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‘Blowing ones own Horn’

12 August, 2013 Grasshopper 109

By Grasshopper

Having worked in business for 15 years I have realised that the best kind of PR is that done by others not associated with your brand and advocate customers. In relation to schools this would be parents, kids and Old Boys of other schools and the schools own fraternity.

With the advent of Social Media schools have started to do quite a bit of their own PR via Twitter and Facebook, some even creating business Linkedin profiles. With the huge amount of professionalism in school sport and the large amounts of revenue being handled by schools, they have had to treat them as businesses. However, each school has decided either to embrace technology and social PR or to avoid it. …

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KZN 2014 fixtures put on ice

12 August, 2013 beet 7

There is a lot of enjoyment derived from watching KZN schoolboy rugby. It’s good rugby and there is a lot of passion and commitment on display. But lets face it, there’s also a ton of sidelines drama here in the province as well. So I couldn’t help but laugh when I found out that even when all rivals are at off-season peace with each other and things feel like they have settled down, along comes the Minister of Education to get in on the act and properly ….. ! There will be a lot of holidays during the 2014 KZN school rugby season. …

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Grey College vs Paul Roos – 25 years of rugby passion

11 August, 2013 beet 102

GCB PRGThis year Grey College  and Paul Roos Gymnasium will be celebrating 25 years of inter-schools. The two schools that share similar values and have common histories with regards to the establishments of the universities in their respective regions, will meet on the rugby field for the 30th time since 1967. In 1988 the fixture became annual event and has since grown to become one of the most highly anticipated and certainly one of the biggest rugby rivalries on the SA schoolboy rugby calendar. …

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WP u18 too good for Italy

11 August, 2013 beet 0

Craven Week winners Western Province Schools minus stalwarts Rikus Bothma, Jacques Vermeulen, Thomas du Toit, Grant Hermanus, Daniel du Plessis (Paul Roos) and Daniel du Plessis (HJS), and still without JD Schickerling were too strong for the touring Italian under-18 team, beating them 39-17 on Friday, 09 August.…

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BHP Top 50 – week ending 03 August 2013

8 August, 2013 beet 76

So very tight at the top. All the interest has been on the top 2 who are only separated by 5 100ths of a point. Further down, the Northvaal battle via the BeeldTrofee is winding down with Jansies and Nellies looking set to contest for 5th spot in SA this year. In form Klofies not done yet in either and they could still claim a top 10 finish in 2013.…

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Results – week ending 10 August 2013

8 August, 2013 beet 183
SCHOOL SCHOOL NOTES
Hugenote 22 14 Boland Landbou  {R.I.P. Ploegskaar}
Dan Pienaar 15 17 Die Brandwag
Queens 40 25 Cambridge
Oakdale 28 3 Framesby
Outeniqua 36 23 Noord-Kaap 13h05 Kwagga Dag – on TV
EG Jansen 36 0 Marlow 14h20 Kwagga Dag
Garsfontein 71 3 Tygerberg 15h30 Kwagga Dag
Nico Malan 17 17 Diamantveld Kwagga Dag
Grey College 68 7 Glenwood
Grey HS 45 0 Selborne  On TV – Friday 12h55
Queens 60 3 Hangklip
Dale 19 28 Hudson Park
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SA Schools squad to face England announced

7 August, 2013 beet 14

August 07, 2013  SA Schools coach Chris October on Wednesday announced his squad to face England in their opening International Under-18 Series clash on Friday at the City Park Stadium in Cape Town.

Western Province and Paarl Gym No8 Rikus Bothma will lead the squad which features seven players who took part of the victorious SA Schools team last season. …

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EG’s Pieter Jansen placed on standby for SA Schools

6 August, 2013 beet 18

Valke Craven Week hooker Pieter Jansen, who also captains Dr EG Jansen, has been placed on standby for the SA Schools squad ahead of their under-18 international quadrangular series against England, France and Wales. Jansen’s standby is as a result of unfortunate HJS Paarl Boys High and Western Province hooker Daniel du Plessis, who has not regained full fitness after picking up an injury during the Craven Week final against the Golden Lions.…

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It’s virtually official – Affies will be no.1 in 2013

6 August, 2013 beet 86

Well I asked BHP to run the numbers regarding whether Paarl Gim could overtake Affies on the BHP SA Top 50 rankings (the formula driven ranking system). In a nutshell the answer is NO! No matter what Gim do in their up and coming games, they don’t have enough in terms of quality opposition to reel in Affies at the top.…

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Schools boys given the opportunity to train with a rugby legend

6 August, 2013 beet 1

Compliments of Shawn Belluigi powerade

 

06 August 2013.  John Mitchell, ex All Blacks player and coach who is famous for guiding the Lions to Currie Cup Victory, will teach approximately 2 400 rugby players from 40 schools around South Africa about what it takes to ‘Power Through’ from school boy rugby to Super Rugby and beyond. He will be demonstrating new techniques, drills and give guidance on other performance related aspects of training, like hydration, before, during and after matches. …

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Glenwood beats Maritzburg College 33-15

5 August, 2013 beet 11

The KwaZulu-Natal schoolboy rugby season ended with an entertaining match on Dixons field in Durban where Glenwood hosted Maritzburg College. College got out of the blocks well building up a 15-0 lead by the 20th minute. Glenwood fought back with five tries during the next 50 minutes to eventually run out 33-15 winners and increase an unbeaten streak against College that now dates back to 2010.…

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Affies or Gimmies: who is no.1 in SA?

5 August, 2013 beet 84

When BHP’s latest formula-driven rankings come out later this week, expect the country’s two top ranked teams Affies and Paarl Gymnasium to be closer than ever before in terms of points, following their respective derby wins over the weekend against the PBHS’s namely Pretoria Boys High School and Paarl Boys High School. The season is not over BUT one doesn’t have to be a rocket scientist to figure out that ranking systems and formulas aside, there is one “Moerse Groot” debate ahead IF Gimmies win their remaining games this season.…

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Absa u19: Sharks (Academy) bounce back big time

4 August, 2013 beet 2

This weekend’s outstanding 51-33 result by the Sharks under-19’s against the formidable Free State Cheetahs must have come a blessing in disguise. The Sharks coaches would have backed their boys to achieve this kind of success later in the season but following a home defeat the Lions a fortnight ago, the away victory this early on must surely have been a pleasant surprise to those who work with the team.…

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Montpellier beats the Durban u18 (DRSU)

4 August, 2013 beet 2

The Durban Rugby Sub Union (DSRU) completed yet another successful initiative at the Varsity College Riverside ground in Durban North on Sunday evening where they hosted touring French club Montpellier. The DSRU fills an important gap in the age-group youth rugby market by providing opportunities for youngsters to obtain a high standard of training and compete at a level that enhances their skills. There is also the incentive to earn provincial colours if they are good enough to play at the annual IPT. To find out more about the DRSU go to their website at http://www.drsujuniorrugby.co.za/…

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Results – week ending 03 August 2013

3 August, 2013 beet 266
SCHOOL SCHOOL NOTES
Paarl Gim 37 26 Paarl BH
Paul Roos 13 15 Oakdale
Rondebosch 20 23 Wynberg
SACS 21 16 Bishops
Selborne 25 21 Dale
Drostdy 24 17 Boland Landbou
Outeniqua 66 10 Oudtshoorn
Tygerberg 22 25 Swartland
Dan Pienaar 9 32 Marlow
Framesby 31 41 Grey HS
Hudson Park 24 31 Queens
Nico Malan 42 15 Die Brandwag
Glenwood 33 15 M. College
Pretoria BH 12 50 Affies
Jeppe 28 8 Parktown
HTS Middelburg 5 51 Waterkloof BeeldTrofee Quarterfinal
Nelspruit 25 23 Monnas BeeldTrofee Quarterfinal
Garsfontein 8 17 EG Jansen BeeldTrofee Quarterfinal
Kempton Park 43 15 Rustenburg BeeldTrofee Quarterfinal
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Gungets Tuft wins Superbru Super Rugby

3 August, 2013 beet 7

The longest running lucky streak on the SBR blog continues. Jokes. Well done to Gungets Tuft on winning the Superbru Super Rugby compo. Slam made it a College 1-2. They can’t even get that right in F1 these days, so great effort. Here is the full leaderboard.…

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Maritzburg College brings the curtain down on their 150th

3 August, 2013 beet 6

Maritzburg College and Glenwood, the only two KwaZulu-Natal teams that play third term rugby will be in action today on Dixons. The game will mark the end of the rugby careers of many open age group College boys who no doubt will all want to go out with a bang. It’s also the last game of the KZN tier-1 season. Glenwood still have one fixture after this weekend, an away trip to Bloemfontein to meet Grey College next week. Throughout today there are expected to be some very competitive match-ups all the way from under-14 up to the 1st XV game. All-in-all there are 24 games being played.…

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BHP Top 50 Rankings – calculations explanation

1 August, 2013 beet 15

Rankings 101:

Some Bloggers still don’t understand the concept of earning points per match according to the category ranked school you play and that the ranking is thus formula driven and not “adjusted” by BHP as seen fit. It is as simple as this: If you played and won high category schools you will have higher average points per game.

The idea that BHP has “given in to pressure” about Affies is absolute nonsense and absurd. Affies earned it by playing and beating Category 4 and 5 schools well and thus earning a slightly higher average game-point. Paarl Gim will most probably overtake them again if they win Interschools as Boishaai have a 5 point scalp! …

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DSRU Invitation Team plays Montpellier

31 July, 2013 GreenBlooded 17

montpellier rugbyThe 2nd weekend of Colts fixtures will take place at Varsity College this Sunday and will feature a match between a DRSU invitational team and the touring French team from Montpellier.   The match will take place at 16:30 on the Varsity College main field.   The tourists reportedly do not speak or understand a word of English so trying to find a suitable referee is proving a challenge.   Joubert is a reasonably French sounding name?   ;)…

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Beeld Trofee 2013: Quarterfinals

31 July, 2013 beet 24

beeld The business end of the 2013 BeeldTrofee for Macro schools  is upon us. Eight schools will battle it out for the remaining four places. The standard of the Noordvaal top tier rugby has been extremely high this year. There is a bottleneck at the top with no one wanting to give an inch. The result is that the BeeldTrofee for macro schools 2013 has no clear-cut favourite. Anyone of six schools namely HTS Middelburg, Waterkloof, Nelspruit, Monnas, Garsfontein and EG Jansen can win it. This is where BMT now takes over and nothing less that bring an A-game to the match-day will suffice.

Matches will take place on Saturday, 03 August 2013

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DERBY TIME ? BIGTIME !

31 July, 2013 beet 8

Gim vs HJS

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Written by Tony Stoops of Stoopstats.co.za

Just as the first sighting of a robin signifies the start of spring in England, so the massive Interschools clash in Paarl, the SWD showdown and the start of the second round of the southern suburbs derbies on Saturday 3 August 2013 herald the closing stages of the local schools rugby season.…

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Affie’s RG Snyman called up to SA Schools

31 July, 2013 beet 5

Rudolph Gerhardus Snyman or just plain RG Snyman was we know the 2.05 metre tall giant from Affies has been called up to replace JD Schickerling in the SA Schools team to face England, France and Wales in an international under-18 series to be held during August. …

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Gauteng wins the Grogper Cup 2013

29 July, 2013 beet 164

The Gauteng English-medium schools have won the inaugural Grogper Cup. They bounced back to beat their KwaZulu-Natal opponents 7-6 in a closely contested competition.…