boishaai Blitze sal nie sal nie hul teenstanders ligtelik opneem nie. 

Hermanus het tydens sy eerste wedstryd van die eerste Marius Schoeman-toernooi in 2017 vir Grey-kollege van Bloemfontein met 24-21 verras. Boishaai het verlede jaar in die eindstryd vir Grey met 24-5 die loef afgesteek om die kroon te dra. 

Saam met Boishaai in Groep D geloot is sy aartsvyand en gasheer, Paarl Gimnasium. Die vonke behoort dit behoorlik in die groep te spat. Die vierde span in Groep D is die Paarl Barbarians. 

Groep C kan as die sogenaamde “Groep van die Dood” erken word. Stellenberg, Garsfontein en Oakdale Landbou is saam met Douglas in die groep geloot. 

Die eerste wedstryd van die o.17-toernooi sal tussen die Afrikaanse Hoër Seunskool van Pretoria en HTS Drostdy van Worcester beslis word. Die Hoërskool Tygerberg en Overberg voltooi Groep A se spanne. Dit sal die eerste keer wees dat Affies aan die toernooi deelneem. 

Die kampioen van 2017, Paul Roos Gimnasium van Stellenbosch, is saam met die Hoërskool Durbanville, die Amdec Blitze en Parel Vallei in Groep B geloot. Paul Roos het Stellenberg met 29-7 in die eerste eindstryd platgeslaan. 

Die Marius Schoeman-toernooi is deel van die Twizza Sewesreeks wat deur die sportspromotor, Darryl Weir, georganiseer word. 

Die Groepe is: 

Groep A: Affies, HTS Drostdy, Tygerberg, Overberg.

Groep B: Paul Roos Gimnasium, Durbanville, Amdec Blitze, Parel Vallei.

Groep C: Stellenberg, Oakdale Landbou, Douglas, Garsfontein. 

Groep D: Hoër Jongenskool Paarl, Hermanus, Paarl Barbarians, Paarl Gimnasium. 

Groep E: Monument, Boland Landbou, Milnerton, VUKA SA Legends.

Groep F: Outeniqua, Noordheuwel, Paulus Joubert, Brackenfell. 

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The Northern’s Platinum Cricket League second round was played over the weekend with matches taking place on the 24th August 2019.

Several matches from previous rounds have been postponed for various reasons. This past weekend saw two very different games pan out.

Garsfontein took on Pretoria Boys High School in a high scoring match. Garsfontein put up a competitive first innings total of 322 all out.

Benco Van Der Walt scored an impressive 127 runs from 100 balls and formed a dominating middle order partnership with Larno Botha who scored 70 from 60 balls.

It was always going to be a tough ask from the Pretoria Boys High batting unit but the bowling from Garsfontein managed to restrict Boys High to 228 all out in 47 overs. Opening bowler Andre van Wyngaardt lead from the front picking up 4/42 in 10 overs.

Boys High took a few positives from the match with middle order batsmen Tim Ferguson carrying on with his good form from the first round of games adding to his tally of 186 runs with an unbeaten 134.

Menlopark hosted Centurion. Having already lost their previous match Menlo Park were looking to bounce back from their loss. The hosts won the toss and put Centurion into bat first, the visitors were reduced to 148 all out after 47.3 overs.

The pick of the bowlers for Menlo Park was Ryan Greyvenstein who bowled neatly picking up figures of 22/3 from 10 overs. Nathan Fox kept the score ticking along for Centurion and made 42 from 61 balls. Menlo Park’s batting unit successfully chased down the small total within 38 overs ending up on 152/4.

The chase didn’t start to well with Zander van Tonder picking up the early wicket of Dylan De Villiers. Other opener Stoop scored 35 runs from 45 balls before Menlo number three Tristan Janse Van Rensburg scored 59 from 85 balls. Tristan has now scored back to back half centuries.

Photo Credit: Malan Morkel

Results:

Garsfontein 322/10 from 50 overs (Benco Van Der Walt 127, Larno Botha 70) Pretoria Boys’ High 228/10 from 47 overs (Tim Ferguson 134; Andre van Wyngaardt 4/42). Garsfontein won by 94 runs.

Centurion 148/10 in 47.3 overs (Ryan Greyvenstein 10-22-3; Sebastiaan Strydom 2/27) Menlopark 152/4 from 38 overs (Tristan Janse van Rensburg 54, Christiaan Daniels 27; Michael Salomon 2/20). Menlopark won by 6 wickets.

Prestige College u19 A vs Waterkloof u19 A: (Game Postponed to Future Date)

Affies u19 A vs Cornwall u19 A: (Game Postponed to Future Date)

Fixtures Saturday 31 August 2019

Section A

Garsfontein u19 A vs Centurion u19 A
Menlo Park u19 A vs Affies u19 A
Waterkloof u19 A vs Pretoria Boys High u19 A

No surprises here – Grey College is South Africa’s top first XV for 2019.

The side from Bloemfontein finished for the second successive year on top of School of Rugby Rankings. They’ve finished the season unbeaten for the second year in a row and also extended their unbeaten run to 34 matches.

Paarl Gimnasium will finish the season in second position after only suffering a solitary defeat against Grey
College (33-47) during Wildeklawer. Their biggest arch-rivals, Paarl Boys’ High, takes the 3rd position after
suffering only two defeats against Grey College (24-43) and Paarl Gimnasium (17-18) respectively.

Welkom Gimnasium was the only team in action over the weekend as they managed to easily hold-on to their title champions of the Shimla-league by defeating Goudveld 62-7 in the final.

Please note that we don’t take matches against international opposition into consideration in our rankings. These games will however still be recorded and shown in our results.

These rankings are not an official ranking as there is no official ranking on schoolboy level and this is only to get the discussion on school rugby on South Africa flowing. We however take our responsibility on reporting school rugby very seriously. 

To see each team’s results so far this season click on their name in the rankings. If you see any results missing please don’t hesitate to contact Hannes Nienaber via e-mail on hannes@rugby.supersportschools.com – and please feel free to discuss and differ from us in the comments section. 

The Rankings: 

#	School	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	Points F	Points A
1	Grey College	15	15	0	0	782	295
2	Paarl Gimnasium	15	14	0	1	624	262
3	Paarl Boys’ High	14	11	1	2	547	223
4	Garsfontein	15	12	0	3	717	441
5	Monument	16	11	0	5	647	435
6	Paul Roos Gimnasium	8	5	0	3	215	188
7	Selborne College	17	14	1	3	627	266
8	Framesby	20	17	1	2	823	317
9	St Andrew’s College	16	13	1	2	591	207
10	Grey High School	14	9	2	3	546	266
11	King Edward VII	12	9	1	2	420	303
12	Helpmekaar	19	12	1	6	596	490
13	Outeniqua	13	7	0	6	420	268
14	Stellenberg	17	13	0	4	517	278
15	Menlopark	17	10	0	7	613	491
16	Glenwood	16	11	0	5	466	395
17	Diocesan College	12	7	0	5	442	323
18	Affies	14	8	0	6	506	417
19	Welkom Gimnasium	18	13	2	3	751	284
20	Hilton College	9	7	1	1	268	166
21	Rondebosch Boys’ High	17	11	0	6	488	340
22	Boland Landbou	16	8	0	8	487	530
23	Westville Boys’ High	13	9	0	4	386	265
24	Waterkloof	17	9	0	8	539	559
25	Brandwag (Uitenhage)	15	12	0	3	531	286
26	EG Jansen	15	9	0	6	577	449
27	Ben Vorster	16	12	0	8	591	437
28	HTS Middelburg	20	8	0	12	528	683
29	Noordheuwel	15	7	0	8	403	451
30	HTS Drostdy	15	7	0	8	396	426
31	Duineveld	11	8	0	3	287	263
32	Noord-Kaap	14	8	0	6	337	384
33	Diamantveld	16	9	0	7	491	398
34	Oakdale Landbou	14	5	0	9	295	386
35	Pretoria Boys’ High	14	8	0	6	450	367
36	Hoërskool Middelburg	19	5	0	4	685	438
37	Jeppe High School for Boys’	10	6	0	4	343	274
38	Montana	17	11	0	6	567	395
39	Hoërskool Pietersburg	18	17	0	1	690	262
40	Marais Viljoen	18	10	0	8	499	463
41	Hoërskool Durbanville	14	9	0	5	566	327
42	Kingswood College	16	11	0	5	579	232
43	Northwood	11	7	0	4	353	248
44	Frikkie Meyer	15	13	0	2	548	280
45	Dale College	16	9	1	6	475	330
46	Maritzburg College	16	7	0	9	384	387
47	Lichtenburg	18	12	0	6	598	378
48	Hoërskool Rustenburg	11	5	0	6	382	326
49	Voortrekker (Bethlehem)	13	8	0	5	440	457
50	Pionier	9	8	0	1	266	145

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Bertus Buidendach het met ‘n veelsydige vertoning die Hoërskool Rustenburg se eerste krieketspan op die wenpad in die Noordwes-liga teen HTS Potchefstroom gekry. Rusties het die ligawedstryd tussen die twee spanne met 131 lopies gewen.

Buitendach het eers met ‘n onoorwonne 48 lopies sy span tot 235 lopies gehelp voordat hulle uitgeknikker is. Hy het goeie ondersteuning van Odirile Modimokowane (44) en Brandon Venter (40) gekry.

‘n “Kolwer” met die naam Ekstras het self ‘n stewige bydra van 42 lopies gelewer.

Buitendach was daarna met die bal in die hand ook die grootste doring in HTS Potchefstroom se kolwers se vlees. Hy het van drie kolwers vir slegs 27 lopies ontslae geraak.

HTS Potchefstroom kon slegs 104 lopies aanteken voordat hy uitgeboul is.

Potchefstroom Volkskool se Christopher de Freitas (54*) en Niel Janse van Vuuren (50) het meet vyftigtalle hul span tot ‘n oorwinning van ses paaltjies oor die Hoërskool Klerksdorp gehelp.

Klerksdorp het 178/9 in sy toegelate boulbeurte danksy waardevolle bydraes deur Marnus Prinsloo (52) en Divan Steenkamp (39) behaal. Timothy Malan (3/17) het die meeste skade met die bal vir Potch Volkies aangerig. Malan het boonop ‘n onoorwonne 33 lopies met die wilgerlat aangeteken.

Potchefstroom Gimnasium het nie veel probleme ondervind om Lichtenburg met agt paaltjies planke toe te stuur nie.

Die Liggies het eerste gekolf en is tot slegs 123 lopies beperk danksy goeie boulwerk deur Marinus Pienaar (4/15) en Tiaan Brandt (3/13).

Gimmies se Franco Boshoff (50) het met sy vyftigtal gehelp dat sy span die wenteiken in slegs 19.5 boulbeurte behaal het.

Wil jy hê ons moet ook jou eerstespan se krieketwedstryde dek? Stuur vir ons ‘n e-pos met julle telkaarte en afrigter/tellinghouer se kontakbesonderhede na hannes@schoolofcricket.co.za

Beknopte telkaarte:

Hoërskool Klerksdorp 178/9 (Marnus Prinsloo 52, Divan Steenkamp 39, De Wet Muller 32; Timothy Malan 3/17, Stephan Fourie 2/13); Potchefstroom Volkskool 182/4 (Christopher de Freitas 54*, Niel Janse van Vuuren 50, Timothy Malan 33*, Van Zyl Smit 30; Lowyk Vogel 2/32). Potchefstroom Volkskool wen met ses paaltjies.

Hoërskool Rustenburg 235 (Bertus Buitendach 48*, Odirile Modimokowane 44, Ekstras 42, Brandon Venter 40; Karabelo Matlawe 4/20, Tshepang Ndwendwe 2/1); HTS Potchefstroom 104 (Kgakollo Seroalo 22; Bertus Buitendach 3/27, Hanro Swanepoel 2/8). Hoërskool Rustenburg wen met 131 lopies.

Lichtenburg 123 (F Landsberg 24, Ekstras 24; Marinus Pienaar 4/15, Tiaan Brandt 3/13); Potchefstroom Gimnasium 125/2 (Franco Boshoff 50, M Landman 46). Potch Gimmies wen met agt paaltjies.

Daar sal volgende jaar groot makietie in Worcester gehou word. Die dorp in die Breede Vallei vier volgende jaar sy 200ste bestaansjaar en HTS Drostdy bied saam met hierdie vieringe die jaarlikse Noord Suid Derby aan. 

Die Noord Suid Derby groei oor jaarliks en volgende jaar sal daar 48 skolerugbyspanne in aksie wees. Die fees van rugby, netbal asook hokkie sal van 20 tot 25 Maart plaasvind. Twaalf skole se eerstespanne sal elk in drie wedstryde in aksie op Trappes-park wees. 

Al die skole buiten New Orleans van die Paarl se junior-spanne (o.14, o.15 en o.16) sal ook aan die fees van rugby deelneem. In die junior-afdeling sal die spanne van Hoërskool Brackenfell ook deelneem. 

Buiten die gasheer sal HTS Daniël Pienaar van Uitenhage en Kearsney College weer vanuit die suide aan die toernooi deelneem. HTS Daniël Pienaar het vanjaar die toernooi aangebied, terwyl Kearsney College nie vanjaar aan die toernooi deelgeneem het nie. 

Die span van Durban het wel in 2018 aan die Noord Suid Derby deelgeneem. Die Hoërskool Strand het verlede jaar in Kearsney se plek aan die toernooi deelgeneem. 

Worcester Gimnasium, Hoërskool Tygerberg en New Orleans is die ander spanne vanuit die suide wat aan die fees sal deelneem. Dit is verblydend om Worcester Gimnasium as deel van die feesvieringe te sien. Gimmies sal volgende jaar vir die eerste keer sedert 2014 op Trappes-park in aksie wees. Dit is die laaste keer wat hulle en die Donkies mekaar op die veld die stryd aangesê het. 

Al vier skole vanuit die noorde wat vanjaar in Uitenhage in aksie was – Ben Vorster van Tzaneen, Hoërskool Middelburg, Marais Viljoen van Alberton en Transvalia van Vanderbijlpark sal volgende jaar die tog na Worcester aanpak. Die twee nuwelinge wat volgende jaar vir die eerste keer Noord Suid Derby sal deelneem is Lichtenburg en Hoërskool Secunda. 

In die junior-afdelings sal veral die twee o.15-spanne vanuit Worcester, HTS Drostdy en Worcester Gimnasium se spanne, se vertonings fyn dopgehou word. Die twee jaargroepe het vanjaar as o.14-spanne onder die voorste spanne in hul ouderdomsgroep in die land getel. 

Die rugbyskole is: 

Suid: HTS Drostdy, HTS Daniël Pienaar, Kearsney College, Worcester Gimnasium, Hoërskool Tygerberg, New Orleans.

Noord: Ben Vorster, Hoërskool Middelburg, Lichtenburg, Transvalia, Marais Viljoen, Hoërskool Secunda.

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