Maritzburg College make the most of Bloem tour
The Maritzburg College 1st XV made an eleventh hour decision to join their other teams at the Fichardtpark Rugby Festival in Bloemfontein after their initial plans to travel to Krugersdorp were derailed.…
Paul Roos backs on fire against Boland Landbou
There was a setback for detractors hoping to pin the “#HockeySchool” label on Paul Roos following decisions not to play at the Monnas Centenary Festival, Noord-Suid and Wildeklawer in 2021.…
Two players stand out in the Bloutrein victory
Paarl Boys’ High head coach Peter Engledow looks like he is in charge of a high calibre team on par with the three teams his predecessor guided to the national number one ranking during three remarkable unbeaten local seasons in a row.…
Northwood’s YouTube blueprint to overcome DigiTV issues
In these difficult times when broadcasting school rugby had become a need, not just a luxury, Northwood has a solution that other schools in the same bracket need to consider as well.…
DigiTV R50 / R100 packages in support of Monnas Centenary fundraising
DIGITV TO SUPPORT MONNAS’ CENTENARY FUNDRAISING
DigiTV is all about community and we were moved by how the community of Hoërkool Monument as well as the schoolboy rugby fraternity came together during the last week to help make the Monnas Centenary Festival a reality after it seemed that all was lost.…
Out of province school rugby tours – red tape
Schools have to apply for permission to tour.…
Monnas Centenary Festival back on track after drama
DigiTV are in a fight against time to fix technical issues ahead of the festival kickoff on 23/04/2021
New Fixtures – updated 21/04/2021
As new information came to light, it turned out that Monnas had been let down. Promises of a sponsor being onboard never materialised. There was no sponsor! With little over a week to go until kickoff, a third party initially responsible for organising the festival announced it was off. 100 years of history was not about to be buried and forgotten though. For those who care about Monnas, it presented an opportunity to show what could be achieved by working hard together in the face of adversity.
Paragraph from document confirming the inability to obtain a sponsor
It is important that we are transparent with all stakeholders and in this respect, we must inform you that due to some major obstacles experienced over the course of preparations we have been unable to secure a title sponsor for the tournament. This ultimately placed immeasurable pressure on us and the organizers of this event. Regrettably, we have been unable to overcome this hurdle to date, despite fighting to the bitter end
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Fichardtpark set for an action packed rugby fest
A-field fixtures added.
Fichardtpark is on track to host their annual rugby event. After over a year of school rugby inactivity, the timing of this 3-matches-in-4-days festival might turn it into something well worth following. Maritzburg College are set to join the likes of the Diamantveld, the Grey College Cherries, Goudveld and Welkom Gim to provide plenty of action on the field.…
Covid concerns for Gauteng tours as Klofies netball cancelled
There has been a Covid outbreak amongst students and teachers at Waterkloof in Pretoria recently . Even their headmaster tested positive and is in hospital. The Waterkloof nedball tournament has been cancelled.
Its belived that the Gauteng Department of Education might act swiftly and strictly to try bring matters under control.
Affies in Pretoria are set to host the Noord-Suid tournament next week.…
Grant Khomo teams 2019
With EPD status…
Feel-good story as Rickerd stays at Dokkies
Talented Rickerd Bornman, a promising u18 loose-forward is part of the SARU Elite Player Development squad for 2021. What’s impressive is that he’s rise to be recognised as one of the top players in his position and age-group in the country, has all come about whilst he is a student at Dr Malan in Meyerton. He is in fact the headboy of his high school this year. …
DigiTV up to the Monnas Centenary Fest challenge
DigiTV on the Monument Centenary Festival:
“we plan to handle this as a full production like a Wildeklawer”
DigiTV will roll out their A-game setup. This will vastly improve the chances that viewers who login to watch the tournament starting on Friday 23 April 2021, are not let down by the quality or other streaming related interrupts.…
Boland Landbou vs Paul Roos on 23 April 2021
On DigiTV.
Winelands headliners Boland Landbou and Paul Roos are all set to get the WP schoolboy rugby season underway after over a year of no rugby.…
One-off festivals are extra hard work
In retrospective one realises just how hard it is to organise a successful one-off school rugby festival. Forget Covid times, in normal times it’s hard enough.…
SA Schools Challenge Trust’s mission statement to give back to schoolboy rugby
The SA School Challenge logo appears as an official sponsor of the Monument Centenary Rugby Festival. To find out a bit more about the trust and what it stands for, here is the mission statement:…
KZN set to play school rugby during soccer season
It has been a very bleak year or so living with Covid. One of the few positive spin-offs is on the cards though. For the first time in a long time, just about every one of the KwaZulu-Natal top level rugby high schools have committed to playing rugby fixtures during the opening few weeks of the third term. …