Glenwood High School in Durban has the honour of hosting the Bizsport Festival over Easter. It is a huge undertaking. There is 12 1st XV teams taking part and running simultaneously are the under-14, under-15, under-16 and 2nd XV games for the various schools. Altogther 46 teams are set to participate in Bizsport 2013.
1st XV games:
Day 1: 28-Mar -2013
08h30: Benoni High vs George Campbell
10h00: Die Anker vs Ben Vorster
11h30: Brandwag vs Kempton Park
13h00: Merensky vs Ithembelihle
14h30: Stellenberg vs HS Middelburg
16h00: Tygerberg vs Jim Fouche
Day 2: 30-Mar -2013
08h30: Merensky vs Benoni High
10h00: Jim Fouche vs Die Anker
11h30: George Campbell vs Stellenberg
13h00: Brandwag vs Ben Vorster
14h30: Ithembelihle vs HS Middelburg
16h00: Kempton Park vs Tygerberg
Day 3: 01-Apr -2013
08h30: Stellenberg vs Ben Vorster
10h00: Brandwag vs Benoni High
11h30: Ithembelihle vs Die Anker
13h00: Kempton Park vs Jim Fouche
14h30: Merensky vs Tygerberg
16h00: HS Middelburg vs George Campbell
13h00: HS Middelburg vs Transvalia
14h30: Jim Fouche vs Tygerberg
16h00: Stellenberg vs Helpmekaar
Day 2: 30-Mar -2013
13h00: Transvalia vs Stellenberg
14h30: Tygerberg vs Helpmekaar
16h00: HS Middelburg vs Jim Fouche
Day 1: 28-Mar -2013
08h00: Helpmekaar vs Wonderboom
09h00: HS Middelburg vs Jim Fouche
10h00: Transvalia vs Durban High School
11h00: Ben Vorster vs Northwood
12h00: Stellenberg vs Rand Park High
Day 2: 30-Mar -2013
08h00: Rand Park High vs Wonderboom
09h00: Ben Vorster vs Durban High School
10h00: Jim Fouche vs Transvalia
11h00: Helpmekaar vs HS Middelburg
12h00: Stellenberg vs Northwood
08h00: Stellenberg vs Ben Vorster
10h30: Jim Fouche vs Rand Park High
11h30: Wonderboom vs Northwood
12h30: Transvalia vs HS Middelburg
13h30: Durban High School vs Helpmekaar
13h00: Durban High School vs Transvalia
14h00: Jim Fouche vs HS Middelburg
15h00: Glenwood vs Helpmekaar
16h00: Ben Vorster vs Brandwag
Day 2: 30-Mar -2013
13h00: Ben Vorster vs Jim Fouche
14h00: Brandwag vs HS Middelburg
15h00: Helpmekaar vs Duban High School
16h00: Glenwood vs Transvalia
Day 3: 01-Apr -2013
09h00: Brandwag vs Helpmekaar
14h00: Ben Vorster vs Glenwood
15h00: Jim Fouche vs Transvalia
16h00: HS Middelburg vs Durban High School
08h00: Helpmekaar vs Wonderboom
09h00: Brandwag vs HS Middelburg
10h00: Transvalia vs Jim Fouche
11h00: Ben Vorster vs Durban High School
12h00: Northwood vs EG Jansen
Day 2: 30-Mar -2013
08h00: Northwood vs Ben Vorster
09h00: EG Jansen vs Wonderboom
10h00: Durban High School vs Transvalia
11h00: Jim Fouche vs HS Middelburg
12h00: Brandwag vs Helpmekaar
Day 3: 01-Apr -2013
08h00: Brandwag vs Ben Vorster
10h00: Helpmekaar vs Durban High School
11h00: Jim Fouche vs EG Jansen
12h00: HS Middlburg vs Northwood
13h00: Transvalia vs Wonderboom
@coach: The 1st team will be at Kearsney. The U16 and U14 teams will be at festivals in the Cape. Why it is being hosted at Glenwood with only their U15 team there – who knows. I know that festivals there are always well organised, the facilities are great, the school is well known for it’s hospitality and they have the boarding facilities for the visiting teams.
@GreenBlooded:
Am sure Greenblooded can find a few referees. Can anyone explain as to why Glenwood not playing in a festival they are hosting, other than their Under 15 Group, or is this essentially another marketing/recruitment campaign?
@Grasshopper:
Yeah definitely. The game is sooo much better without 15 parents assisting the coach and thinking they know better
@Horsie, excellent article that. I couldn’t agree more. I know us passionate supporters sometimes get a little emotional and too involved in these blogs. We should sometimes step back and say what is this all about? It’s about the boys and the gees, take a chill pill and enjoy the rugga..
http://www.schoolsportsnews.co.za/rugby/swing-it-wide/
Good article
@HORSEFLY NO.1: No, Hudson Park looked like they had 16 year-olds, not Menlo.
DHS 67 KZN Development 8.
Good workout for the boys.
@star
Yeah they were at the bottom of the U15 rankings last year, don’t know what’s happened. Maybe someone who knows the team can check out the team list here for some new names: http://www.kearsney.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=54&Itemid=59
@Gungets Tuft:
Don’t know hey, Koekemoer didn’t play today though as per team sheets. NW team wasn’t too great last year at seasons end though. Eg they played DHS twice, 1st time(March) they smashed us 29-0. 2nd time(May) they only scraped a win by about 2 points$
@Vleis:
Hilton didn’t have the greatest team though, also someone said it looked as if it were the same Menlo guys who played the U16 matches that played vs Hilton??
@HORSEFLY NO.1:
Yep, my son’s team played both of those sides last year and it was not pretty – losing by 45 (or 52) to 0 against Menlo….and by 25 to 0 against Helpmekaar. That said, they played against Helpmekaar with five B team and three C team players as their season had been over for three weeks, but Helpmekaar needed a tune up game before their Lions Beeld trophy final the following week.
If I remember correctly, Menlo u14 beat Hilton u14 by 80 to 0 last year.
@Vleis:
1. Eish that’s unbeleiveable. Helpmekaar had a really good team at Parktown U14 last year and were the best team alongside DHS and Jeppe. We will have to see what happens at Bizsport.
2. Yah the DHS boys are of the right age.they are just really talented boys making an excellent team…
@HORSEFLY NO.1: Hello Horsefly.
A few comments/queries from me.
1. Believe it or not, the Helpmekaar u14 team of last year (u15 this year) lost by some 45 to 5 against Menlo Park’s u14 team.
2. Are you confident that the entire DHS u14 team of last year were all the correct age – i.e. none were too old? I ask because there was a huge debacle in Natal re overage players last year. An investigation was done, but as far as I am aware, it was only at the 1st team level…so what about the u14, u15 and u16?
@GreenBlooded: Just careful that you dont take advice from blokes who are ALREADY divorced
@ Greenblooded- the question is actually whether you are a serious SBR supporter or not. Simple really.
@GreenBlooded: Definately
@Woltrui: Not sure – I think the quality of the sides at KERF is going to be better. What a pity these 2 festivals were not co-ordinated so we could see all 6 days. Is it worth getting divorced for – that is the question……..
DHS U15A will have an extremely tough game vs Helpmekaar whom have a GREAT U15A team. When they played an unofficial game in Joburg DHS lost so its tough!
Looking forward to this though.
@Woltrui: Histories is KP gewis nie ‘n span om te onderskat nie, maar soortgelyk lyk Tygerberg weer hierdie jaar gedug met ‘n kern talentvolle spelers van 2012 en ‘n aanwins of twee. Ek is geen aanhanger van Tygerberg nie, maar dink hulle gaan vanjaar ‘n paar hokke skud, insluitend die van KP.
@GreenBlooded: If you stay at Kearsney it will be like looking at a VW golf. If you want to see the real sportscars, hop over to Maritzburg College.
@Ploegskaar: Ploeg in die lig van Noord Suid wedywering, wat van ‘n weddenskap op die Kempies/Tygerberg wedstryd (self nie seker hoe lyk die Kempie span die jaar nie-sit egter altyd my hard verdiende geldjies op die Noordelike span. Harder Bulletjies as die Kapenaars)
Kempies met 10 8)
Expect Tygerberg to fly the flag for the Cape reps at this festival. Although Stellenberg have some quality gr. 11’s in the first team, they may be out of their depth with some tough games at this festival, but this is the only way to prepare for a daunting season in which they requested games against HTS Drostdy, Boland Landbou, SACS, Rondebosch, Hugenote Wellington and Paarl Gym. For the KZN guys that may watch a game at this festival, keep an eye open for fullback Tiaan Swanepoel (WP GK 2012).
@GreenBlooded: Easter is not the time for refs to go on holiday. That’s why you guys get Christmas off
@NW_Knight: I will be a spectator at Kearsney. No fast car required!!
@Greenblooded: Do you have a fast car?
Great to see Ithembelihle participating in a national festival.Their rugby has grown in leaps and bounds over the last decade, and this bodes well for their future.
I would love to know where all the referees are going to come from for all of this. With Kearsney, Skonk Nicholson and now this on at the same time we are going to be stretched beyond breaking point.