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Grant Hermanus is the Craven Week Player of the Year 2013

12 February, 2014 beet 0

Western Province under-18 and Paarl Gymnasium star backline player Grant Hermanus, who played at a consistently high level throughout the season and stood out during the Craven Week final has been named as the Craven Week player of the Year for 2013 at the SARU awards.

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Noord-Suid Skolerugby Toernooi 2014

2 February, 2014 beet 84
DATE SCHOOL SCHOOL
Tue.01Apr Menlopark 98 00 Harrismith
Tue.01Apr Waterkloof 10 24 Paarl Gim
Fri.04Apr Waterkloof 94 00 Harrismith
Fri.04Apr Menlopark 22 18 Paarl Gim

 

As many of you who follow the Blog already know, former Springbok Pieter Rossouw with the sponsorship backing of Barloworld has been trying to get a new Noord-Suid tournament organised.

In an idea world if this tournament consisted of just the top six schools it would have seen the best that Pretoria has to offer namely Affies, Waterkloof and right here right now Garsfontein come up against the top feeder schools of the WPRU, which would definitely be Paarl Gim, Paarl Boys High and Paul Roos.…

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Grey College vs Paarl Gymnasium 2014 rugby match hangs in the balance

1 February, 2014 beet 19

A final decision regarding Grey Bloem playing Paarl Gim at Wildeklawer Skouspel 2014 will be made any day now.

This is a game that every Grey and Gimmies student, parent and old boy wants to see happen but as always these kind of outcomes are not majority vote decisions and so it will be up to a few school officials in positions of authority to have final say on the matter.…

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WP under-16 Elite Squad for 2014

29 January, 2014 beet 5

The WP under-16 Elite Squad was named during September 2013. A new list was put out this week. It contains just two changes – C Serdyn (HJS) and R Harris (Scottsdene) have been added.…

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WP under-18 Elite Group for 2014

29 January, 2014 beet 36

Updated: The names of the players chosen for the Western Province under-18 Elite group, which will practice regularly throughout the close season, were originally announced on Wednesday 11 September 2013. Recently a revised list was put out with Rondebosch prop Ashwyn Adam and Gimmies’ flyhalf Walter Smit being added, while another Rondebosch player Zain Davids is moved from prop to his more accustomed position on the flank.…

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2014 Western Province u19’s could be as good as the 2010 team

27 January, 2014 beet 62

The Western Province Rugby Institute (WPRI) recently held an opening function to welcome this year’s batch of aspiring professionals to their world class facility in Stellenbosch. Judging by the talent they managed to secure, there is every chance that a WP under-19 team coming out of this group could contain as much skill and potential as the successful WP under-19 team of 2010.…

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Paul Roos looking promising for 2014

20 January, 2014 beet 32

A good way to describe Paul Roos supporters ahead of the 2014 season is quietly confident. No one is under any kind of illusion either. Annually Paul Roos has one of the most demanding school rugby schedules in the country which affords them little room for comfort. That said there is a reason why they are labelled as one of South African school rugby’s powerhouse teams. …

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Paul Roos coach to face the music

27 November, 2013 beet 5

Hein Kriek finds himself in a difficult position at the moment and there is a possibility that he could be relieved of his position as 1st XV head coach at Paul Roos.

Up until now Kriek has steadily being building a reputation as a top class schoolboy rugby coach. …

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Boishaai heading to SANIX in 2014

5 November, 2013 beet 6

Not yet official but it looks like Hoër Jongenskool – Paarl Boys’ High School will participate in next year’s SANIX international school rugby tournament which takes place in Japan annually. …

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New Bishops 1st XV Coaching Structure

31 October, 2013 beet 8

Article taken from the Bishops Diocesan Website:
We are very pleased to be able to announce that the 1st XV coaching structure. All coaches except for Mr Jacobs will have the 1st XV as their focus, but will also work with other teams and coaches. However, all will have an integral role to play in the 1st XV in 2014. …

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WP u18 Sevens team

19 September, 2013 beet 2

The WP Sevens team for the national provincial under-18 tournament to be held at Curro Hazeldean on 23/24 September 2013.…

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Western Province Rugby Institute players for 2014

5 September, 2013 beet 77

The Western Province Rugby Institute (WPRI) has released their list of 43 players that will be at their facility for the best part of 2014. It is possilby their strongest ever assembled squad with 11 SA Schools players and 19 or so other Craven Week players. …

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Die Burger finals team sheets

30 August, 2013 beet 117

The finals of Die Burger’s Rugby Competiton for schools in the Western Province, Boland, SWD and Eastern Province will take place tomorrow in Paarl.

The big clash will be the finals in the Big School’s Division where Paarl Gymnasium (WP) will play against Outeniqua (SWD). The final will be played at Paarl Gym. Kick-off: 12:30 – Paarl Gym A Field;…

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Star-studded lineups for Die Burger final

29 August, 2013 beet 13

The recent returns from injury of Paarl Gim’s lock JD Schickerling and centre Ryan Oosthuizen, two players that haunted Outeniqua during Gimmies 37-25 victory back in April, is bound to have a significant effect on the outcome when the two sides meet again in this year’s Burger Trophy main final. The final will feature the highest number of SA Schools players in a school match this year, not to mention the many other outstanding provincial players that will also be showing off their skills.

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Western Cape Schools performance table 2013

26 August, 2013 beet 0

Well Tony Stoops, who provided the points record of Nico Malan’s Selwyn Davids (425 points for the season), keeps all sorts of interesting stats of Western Cape schools and players on his terrific website www.stoopstats.co.za stoopstatslogo

Amongst the interesting bits of info is this performance table that ignores the variable of relative strength and simply focuses on schools records in an effort to determine who the best achieving teams of 2013 in the Province are.…

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Kwaggas book a date with Gim

22 August, 2013 beet 57

Two tries by centre Hennie Barnard in difficult weather conditions helped Outeniqua to a 18-6 win against Marlow and a place in the Burger Trophy final. Their likely opponents are Paarl Gymnasium, who are overwhelming favorites to get past Drostdy of Boland in the other semi.…

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Paul Roos’ outstanding inter-schools results against Grey Bloem

20 August, 2013 beet 5

Many in the Paul Roos family are still hurting after Saturday’s all-important 1st team rugby match against Grey College. Paul Roos prides itself on being a top rugby school and this season has been particularly difficult for them. However their overall sports results against Grey College is still something for the home faithful to smile about. Even in rugby, PRG showed their depth and came out on top on aggregate. Look at these super results……

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Future looks bright for Paul Roos

19 August, 2013 beet 5

Paul Roos supporters would have been feeling down in the dumps since Saturday’s 8-40 drubbing by traditional season ending rivals Grey College on Markotter. The defeat brought to an end one Paul Roos’ worst year’s ever. THEY DID NOT EVEN WIN A GAME ON MARKOTTER THIS YEAR! UNBELIEVEABLE!…