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Matric exams 2015 analysis of 15 high schools

12 January, 2016 beet 125

Thank you to well-known blogger Grasshopper who done the time consuming research on the matric results of:

KZN: Glenwood, DHS, Northwood, Maritzburg College, Westville Boys’, Westville Girls
Gauteng: KES, Jeppe, Pretoria Boys High, Jeppe
Free State: Grey College
Eastern Cape: Grey High
Western Cape: Rondebosch, SACS, Paul Roos

and produced this detailed and very interesting table below:

Please note stats taken from EWN website data.
(Click on table to enlarge)
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Bulls u19 – 50 contracted players for 2016

10 January, 2016 beet 25

When it comes to announcing the newest members of their rugby fraternity it’s unusual for the Bulls to be slow out of the starting blocks. This time around for whatever reasons, the Bulls have delayed their squad release, even though the last of the kids born in 1997 is over the SARU stipulated minimum contracting age of 18.…

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Matric results 2015

6 January, 2016 beet 54

The national matric pass rate has dropped from 75.8% in 2014 to 70.7% in 2015.

The Western Cape was the best performing province in the 2015 National Senior Certificate exams with an 84.7% pass rate.…

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No hijacking of Kingswood vs Grey PE warm-up match

6 January, 2016 beet 22

A chance for the small Grahamstown private school Kingswood to pull off a David versus Goliath outcome against regional giants Grey High on Friday, 18 March – first term break up day for government schools in SA* – has been taken off the cards and spectators will not have the opportunity to redefine it as a proper match.…

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Foothold for College while Westville loses ground

4 January, 2016 beet 1

Maritzburg College has made great strides forward judging by the make-up of the new KwaZulu-Natal High Schools Rugby Association Executive Board, KZN under-18 selectors and under-18 coaches panels. This while fellow KZN rugby powerhouse Westville Boys’ High appears to have taken a step backwards in as far as their influence in the decision-making process is concerned.…

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Centurion & Eldoraigne kill two birds with one stone

4 January, 2016 beet 0

A smart joint decision has been made by Centurion and Eldoraigne. They have agreed to have their Tuks Reeks match in March double as a Beeld Bulls Macro B-league encounter. As a result the two Pretoria Co-eds avoid having to play each other twice via scheduled matches. There is however no guarantee that they won’t meet during the knockout phase of either cup competition. …

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2 Grant Khomo under-16 teams for hosts WP

9 December, 2015 beet 1

It’s an overworked complaint on the blog but does it ever get old? No it doesn’t! It’s just logical that given the depth of schoolboy rugby talent existing in their region, Western Province should have two representative teams at each and every one of the July school holiday provincial youth weeks. The 2016 Grant Khomo Week takes place at Paarl Gymnasium and two WP teams will be participating. With the 50:50 quota seemingly having the least impact on the overall standard of play of teams along the Cape coastal belt , the next question is what are the chances of an all-WP final at Grant Khomo Week 2016? Here are the Day 1 fixtures:

FIELD SCHOOL SCHOOL
A Blue Bulls Limpopo
A KwaZulu-Natal Pumas
A Western Province XV Griffons
A Golden Lions Free State
A Western Province Boland
B Zimbabwe Border CD
B Valke Griquas CD
B SWD Namibia
B Border Leopards
B Eastern Province Griquas
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Kennedy Tsimba to head up St Alban’s rugby

8 December, 2015 beet 0

Former Zimbabwean test player Kennedy Tsimba who really made a name for himself in South Africa as a creative flyhalf wearing the colours of Free State, has been appointed to the position of Director of Rugby here at St Alban’s College, with effect from 1 January 2016.…

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Grey High Rugby Festival 2016

8 December, 2015 beet 1
FIELD TEAM DATE SCHOOL SCHOOL
Philip 1st XV Sat.30Apr Windhoek Gym Ithembelihle
Philip 1st XV Sat.30Apr Muir Hudson Park
Philip 1st XV Sat.30Apr Framesby St Alban’s
Philip 1st XV Sat.30Apr Dale St David’s
Philip 1st XV Sat.30Apr Daniel Pienaar Graeme
Philip 1st XV Sat.30Apr Queen’s Pearson
Philip 1st XV Sat.30Apr Grey HS Parktown
Philip 1st XV Mon.02May St Alban’s Muir
Philip 1st XV Mon.02May St David’s Ithembelihle
Philip 1st XV Mon.02May Graeme Dale
Philip 1st XV Mon.02May Daniel Pienaar Hudson Park
Philip 1st XV Mon.02May Parktown Pearson
Philip 1st XV Mon.02May Grey HS Windhoek Gym
Philip 1st XV Mon.02May Framesby Queen’s

Lower Age-Group fixtures below…

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Drostdy North-South 2016

21 November, 2015 beet 2

At first sight, HTS Drostdy’s North-South Festival with match days on Monday 21 March 2015 and Thursday 24 March 2015, does not look like it will present the Drostdy players with too much of a challenge. There will however be some good matchups for spectators to enjoy.…

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End of the road for the Pukke Skouspel

21 November, 2015 beet 1

On a sad note the annual Pukke Skouspel organised by the North West University and played at their grounds ahead of Easter weekend is no more. Financial reasons were behind the decision to scrap the festival.…

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Beeld champions Garsfontein to make their debut at Wildeklawer 2016

18 November, 2015 beet 13

Garsfontein, who made history in 2015 by capturing the first ever Beeld Trophy Makro Schools title, are close to finalising what looks like a very challenging fixture list for 2016. A significant change is the effective switching from St John’s Rugby Festival to Wildeklawer, where they will take on Grey College in the opening match.…

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Grey College draft fixture list for 2016

12 November, 2015 beet 10

To a large extent it will be business as usual for Grey College in 2016. They’ll again go head to head with a good few of the rugby schools challenging for SA Top 10 spots next season. There are however two interesting changes on the fixture list of the Boys in Blue.…